Goodbye to All That

Today at noon, I'm deleting my Facebook account. The reasons are a mix of personal and ethical ones. Most of you are probably aware of the changes that the company has made to its privacy settings, and although it's possible, but not easy, to manage those settings and aggressively monitor those settings' upkeep, the trade-off is just not worth it.

Here is where the ethical blends with the personal. The fact is that I spend more time reading updates and comment threads and getting into dumb political arguments on Facebook than I do actively enjoying it. It's been wonderful to rediscover old friends, make new ones, and stay current on the events and joys and sorrows of people from every corner of the world. But these benefits provide a small portion of the time I spend checking the site. Time that used to be spent here, or on the blog where I post pictures and videos of my son.

And so, I'm hoping that as I transition to a new phase in my life, as I return to the office world, my hope is that by not having the distraction of micro-updates and micro-refreshing, I can spend more quality time here. Time to write, to post links to those things I find interesting, to return to the monthly Creekside music mixes. I loved those! Some of you loved those! They will probably come back!

It's going to take me a bit to get back into the swing of updating this site, but without the distraction of Facebook, I suspect it will be much easier.

To all of those friends, both old and new, I hope you'll add this site's RSS feed to your blog-reader of choice, or that you'll bookmark this site and stop in now and then to say hi, or that you'll start a blog of your own and share the link with me.

Until then, meet the new boss, same as the old, original boss.

Adios, Facebook.

Comments

[Stacey]

Yea! Good for you...about there also....
Glad you'll be posting here and "about the boy"....miss your writing!! Safe travels Friday!

[Shooflypieseason3.blogspot.com]

I loved those Creekside monthly music mixes! Looking forward to seeing you blog again and pushes me to start posting something other than Sunday Shuffles to mine.

[Gram]

Glad you will be back writing. I, too, have missed it as your Mom said. Hurray, also, now "About the Boy" will be back with regular pictures and videos. I am happy.

[McKinze]

Trev, I assume this means you landed the job - congratulations! And I love that you'll be back writing here. I don't get on fb ever so, selfishly, this is better for me. :)

[Sean]

BRAVO, BRAVO. Great to hear, my man. Congrats on the job. I'm very much looking forward to the words, the music and all that these new steps will bring.

[churlita]

I should probably quit FB too. I'd save myself a lot of time. Glad you'll be blogging more.

[Matt-Bob]

Nobody likes a quitter, Trev.

But then, nobody likes me very much either so I think they cancel each other out. Kinda like if you wake up on the wrong side of the bed but grew up on the right side of the tracks. Strike that first comment.

Good for you, brother!

[Gram]

We'll be looking forward to some blogging
as soon as Will is better.

[wfs]

farewell my friend.