monkey see, monkey blog...

my friend Johnny, as usual, got here first. We talked about it, attended the seminar together, but Johnny set up his blog first.
Thanks, Johnny, you always stick your toe in for me, and tell me how the water is.
So how is it so far?

It's hard not to get excited about yet another place for us all to meet and talk, no matter where we are in the world. Even a jaded old flack like I can't help but see the potential for influence, and salivate just a little... at last, an audience!

I only wish I could explore this further for my current employer, the federal government. Our internet security rules prohibit us -- electronically -- from visiting any such outside sites. Just think, there are hundreds of revealing conversations taking place right now amongst Canadians regarding their government, conversations anyone can join -- except for the government itself.

I think that's the biggest frustration for a communicator in a bureaucratic setting this size. It's like trying to turn the Titanic on a dime -- it's physically impossible to respond at all nimbly to changes in technology. I just wish it weren't so very, very slow...

ah, well, as my father always says, "evolution, not revolution"....