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December 28, 2006

Global Neighborhoods - an begining in the making

Shel cuts the Global Neighborhoods -TOCv3.0. "It has been a long, strange trip from the ox cart to the rocket ship, but in fact, we ain't seen nothing yet."

Yeah, you go for it Mr.Nice Guy ,  I have been tracking She's efforts and kinda lost track of it soon after he made his global trip. Oh, Me too is on my own little venture across into India and the middle east and now catching up on emails etc. Will be back on the grid earlier next year, but could not resist creating this post !! (yea, its sucks to be a blogger- we peeps just need to say it right there and then !!)

But, just like I have noticed, the world has become a flatter. Some of My BarCamp  and H2600 t-shirts have evoked conversations with complete strangers. This be itself is weird. "Our club", a global community club is growing and Shel is taking a stab at trying to analysis this revolution and create the book Global Neighbors.

Not sure if a chapter  on the "power of influentials" within the community is something that needs to looked into. After all the influentials are the ones that move the community, governments and other nice stuff. However, not all influentials are willing to give up this power back to the community and other individuals.  Participants who  play, like a level playing field, but there is that subtle and yet undetectable social, psychological phenomenon within these groups too. The hordes of WoW is a classic example of the syndrome I am tying to describe. Will other social communities  have this same syndrome ? and BTW Shel my My earlier post  on TOcv1.0 is here :)-

Anyway, Shel has done a good draft on the TOC and I am looking forward to Prue-ordering the book and off course have another party at Shoeless Joe's for book signing !! :)-

December 21, 2006

Happy B'day to me !!

Ok Happy B'day to self.  If I were back home, I would be doing the blow out the candle and cut the cake thingy. But I am in the middle east , sipping a nice sulimani tea :)-

hahaha.. I slept in and only got up at 11.30AM.. but me is hungry now !!

December 19, 2006

In the middle East now !!

I am visting my Brother on this tour and re-living my former "tour of duty"  places :)-  Heres a couple of pics of the old nizwa fort.

Will post more as I get back to a proper internet cafe..yeah this is bad, I can't detox myself totally from the web and emails !! :(-

December 10, 2006

Happiest times of my life !!

These last couple of days is turning out to be my best times of my life. !!

I am nearing 42 soon and have began a journy that is taking me back to  da place I was born !! Inbetween,  meeting with relations and friends of longago and netago (?) :)-  yeah is there a word called as netago ?  ok thats the peeps that I know over the net in Banagalore !!

yeah,  its pretty awsome that I can get to me my old chums of 25 years ago and jump start our conversations from where we left out.  I think I am very blessed and lucky on this trip of mine so far.

Ok mea culpa.. I  had to take time to check my email and what the heck a quick post will not kill anyone too :)-
cya soon !!

December 02, 2006

Off the Grid

Yeah, eventully off the grid !! For the first time since mid 90 !! For one whole month, I won't be carrying a laptop , crackberry or even a cell phone.  Now that is heavy dose of de-tox for me. I wonder, how I'll deal with this type of de-tox and self denial . If I break, I'll jump into some cybercafe wherever.. or just buy myself device :)-

Anyhow, all the Best to You and Your's , HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON and please dont drink and drive  !!

cya all in the flipside of 2007 - i'm signing out !!

December 01, 2006

oh boy what a boo boo !!

I made a  boo boo. I posted with full info on a seclist. Now  I am getting fingered via this url !!:(-

Light to Unite

Oh , this is so kewl !! Thanks for sharing Randy

"Bristol-Myers is donating a dollar to AIDS every time someone goes to their website and moves the match to the candle and lights it. Please forward this to your friends"

yeah , spread the light and create a blog post for yourself, get the word out !! My Candle number is 398086 !! :)-