Srcasm

I am in no way a Mac-head or an Apple Fan Boy but I have been asked for the top 10 reasons to get a Mac instead of a PC — Without the obvious, “it’s a fun new toy” remark.  I decided to poll the community (Strands, Facebook and Twitter) and these are my results:

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When I am ready to head out for the night to the local watering hole or the amazing place that reminds me of my fraternity house basement, I send a quick message to Twitter to let people know where I’m going.  I have the policy that if I post it to Twitter, it’s open to anyone and that includes coming to hang out and grab a beer or dinner with friends.

One thing I’ve begun to realize though is that some people won’t come out unless I directly invite them.  Whether it’s that they feel that they are unwelcomed or they would like a personal, “Hey, I’m thinking about you and I would enjoy your company,” is up in the air.  I guess it differs for each person.

One thing is clear, we may be leaving people out of our lives by using services like Twitter, FriendFeed or Facebook to blast out invites to hang out instead of the more traditional methods like telephones, email or SMS messages.  What do you think?  Are we losing touch with our humanity?  Do we feel that we no longer need to communicate in a one-on-one world with micro-blogging and one-to-many services?  Should we be focusing on those closer to us by sending them personal invitations or notes instead of expecting them to check the large flood of information that’s contained on the internet?

I plan on taking a new direction on life.  I’ve been a netsec guy for a while and I enjoy the technology.  I really enjoy working with my hands, designing new systems, breaking into others but I believe that I will have a lot more fun in the startup, entrepeneur and community-driven world.

The big reason for this change is that I love working with people.  I love learning from people, meeting new people, teaching what I can and simply listening to what others have to say.  This is the direction I want my life to go in.  I don’t want to be answering the calls, I want to make them.  I want to take the community head on and learn from what each and everyone of you have to teach.  I want to share what you have to teach to the rest of the world.

That’s why, in addition to starting a new career path very soon, I am also going to start to talk to more people and post what they have to say here, at Srcasm.com.  To start I’m talking to Jason Allum, of RipIt, and his life and how it got him to where he is.  Did you know Jason lived in Japan, built awesome things with his hands and travelled the world?  I didn’t either until I stopped to listen.  I’ll be writing a post outlining who Jason is and will hopefully be getting answers to the questions of (that means the questions from you, the readers).

Live, learn, and be merry.  It’s easy, lets try.