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By: Principled Discovery » Do our virtual lives affect our real lives?

Principled Discovery » Do our virtual lives affect our real lives? — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:59:06 +0000

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Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:03:40 +0000

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By: Sunniemom

Sunniemom — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:30:17 +0000

I have been thinking about this post alot lately. When I first started posting on a homeschool forum, I ‘used’ it to learn tact and diplomacy- two things I was severely lacking IRL. I figured I could experiment on strangers, and no harm done.

Then I realized that I was talking more about the things that I really cared about online, more than IRL. I think because of time constraints in most IRL interactions, I didn’t start a discussion I felt I couldn’t finish. There is also that element of not offending someone with whom you need to get along to maintain peace in your group or family or church.

I am no less ‘myself’ online than IRL, but I do show more of that side of me that cares about education and politics and parenting.

One of the reasons that I have been thinking about this is that I am relatively anonymous on the internet. I am debating whether or not to start using my real name on forums and my blog, as well as revealing more about my geographical location. My concern is that my life is not just about me- it might affect my dh and my kids, my mom, my friends, and my church in ways I cannot anticipate, so I am just letting the idea roll around in my head until I get some sense of peace about it. So my online life and my ‘real’ life are very separate right now.

BTW, my game weakness was Tempest. My gf and I used to go to Ted & Ed’s bowling alley, and I’d play until I ran out of quarters.

By: Jennifer in OR

Jennifer in OR — Fri, 02 May 2008 06:12:20 +0000

Really great post, Dana. Online communication and relational issues are so interesting to me. I’m just beginning to ask myself the question of what the effect has been of my blog on my “real” life. (It’s been one year already since I started blogging, I can’t believe it.) And is my blog communication any less “real” than my face-to-face communications? In a lot of ways, my true nature is more apparent online than in person, if you can believe that! And I’ve had the opportunity to understand more of who I am as I try to express it in words, something I may not otherwise have done.

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Resource for Bloggers Carnival - 12th Edition | My lucky number 13 — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:20:20 +0000

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By: Dana Hanley

Dana Hanley — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:55:12 +0000

That is ok. I accept comments from people interacting with my post, other comments or with me personally. So that qualifies!

That is so exciting! My project isn’t such a big deal, but it has been a lot of work so I’m looking around to see what kind of options are available for it or for future ones. Still debating if I want to make the first one free just so I have something as a demonstration.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:49:55 +0000

Hey Dana,
Great post!
Thanks for stopping by. My interview went pretty well even though I was barely awake. LOL. As for the eBook, it has done better than I ever hoped, although I am not really marketing it agressively. We are getting ready to launch our “girl” version of it and hope that will be a little bit more of that passive income too. Shoot, I should have just emailed you since this has NOTHING to do with your post.
Keep on writing! I’d love to hear about your project.
Nancy

By: Dana

Dana — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:21:22 +0000

It is funny how that stuff brings back memories. I showed my daughter pong today and added it to her bookmarks so she could play it when she gets computer time. She was fascinated with something her mom used to play and I can’t for the life of me think why I enjoyed sitting there playing it.

By: Dana

Dana — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:20:06 +0000

One of my high school math teachers was fond of saying things like,

“You’re a girl? Why should I waste time on you?” when a girl would raise her hand to ask a question.

Or,

“See? It is always a girl slowing us down.”

Along with the normal “Women belong at home barefoot and pregnant.”

The funny thing was, I think I was the only one in the class who kind of liked him. He got the girls so riled up, they studied more and beat the boys on the test scores. I never took him seriously and I doubt he meant to be.

Thanks for the kind words.

By: Denise

Denise — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:15:29 +0000

That was very well written, I wish I could write that well. Was it Socrates who said something about examining our life.. I’ll have to look it up now.

My DH calls me the closet rebel. In high school I was disgusted at one teacher’s constant put-downs on the female intelligence and said he was discriminating out loud one day lol. So he gave me a ‘quiz’ and asked me about sports terms, which I got the majority correct. I felt the adrenaline, but didn’t really want to do that again, even though it was nice to hear the gasps and wows lol.