Well, after all of the Web 2.0 training, I feel a little older and 'out of the loop' than I did when I started! The training made me realize just how much I don't care about a lot of the newer technologies that are out there. It's not that I don't find that many of them could be useful and much quicker than other methods, but maybe I don't feel the need to be more useful or quicker?? What I am saying is that the world is so obsessed with being faster and faster and more productive with less manual labor being involved that it sometimes seems scary and unnatural. Now, many businesses (including libraries) can benefit from Web 2.0 to run their businesses more efficiently and better serve their clients, but outside of the business realm I don't see much need for these tools (though I do enjoy Facebook, but even then I'm only ever on occasionally). I am not saying that there is anything wrong with the personal use of these tools and I do get curious about them, I just think that sometimes we are too "connected." And I hope that people remember to slow down and realize the important things in life (yes, cliche and sappy, but I mean it). Even I need to remember this sometimes. There is a lot of artificiality out there, along with people seeing too much of what can be gained and not enough of what they already have. Being faster and better is so imbued within the American mindset that we sometimes forget that there was a time that we did okay without these things that make our lives a bit more convenient.
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