I am battling with my new found opinion of writer Andrew Keen. His book titled, The Cult of the Amateur painted the picture (although, in my humble opinion, is way too harsh)of how the Internet today has created a world of facts with doubtful accuracy and has undermined subject matters' authorities.
Welcome to the world of amateurs, where everyone and just anyone who has Internet connection can create content by uploading a piece of their photo, video, post their comments or creating a website.
With "agents" of the Internet like social networking tools like MySpace, Facebook etc and blogs, content creators which are us, are simply self-advertising, according to Keen. Well, quite true, as no doubt ,the way we use Facebook can be thought as self-glorifying, at worst. But at best, it is also a tool for us to keep in touch with our friends by simply replacing any physical forms of contact of the yester-era. No more phone calls, no more birthday cards, just "wall-to-wall messaging" or simply updating our "status" to make our presence felt, isn't that simple?
Hence, with this thought-provoking subject that came to my knowing, I felt obliged not to write anything that is too personal, which I have planned to write about how my year, 2008 had ended. Well, leaping into a brand new year, I can only hope that, with a new year, there'll be a fresh perspective!
