I just realized something. I was listening to CC on the show and decided to go look at my neighbor here in Milton, Gov Deval. So you so handily provided the link I clicked on it. The show stopped. Darn. Ok so I just went and looked at the shot..Nice one! When I came back to the show I found that blip did not save my spot and I couldn't pull the cursor through half the show I already watched. Damn. I use blip and I never realized this. I think that is an issue. We all need control of our content and being able to control that bar seems important. Now I have to reconsider Blip. I wonder if you have had anyone else with this concern? I do like many aspects of Blip.

posted on Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 4:28 PM by Larry Lawfer

Mike, 
 
The conversation about "online makes you disconnected" is *20 years* naïve. Here’s an anecdote. 
 
Way back then, I was a sysop (moderator) on the Desktop Publishing Forum on CompuServe. I went and spoke at some conference at Moscone, and ended up meeting the astounding Robin Williams (the author one http://www.ratz.com/, author of The Little Mac Book etc). (We were scheduled in adjacent vignettes for the local TV coverage.) We became occasional trade show buddies, and a year later she said she’d been invited to talk on the effect of computers on personal relationships. (This was when AOL was brand new, so it was like 1990-91.) She said she was going to upset the applecart because everyone then was talking about computers making things less personal, but she saw (visionary) that it was starting to bring people *together*. 
 
To me this is a BIG deal because during my cancer adventure I made major use of the Internet for just that: I got connected with other people who had my cancer and learned from them and got support from them, plus I had a phenomenal support community on CaringBridge. (That’s what the AP story that mentioned me last June was about.) The Internet brought me together with people BIGtime. 
 
I feel pretty strongly about this… I could (and do) go on for an hour about it. I believe it’s permanently changing healthcare – as I think you know, I belong to the e-patient working group http://e-patients.net/ that studies how the Internet is changing the balance of power in medicine. My doc and I gave a keynote at a medical conference in Palm Springs this month, I have two blogs on this subject, etc etc… I won’t drag you through the whole swamp, but I seriously know that it’s shallow, naïve, unnuanced and inexperienced to say it keeps people apart. 
 
Otoh, I’m biased and a pioneer - I met my wife online, ten years ago this May, when hardly anyone yet knew about Match.com, and before Ticketmaster bought ‘em. :) Together we are!

posted on Saturday, February 21, 2009 at 8:11 AM by Dave deBronkart

Hi Jon: You're correct. All links in comments are no-follow.

posted on Monday, June 01, 2009 at 9:19 AM by Rebecca Corliss