I miss email...etc
One thing I've noticed is I've been feeling rather cut off lately. I mean, I still have plenty of social life, no problem there, I don't even have time for what I have. But, I have *really* cut down on email since this new job. They are locked down like Fort knox and getting to yahoo or gmail is right out. I can sort of email from my phone, but its not the same. I'm finding, I really miss it.
I was keeping up at home, but now that the hours have increased, I've been in email less and less and less. Partly due to the time, partly because after a day of near constant demands for my time an attention, for me to do things, when I get home I just can't take *any* more and for a while there my home email was a lot like that too (though much gentler than work of course, and funner stuff often)
It used to be that I'd have at least a handful of people at any given time that I'd exchange fairly long messages with during the day. Lately though, I really don't have anyone like that. .I miss having real messages from people. I guess sending them out really does make a difference in the incoming. I've also cut even more down on the email say..on lists, or with some random person who wants to learn ney, things like that are less too.
Similar is true of chat. In the past I've tended to have a few people at any given time that I could chat with in the evenings, should I feel the need for company but not really want to go out that night. But lately that is less so too. Its really down to only one friend who is ever on at night. I've got another friend who is on during the day, but her work is a lot like mine, so its kind of sporadic at best, intermixed with lots of sql questions. I'm not really into chatting with random net folks, it just seems kind of pointless unless I at least vaugely know a person through the sca or something. So I miss having friends online.
anyhow...
I was keeping up at home, but now that the hours have increased, I've been in email less and less and less. Partly due to the time, partly because after a day of near constant demands for my time an attention, for me to do things, when I get home I just can't take *any* more and for a while there my home email was a lot like that too (though much gentler than work of course, and funner stuff often)
It used to be that I'd have at least a handful of people at any given time that I'd exchange fairly long messages with during the day. Lately though, I really don't have anyone like that. .I miss having real messages from people. I guess sending them out really does make a difference in the incoming. I've also cut even more down on the email say..on lists, or with some random person who wants to learn ney, things like that are less too.
Similar is true of chat. In the past I've tended to have a few people at any given time that I could chat with in the evenings, should I feel the need for company but not really want to go out that night. But lately that is less so too. Its really down to only one friend who is ever on at night. I've got another friend who is on during the day, but her work is a lot like mine, so its kind of sporadic at best, intermixed with lots of sql questions. I'm not really into chatting with random net folks, it just seems kind of pointless unless I at least vaugely know a person through the sca or something. So I miss having friends online.
anyhow...