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I don't know when, if ever, i'll become visible in the tech community i'm currently working in. That's OK, but i fond myself wondering how much of an investment to make. Do i stretch myself to talk with strangers or do i take the rest i need?
Last night, watching Christine cry from the pain of the wisdom tooth extraction (a short release of the stress -- she was cheerful after as she went about some chores), i choose staying home with her. I did spend much of the evening in meta-community, fiddling with Twitter data. It's not the same thing.
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With Quaker community, a blog interaction lead me to an interesting Quaker document from the past: http://www.qhpress.org/texts/balby.html . It connects with some of my other thoughts about the role of recorded membership and my pondering about what does it mean to be "Quaker."![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kibbles has taught me much that is *finally* sinking in.
A FB link to this reflection on Karen Armstrong's book was also good food for thought this morning. I logged the link with the note, "A examination of how Armstrong reveals the historical and global importance placed on practice as opposed to statements of belief. While not specifically Quaker, it reminds me of some of Barclay's positioning of the society in the context of the Catholicism of the time (eg: indulgences as perverted practice) and the Protestants who were beginning this descent into statements of belief."
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What (in large numbers) Twitter and FB do that LJ no longer does for me is provide those reading references. Go look at this funny thing, go read this useful thing, have you heard about this new thing. In a way, i appreciate LJ becoming more exclusively an individual's reflections or stories, while i can skim the RSS feeds of Twitter and Facebook shared links and explore.
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I was tempted by Hackerdojo email and knowing that one person i've met through LJ is playing there. Ah, there's someone who crochets there! But, honestly, another community? The Friday nights in January and February are nights for 'makers' in Friends community. Those 'makers' are there in the Friends community, but how to bring out that thread of the tapestry of experience? For the moment, i need to continue to commit in that community.
(But i may go play at hackerdojo if something specific comes up.)
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So, thinking about goals for the holidays, perhaps simply focussing myself on the library committee --we'll have two worknights -- and the oversight work and the preparing for the winter nights in Jan Feb is PLENTY.
Last night, watching Christine cry from the pain of the wisdom tooth extraction (a short release of the stress -- she was cheerful after as she went about some chores), i choose staying home with her. I did spend much of the evening in meta-community, fiddling with Twitter data. It's not the same thing.
***
With Quaker community, a blog interaction lead me to an interesting Quaker document from the past: http://www.qhpress.org/texts/balby.html . It connects with some of my other thoughts about the role of recorded membership and my pondering about what does it mean to be "Quaker."
kibbles has taught me much that is *finally* sinking in. A FB link to this reflection on Karen Armstrong's book was also good food for thought this morning. I logged the link with the note, "A examination of how Armstrong reveals the historical and global importance placed on practice as opposed to statements of belief. While not specifically Quaker, it reminds me of some of Barclay's positioning of the society in the context of the Catholicism of the time (eg: indulgences as perverted practice) and the Protestants who were beginning this descent into statements of belief."
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What (in large numbers) Twitter and FB do that LJ no longer does for me is provide those reading references. Go look at this funny thing, go read this useful thing, have you heard about this new thing. In a way, i appreciate LJ becoming more exclusively an individual's reflections or stories, while i can skim the RSS feeds of Twitter and Facebook shared links and explore.
***
I was tempted by Hackerdojo email and knowing that one person i've met through LJ is playing there. Ah, there's someone who crochets there! But, honestly, another community? The Friday nights in January and February are nights for 'makers' in Friends community. Those 'makers' are there in the Friends community, but how to bring out that thread of the tapestry of experience? For the moment, i need to continue to commit in that community.
(But i may go play at hackerdojo if something specific comes up.)
***
So, thinking about goals for the holidays, perhaps simply focussing myself on the library committee --we'll have two worknights -- and the oversight work and the preparing for the winter nights in Jan Feb is PLENTY.
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