If time is an issue, how does one find time to Twitter, check Facebook, update LinkedIn, Ning, Ping or Sing? Wait…Sing…that I always have time for…even off key. Which brings me to “Blog”, where do I fit that in? Today I know, I’m sitting at the Boston Sports Collectors Show, it’s my 27th anniversary. We have probably spent at least 20 of the 27 anniversaries at some sort of show. It feel right and comfortable. Fortunately they have internet access here and I have a laptop. So…that’s why I have time to blog. But these opportunities don’t happen too often, which is why I haven’t blogged since July.
Last night was November’s First Friday. I opened to the public as I do on every First Friday. The event was very busy which makes the time fly. Toward the end of the night, a gentleman mentioned that he was a fan on my Facebook Fan Page. That was all that needed to happen to generate a colorful discussion about all of the new “Social Media” and how it fits into the life of an artist. “Does it?” I questioned. It was a perfect opportunity for a young artist to pop a promotional CD out of her bag promoting why artists need to take time to learn and use this new media. She suggested that it should take no more than two hours a day.
TWO HOURS A DAY!!!!! That can’t be realistic. That’s 14 hours a week…in two weeks time, I will have lost more than a day of living to this new media. If it were fun and inspiring, might be worth it. Some may find it so. Not me.
Now I’m thinking about what I’ve written and wondering how different I sound from those before me who have rejected the newest technology? Is that what this is? I’ve met people who don’t have a computer, don’t email, don’t search the internet, they’re not even sure what Google is or what it does. Is that me…same rejection, different technology? Or, is my point of view a rational one because this “new social media” really is just a waste of time. I am soooo looking forward to other points of view on this subject. Please chime in!
