The social networking era...

Ok, so I've come to a conclusion: there are entirely too many social networking sites to keep up with these days. There's Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn... and not to mention the forgotten Myspace (does it still exist?), and High5, and some new one called QuePasa or something of the sort. And then there is Blogger and Wordpress and... my head is spinning. I swear we spend more time updating our pages and stalking our friends (well, anyone for that matter) than we do actually talking to them. Having a face to face conversation, or at least one over the phone, is old school. Why even have a cellphone anymore, when you can just Facebook them???

I mean I do it to. Today I wrote on a friend's wall how I missed her. She wrote back seconds later that we should talk and catch up and that weeks ago she had sent me a message, which I had failed (oops) to reply to. And instead of calling her right then and there when I obviously wasn't doing anything at the time, and let's face it, she wasn't either if she was checking Facebook, I found her weeks old message and replied. Viola, we've caught up.... not exactly.

Truth is, even thinking about talking on the phone these days is a drag. Of course part of my problem is the whole 3 hour time difference between me and practically all of my friends. I admit I cannot count how many times I have looked at my ringing phone and just ignored the call instead of answering (I promise I haven't done it to you...). Truth is Facebook is convenient - I'll answer when I have the time, or when I feel like it, or when there is actually something to report.

So what all started my head spinning really, was that fact that recently I have started searching for new ways to join the job market. A traditional resume is not cutting it these days so I've made a website and professional blog to help move the process along. I even joined LinkedIn. So now I spend hours a day, checking three different email addresses, two social networks, two blogs, and a personal website. Its a wonder I even have time to do work... oh wait, I don't have one...

For those interested my website is: www.translationsdk.com

Professional blog: dktranslations.wordpress.com

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