November 7 at 6:34 pm
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What a great post, Louis. :) - Far
You're gonna let Drew babysit? Did you do a background check ?? :) - Charlie Anzman
This is a really terrific blog post! Love the advise and comparison between RLF and OLF...very true; plus the transparency online forces accountability as we all now have reputations to protect. In fact, I'll go on step further...this whole online community thing will eventually force lots of people to sharpen up and behave themselves!!! LOL - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)
Great Read! - Anna Haro
Drew will be a great babysitter. I just have to get him out of the Web 2 Summit. - Louis Gray
Love the post, Louis! And I'm only *slightly* offended that you are taking Drew up on his babysitting offer first. After all, I AM a professional... ;-) Seriously. I'm willing. Any time. Well, almost. :-) - Lisa L. Seifert
Great post I loved the Wii Fit example, had the same trouble finding Wii Fit myself so can relate(wish I'd known Jesse Stay), by the way have you tried Mario Kart for the Wii it's great fun......just call me Walawigi! - Groobers
@Lisa, if you're serious and up for it, and geography isn't an issue, contact me at louisgray@mac.com. - Louis Gray
@scales gave me keys to his Shanghai house. I barely know him. Now I'm drinking his expensive whisky. :-) I have the coolest social media friends. - Robert Scoble
excellent post, Mr. Gray. - Pete Delucchi
Heh. Reminds me of Robert saying I could crash at his place a few weeks ago. - Mark VandenBerg
pay them or indicate what it takes to lay out the moola? why not? nice piece - Wes Schadenfreud
Great post. As a relative newbie its sometimes hard to know how much to divulge online. I like the sense of cautious optimism for society online as well as off. - Alistair
You've been emailed, Mr. Gray. :-) - Lisa L. Seifert
@Lisa: my younger brothers are twins, I've got tons of 'em. Call me when you're twin sitting ;-) - Far
I have RL friends who let me babysit their twin boys. We play Box before they leave for the night. Their dad puts them in a box and sends them flying up and down their bamboo floored hallway. I cannot promise that I won't try this with Matthew & Sarah. I totally want twins. Just sayin'. - Lisa L. Seifert
Very nice entry. I am going to pay a little closer attention and offer a helping hand if I can moving forward. - Amani
Man, I am so naturally introverted that I think it would be hard for me to just fling the doors wide to all the folks I know online. No offense intended, of course.. I guess I need to work on this part. - Phil Glockner
This highlights the need to be selective in your choice of Web 2.0 friends and why you should use the same criteria in selecting them as you would "in-person" friends. I now wish that I could persuade more of my "in-person" friends to become my Web 2.0 friends because I think it would only enhance our relationship. It'll happen one day as Web 2.0 becomes pervasive. - Ian Marr
Nice post, Louis and very timely too. This morning I had breakfast with a Belgian Twitter buddy whom I've never met before. He was over here visiting friends and we all ended up brainstorming how we could use soc nets to promote his friends photography website... such is the power of Twitter. - Sally Church
I disagree with this. There's a difference between comparing favors done to / for A-List "blogstars" and the rank and file. I think if you filtered to the common person using social media (if there is such a thing) there would be a lot less of the types of interactions. I'm sure not bringing my kids to play dates or having anyone who I meet online babysit them until I know those people in real life. - Wayne Schulz
Very well written post Louis. I tend to be more cautious. Web 2.0 is a medium with which I can reconnect with old friends, enhancing our relationship even though we may be miles, or thousands of miles apart. In fact, I was able to reconnect with my friend who lives in France. We just had a beer last Wednesday while he was in town. Btw, thanks for getting me started! - john
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