How many thoughts?

How many thoughts do you have in a day? If you blog, does one post represent a clear stream of thought? Are you able to post immediately on what you are thinking or are there times when you are disconnected and have to save it for later? If you have to post later then do you find the thought is just as fresh? Has it matured and developed or lost the original punch and meaning?

OK, so that's a lot of questions, but that's what was going through my head as I drove to work this morning. How do you capture that constant stream of information?

Blogs are excellent for using as a diary to record your thoughts. It can be quite revealing to go back through. Just imagine if you could go capture the stream of consciousness and walk back through it later. I wonder if you would get a better picture of who you are, what you want and why. That might sound a strange possibility, but how many people really know what they are and are certain that there is no facade that they present to the outside world and themselves.

Lost civilisations

Thinking about how little we leave behind... Is it possible that there were other advanced societies that existed thousands of years ago that we cannot find any evidence about? I guess this now takes on the Atlantis theme ;-).

What will we leave for the future

We can find out so much about people in the past from what they leave behind. In Egypt there are the Pyramids. Throughout Europe there are Roman villas, coins etc.

What will we leave behind for future archaeologists to find? So much of our lives are recorded electronically and many of our buildings are designed to have a limited lifetime (some as little as 30 years). We even have situations where we can't (easily) read documents we created just a few years ago because you can't get the software anymore. Can you imagine 2000 years ago as a scribe says to his Pharoh "We are going to have to update all the papyrus documents we wrote 3 years ago as PapyPress 5.2 has come out. I can't tell you what you said until the update is finished".

When was the last time you printed a digital picture?

That was a while back

So I had this great idea that I would post regularly and have lots to say. So much for that!

Maybe I should just make a fresh start at it and try again. I had so many ideas but as soon as I get in front of a screen... I guess I know how a writer feels now.

Why create this?

I've been thinking about why I created this and what I was going to do with it. The first bit is reasonably easy - to play around with blogging, find out what it's about and maybe even start writing something that oneday someone will want to read.

The second bit is harder. It's not exactly a "stream of consciousness" yet; it's been a week since my first post (that sounds like the opening line in a confessional). What do I really want to put into this. Some like to just have a soapbox to air their comments and thoughts, others just like to be heard regardless of the thought or act. How much do I want to reveal about myself here? It's surprising how much you can pick up from the subtelties in text (paranoid huh). At the moment, I think we'll keep it low key. Maybe it'll be about stuff that bugs me or makes me happy. Maybe good stuff I've seen. Maybe it's just to realise what communication through blogging is about.

I had so much more I thought about earlier (or even just whilst logging in). It's surprising how quickly it all disappears. The mobile blog is great for those times when your out and about, but I think I need some direct link - mind to blog. The Matrix and Johnny Mnemonic come to mind. Good and bad bits about both concepts. Well obvoiusly the main bad bit in The Matrix was the idea of being used by the machines and then flushed when your finished, but the thought of an alternate world that can be created and manipulated is interesting. Or is that this world? How many levels of fake reallity do you have to go through to get to the actual reality. How much can we influence by thought alone. Ever thought of someone and they call? Maybe you wanted something so much it actually happened. Does not wanting something to happen make it happen? These are all possibilities that have been suggested by some. Not sure what I beleive about it but maybe it's worth a try.

Well that's a nice set of disorganised thoughts grouped under one entry. Well there was a sort of chain there. Maybe I'm finding out what I think. By blogging. The answer is within.

The place to air those thoughts

As with so many others, this is the first venture into blogging. The most difficult part so far has been finding a username that was not already taken.

Let's hope I keep up with the posts.