I'm been Web 2.0ing

So, for the past week, I have been, what I like to call, Web 2.0ing. I've been posting, tagging, lurking, and commenting. I've been tapped into "the blog world", for the first time in my life. I like it. For the creative person, such as I, it's a way to let those creative juices flow. For the person with a life story to tell, stories that they want to share with the world, it's a way for them to let the world know what they're up to.

I can't say that I like being exposed like this though. In fact, I feel uncomfortable with it. I don't really like the idea of my life stories and thoughts being exposed all over the world, for any "Joe Schmo" to read, and lurk, and then decide to do whatever with.

I love people, socialising with people, writing about people, reading about people, but I mostly enjoy just plain communicating with people. Web 2.0 allows me to do that. Web 2.0 allows me to communicate with people, people that I haven't even met, that I haven't even associated with in my life, but that I've read something about on the internet one time. This tool allows me to meet anyone.

I can see myself being a journalist a year from now (wow, scary thought), and reading about someone on a blog. I can see myself reading about some heroic story, and then realising that that story is a wonderful story, that my small town would love reading about. I can see myself "Web 2.0ing" until I set-up an interview, and I get that story that I know will make a good one.

I can see a need in Web 2.0 though. I can see where for educaitonal purposes, and even just for enjoyment, this tool is needed. How else are you suppose to know if you're making the grade? How else would I know what my friend in France was up to (yes I have one, she blogs, I can't read it because it's in French).

Web 2.0, cheers buddy!