http://www.frankthinking.com/the-real-physical-dangers-of-social-media/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:56:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.frankthinking.com/the-real-physical-dangers-of-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-630 how to get her back Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:44:13 +0000 http://www.frankthinking.com/?p=1117#comment-630 Social media allows us to discover, connect, and engage with new people of interest. While most people are open to new connections and receiving messages from people they don’t know, there is a fine line between reaching out and spamming. The challenge is to make a connection clearly and effectively without wasting people’s time.Many of us are on both sides of this relationship-sometimes making the connection, sometimes receiving the invitation. Social media allows us to discover, connect, and engage with new people of interest. While most people are open to new connections and receiving messages from people they don’t know, there is a fine line between reaching out and spamming. The challenge is to make a connection clearly and effectively without wasting people’s time.Many of us are on both sides of this relationship-sometimes making the connection, sometimes receiving the invitation.

]]> http://www.frankthinking.com/the-real-physical-dangers-of-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-537 Dave Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:18:40 +0000 http://www.frankthinking.com/?p=1117#comment-537 I admit I have done it too and self righteously get angered when I watch someone else do it on the road, or have to avoid their drifting near me on LA freeways. I have made the effort to seriously curtail it, and yes, have even pulled over to respond to those emails I deem important at that time. Everyone should try pulling over even if it seems like you don't have time..by the way, by you not texting while driving, you can be more alert to avoid others who are! I admit I have done it too and self righteously get angered when I watch someone else do it on the road, or have to avoid their drifting near me on LA freeways. I have made the effort to seriously curtail it, and yes, have even pulled over to respond to those emails I deem important at that time. Everyone should try pulling over even if it seems like you don’t have time..by the way, by you not texting while driving, you can be more alert to avoid others who are!

]]> http://www.frankthinking.com/the-real-physical-dangers-of-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-536 Brian Bolster Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:10:59 +0000 http://www.frankthinking.com/?p=1117#comment-536 Amen Frank, we have become such a society of self involved, overindulgent, "it won't happen to me" people that we (myself included) hardly ever think about "the other guy". Are our oppinions so important and our need to say what we have to say so critical that it is worth putting ourselves or anyone else at risk? I got news for ya; if your oppinion really is that important or what you have to say that ground shaking then it most certainly can wait until you are not behind the wheel of a 1500 pound vehicle traveling at 70 miles an hour. If the value of our oppinion has such a short shelf life that it won't last until we are sitting at home on our couches or at our desks well then it probably wasn't that important in the first place. Amen Frank, we have become such a society of self involved, overindulgent, “it won’t happen to me” people that we (myself included) hardly ever think about “the other guy”. Are our oppinions so important and our need to say what we have to say so critical that it is worth putting ourselves or anyone else at risk? I got news for ya; if your oppinion really is that important or what you have to say that ground shaking then it most certainly can wait until you are not behind the wheel of a 1500 pound vehicle traveling at 70 miles an hour. If the value of our oppinion has such a short shelf life that it won’t last until we are sitting at home on our couches or at our desks well then it probably wasn’t that important in the first place.

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