Blogging Around: Bill and Darrell

Note: Please take points off because I did this assignment late.

Bill's post- "Carry it Forward- The Code of Living"

Bill wrote an interesting post on the law code that campers agree to abide by each summer. These laws are ones involving being adventurous, passionate, and daring.

My comment-

"I agree that those involved in creating their own laws have a much bigger chance to actually follow them. This relates somewhat to The Blue Sweater, where Jacqueline involved the people in creating their own lives.

As far as the actual law code goes, it's pretty interesting how the "laws" are more about taking initiative and being happy than just following rules. Maybe if everybody is passionate and appreciative of the things around them, they wouldn't need regular rules. In other words, if everybody is following these five simple laws, why do we need any others?"

Darrell's Post- "It Matters: Facebook and our Identity Crisis"

Darrell had a really interesting post about facebook and this age of technology- one in which we are often completely obsessed with it. He analyzed research and came up with some possible consequences.

My comment-

"Darrell, this was a pretty sweet post. It's a pretty scary view that we're headed into a world where we really don't know how to communicate with technology. Sometimes it seems like we can't even live without our computer or phone for a week, and that's pretty bad.

I'd say that Facebook gives us a pretty unrealistic view of the world. It's like your entire life can be shown on one page, but that's not true. It means so much more to talk to someone and really learn about them, than it does to just look at their Facebook.

There are really only a few solutions to that problem, and the idea of just completely eliminating technology is pretty ridiculous and not exactly the smartest one. I guess we just have to be careful to balance out our lives and make sure we don't use Facebook too much. We can use technology to our advantage as long as we don't let it control us."