Random Ramblings

As I contribute yet another blog entry, I've been thinking that there are just too much information these days. Are we overloaded with information? We are a society of too much of everything. Sometimes I think we are hampered by too many choices. A large amount of our time are spent in making not just the right decisions, but the PERFECT decision. Just look at the aisles of our supermarkets.
Then, I came across this entry on the web, from what else? Looking for tipbits of information. It is a good write-up of how the blog community sprang up. Granted, it is an old article, her view point on the importance and the dynamics of weblog is still valid.

Essays::weblogs: a history and perspective
by Rebecca Blood
As we are increasingly bombarded with information from our computers, handhelds, in-store kiosks, and now our clothes, the need for reliable filters will become more pressing. As corporate interests exert tighter and tighter control over information and even art, critical evaluation is more essential than ever. As advertisements creep onto banana peels, attach themselves to paper cup sleeves, and interrupt our ATM transactions, we urgently need to cultivate forms of self-expression in order to counteract our self-defensive numbness and remember what it is to be human.

We are being pummeled by a deluge of data and unless we create time and spaces in which to reflect, we will be left with only our reactions. I strongly believe in the power of weblogs to transform both writers and readers from "audience" to "public" and from "consumer" to "creator." Weblogs are no panacea for the crippling effects of a media-saturated culture, but I believe they are one antidote.

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