Quite knowingly I have let the Internet slip away from me over the last few weeks. When I login to this social network or that one, I don’t really want to get involved in the conversations, let alone generate any of my own. It is a real effort because it is so unreal to me these days. It seems like the more time I spend enjoying my life the less time I spend enjoying my livelihood. Does that make any sense?
What I fear now, is that I have gone too far and it will be too hard to get back into it and not just into it, but through the whitewash and backwash and undercurrents, out past the breakers and into the clear. Out there, when something new rises up, you can glide with it and see far beyond and back and then glide on to the next thing. Right now, I’m sitting on the beach and I really can’t see when or how I will make the effort to dive back in. I suspect when work heats up and makes me sweat enough to risk the great pummelling I’ll get when I hop back in the water.
In my favour hopefully – a new shiny toy to play with. Samsung Galaxy Nexus running infamous icecream sandwich. So far I’ve learnt that google voice search is pretty awesome, finding contacts and customising them is really hard and music is a complete waste of time. It handles work email so much better than the iphone did and the camera has some nifty features but I’m not really happy with the noises it makes. It is also damn hot and guzzles juice like a dehydrated toddler on a summers day. I also find the browser a tad clunky and have now failed 7 times to answer a phone call.
All of these negatives are massively outweighed by its beautiful feel, its subtle notification system and its kick arse integration with the social web. I think I just need to spend a little bit more time playing with it on the beach before I take it into action as it certainly isn’t a lifejacket I’d want to rely on in an emergency.
