I’m finally settled in the hotel, watching political commentary and surfing somoenes free Wi-fi! I picked up a November 2008 edition of Wired at the airport and read a pretty profound article about the dilution of friendship and control in social networking. 
Its something I’ve been thinking about for a while, especially as it relates to virtual identities, the authenticity of connection and the transparent addiction of sites like Facebook and Myspace. I’d highly recommend that all teechrs and professrs somehow integrate the importance of understanding social technologies in their introductory technology courses. Facebook and Myspace are not a game (I know, a-whole-nother post), but the concept of losing the ability to “lose friends” is nothing to be played with either. I wonder if Obama would de-friend all his “unknown” friends on Facebook if he didn’t win the election. I mean, sometimes you just wanna brush the folks, who you really dont know, off ya shoulders! 
Time for sleep! I’ve got a workshop on blended learning in the morning.
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