This post not suitable for the faint of technological heart

This blog has fallen silent for a number of months. At the moment, I am writing a couple of reflections on the recent trip to South Africa that I will put up soon enough. But part of the silence is due to the fact that my desire to share things with friends online has shifted into other venues, especially "shared items" on google reader.

So I just wanted to say that if you are a gmail user and an internet nerd (usually synonymous), turn on google buzz in gmail and "follow me", which you can do using the button on this page. What this will do is consolidate into one stream any blog posts I may write and any pictures I may share (not that many) and also articles or links that I am recommending. Probably soon any video I post on my vimeo page will also show up there. So next time you wonder, "What is Tim up to digitally?", you can just click on "buzz" and you will know. INSTANTLY.

One thing that is good about doing things this way is that the items that I want to share stay private among friends, instead of the whole internet. One or two things will show up on my "public" google profile (which fellow facebook haters will be happy to discover contains no personal details or interests whatsoever), but most of what I am recommending will only go out to people who are on a set list of my email contacts, an exclusive group which I have designated "The Book of Life" in my contacts.

Please understand that this technological recommendation will be revoked at the inevitable point in time when google's willingness to engage in privacy-invasion and other evils of all kinds surpasses the benefit derived from the social conveniences they provide. Until then, happy sharing.