Unblogging

I have never been a techsavvy person. I took very hesitantly to computers and internet. Gadgets were never really a turn on too. I am amazed how people remember the model numbers of mobile phones. I can never do that. Have always been bad with remembering numbers anyways. When India was under the NIIT,Aptech revolution I used to wonder why people are so excited about it all. I hated the sound of BASIC and COBOL. But like many others I was pushed into the world of computers and internet. Then in internet new worlds arrived. I looked at each one with the same old hesitancy. One point in time everyone i knew was talking of Orkut. I tried to find what it was, made a profile and did a search of some friends. And that was that. I was out of Orkut in less than a day. Deleted my profile and heaved a sigh of relief. Being in Orkut seemed like I was in a invisible glass house (now how can that be?). Then my company prodded me into Facebook, which i found to be lot more relaxed and refined. But again the feeling that I was standing in a traffic intersection didn't go. So though I am still in facebook, i am more or less faceless. Then there was twitter. One of our clients spoke about it as to how he wants his brand to be in social networking and on sites like Twitter. That's when i thought of knowing Twitter. For over a month my Twitter account remained empty. I didn't know what to do with it. Then there was lot of news of twitter on national news - thanks to the celebs. Thats when i became a little active and started following people related to news and some social organisations (my area of interest). I found it interesting. I could react to Rajdeep Sardesai and get a reply once in a while. I could follow what India's leading ad guys were tweeting. I could listen. So I am in twitter. More as a listener with a once in a while reactions to what i hear. In the meantime, there was linkedin. They said its a professional networking thing. I have joined. Just to find what it is. I am neither very excited by it nor have any problems with it. May be that's the whole idea. All this while blogs have been on my radar.But never got down to actually write one. Then it just happened. And i felt, oh now this is something nice. I am taking the baby steps. But its fun. Not restricted by 140 characters, nor bothered by invites or requests. Not counting on how many people i know or am friends with. I could be myself. Expressing myself. without having the need to rationalize or justify. Kind of liberating.Not that i have anything against the other social networking things. all have a place and their merits. It's a journey. But i guess blogging is fun. Infact its unblogging. letting out without any blocks. I like it.