Re: no more "mea culpas"?

**"* m* p* <m*@dargan.com>**

Have a great time in Savannah this winter, Doug. Keep posting us your ah-ha
moments on virtual and tangible topics. Happy New Year!

On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 8:46 AM, Doug Green <gardeningemail@gmail.com>wrote:

> My experience online is that things ebb and flow (Crap!  when I say that
> I'm reminded of how long I've been doing this online stuff and if Net-years
> are the same as Dog-years, I have serious age issues) ;-)    When new, a
> medium tends to produce tons of excitement and traffic and when something
> else newer comes along, a crowd moves to "newer" leaving other systems
> behind.  If you remember, there have been forums, several different email
> systems, and now LinkedIn, Facebook, some Twitter chat and a Google+ group
> was started as well.  Everything has cycles.  Some stay on the older
> systems - some move.
>
> With an infinite online universe of choices, there's (happily) something
> for everyone and we all gravitate to the system we're most comfortable
> with.  IMHO - there is no "one best solution" but we each have preferences.
>
> Personally, I want to enroll in the curmudgeon-corps that seems to be
> forming here.   I find the business aspect of this list refreshing and the
> side-comments can be quite amusing.
>
> For me - the signal to noise ratio is perfect and if I need some info - you
> folks are my first choice.
>
> This list has been quiet over the past while as others have noted.  Some of
> you are quite comfortable on FB or LI- and the bulk of the list members
> have never participated here but successfully lurk. :-)
>
> It's easy to change that. ;-)  Post some interesting links you've found -
> no conversation necessary - simply share.
>
> For example, I've been evaluating different Wordpress plugins on my test
> site - and can tell you a ton of interesting ones (and some serious duds)
> but I've not shared that data.  If you're interested, I can do that.
>
> But by the same token - you folks run into tons of stuff I never see in
> gardening, photography or tech - that we'd all be interested in.
>
> So - if you want an active list- it's in your hands.
>
> And as I'm about to go offline until we arrive in Savannah - let me wish
> you all a very Happy New Year and may 2013 bring bountiful harvests.
>
> Doug
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 8:35 AM, <ealicata@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > You can also choose to receive zero email notifications and check the
> > Facebook writers group when you have time. Another advantage.
> >
> > Facebook is a source of information like any other to anyone who works in
> > media full-time, as I do. It's not perfect; it's not Satan.
> >
>
>
>
> Doug Green
> Helping a million readers a month
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> >
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