18 April 2010
Making an a** out of you and me... might make meaning, maybe.
22/04/10 18:33
Sue and I are in Michigan today. There’s a town called Petoskey, not far from a place where we’re staying for a bit (thanks to some dear friends). We’re retreating & writing... looking to find a little insight - - and hoping to provide some.
For a break, we popped out and walked around Petoskey - Had a cup tea - Talked - Watched people... and worked on the “architecture” of our Smart-Simple-Mobile living concept.
We went into a local store to pick up sundries and some food for dinner... As we were walking out, my peripheral caught something; Bounty Basic paper towels. At first - - that’s all they were... paper towels...
But then, I-we giggled out-loud (GOL) as a funny combination of letters seemed to appear.
I had to snap a well-positioned iPhone shot:
As we walked out of the store, we laughed like two teenagers walking out of homeroom. We were fueled by the energy of laughter during a moment obviously “not appropriate” for two mature adults.
On the drive back, it got us thinking; Should we text this silly little photo to a friend for a laugh - - or should we tweet-it-out broadcast-style to our followers in Twitter. Of course we decided to (initially) text it to a singular friend (You know, in that safe, mature, conservative way... worried that otherwise would tarnish our “brand” “out there”).
That got us thinking. Maybe we shouldn’t worry so much.
We ended up evolving into an overly-sophisticated deep conversation about the use of social media, text, IM, email... and the rest. What’s right for what when? What’s appropriate - or not?
We pondered many things including how Net-based virtual games, communities and alternative currencies could foster our mission to help people discover meaning, mission & purpose in their lives -- to live simply... mobile... and uncomplicated by their “stuff”.
Other ideas blossomed.
(Heavy enough for you yet?)
...Funny how a silly moment in a discount store can “turn-on” a certain brain-function.... perhaps more valuable then one would ever imagine.
We had a laugh... we were productive - - and we captured created some “IP” for our new venture. Not bad for a trip to a discount store for some food & stuff.
...Do we allow ourselves to be silly?
Playful?...
...and adolescent in our daily lives?
Maybe we should.
It might be the most important thing we do.
For a break, we popped out and walked around Petoskey - Had a cup tea - Talked - Watched people... and worked on the “architecture” of our Smart-Simple-Mobile living concept.
We went into a local store to pick up sundries and some food for dinner... As we were walking out, my peripheral caught something; Bounty Basic paper towels. At first - - that’s all they were... paper towels...
But then, I-we giggled out-loud (GOL) as a funny combination of letters seemed to appear.
I had to snap a well-positioned iPhone shot:
As we walked out of the store, we laughed like two teenagers walking out of homeroom. We were fueled by the energy of laughter during a moment obviously “not appropriate” for two mature adults.
On the drive back, it got us thinking; Should we text this silly little photo to a friend for a laugh - - or should we tweet-it-out broadcast-style to our followers in Twitter. Of course we decided to (initially) text it to a singular friend (You know, in that safe, mature, conservative way... worried that otherwise would tarnish our “brand” “out there”).
That got us thinking. Maybe we shouldn’t worry so much.
We ended up evolving into an overly-sophisticated deep conversation about the use of social media, text, IM, email... and the rest. What’s right for what when? What’s appropriate - or not?
We pondered many things including how Net-based virtual games, communities and alternative currencies could foster our mission to help people discover meaning, mission & purpose in their lives -- to live simply... mobile... and uncomplicated by their “stuff”.
Other ideas blossomed.
(Heavy enough for you yet?)
...Funny how a silly moment in a discount store can “turn-on” a certain brain-function.... perhaps more valuable then one would ever imagine.
We had a laugh... we were productive - - and we captured created some “IP” for our new venture. Not bad for a trip to a discount store for some food & stuff.
...Do we allow ourselves to be silly?
Playful?...
...and adolescent in our daily lives?
Maybe we should.
It might be the most important thing we do.