Social Media ... Where is it Going?
The creation of social media always makes me think of George Orwell's book 1984.  That book really hit me hard in high school and because of it I live my life in a rural community and enjoy my privacy when at home.  Am I starting to hide in corners? Perhaps I am as I don't want to put my GPS tracking system into action on my iPhone.  I don't want people knowing which store I purchased my last pair of jeans at and although I am a marketing guru in my own mind I don't want to be a part of the mall's GPS marketing inventions.  I just am not sure who really is watching me.  I am a good looking old lady after all.

Dimple Thakker CEO of Impresario of SYNERGY MARKETING is quoted as saying "Make sure you skip the promotional tone in your ad copy to build trust in with followers. This quote brings me to my work place of the library and how I ask our patrons what their favourite read of the weekend or if they have seen any good movies or TV shows.  This engages them in conversation and might also lead me to what we need to purchase to keep them coming throw our doors.  I am not invading their privacy but asking them questions that they choose to answer.  Sometimes I have to stop other employees from adding too much information that is overwhelming and pull them back to the basics of what social media's function is in our library.

I loved Melissa Brodsky the co-founder of Smart Savy Social's idea that a new network that concentrates on the advertiser's brand and not the Facebook brand.  She has a great point here and I often wonder if Facebook will be something we will laugh at in the future.

For the future I am intrigued by Google glasses and how Google acquired Neven Vision and is using it in the Picasa product to keep personal photos organized but do I want someone in a bar to find out if I am in a relationship or not because they lifted up their iPhone and scanned me like a barcode?  I am scared!!!  Posting pictures on airtags does impress me but I think as all this new technology really freaks me out I might live in a cabin way up north with a cane and a fireplace and perhaps a cat.

Web 3.0 I will confess seems like the most amazing new way of organizing our data but I was lost after the video I watched put down the Dewey Decimal system.  It is amazing how much data we already have on the internet and where it all comes from but my goal in life is to keep up to date as much as possible without being tracked by Aliens from another planet.  I hope I am successful and I hope that as our world changes every day that we still stop and smell the flowers and enjoy what we have now and not rely totally on the new way of life.  I will only wear my Google glasses when I can't find my rose coloured ones.