Songs from us...

Hello weblings...  Sorry for my absence over the past little while (maybe it has been a pleasant  absence, then for coming back I am sorry).

I pester you this week for a piece of your brain, just a tiny little bit?

I would like to try a collaborative piece of work where we all write a song together.  What I would like, from anybody who is reading this, is to help me with some lyrics.

The subject matter I would like us to cover is that of Dreams.  Not the subconscious things that happen whilst we sleep, but dreams that we have for our lives, our children's lives, the notion of giving up on your dreams or realising your dreams.  It isn't restricted to this, just something to get the creative juices flowing...

If we can get enough for a whole song, my pledge to you is I will record our collective song and post it for everyone to listen to.  Also, for anyone who would like to be a little more involved I will upload just the music so that you can record your own version and we can create an online band!

So for now write your ideas, share this with the people you meet, ask your neighbor, retweet or repost, the more people who contribute the better our song will be!

I have faith in you weblings - we are the world, we are the children...

Web kindness...

So here we are.  We find ourselves one week into the world of blogging, well done.  In all, quite a positive experience and to my amazement some are actually reading what I have to say!  This is the most mind boggling part I must say.

Some reflections and observations that I have from spending far too much time on social networking sites were, indeed, unexpected.  Mainly the nature of how people interact, and more importantly, how easy it can be for some (definitely not all) to be negative with their interactions with others.

It seems to me, though I fear I may have already known it, that people in cyberland will post comments to a complete stranger in a manner they would never dream of speaking to their face.  Now anyone who knows me, knows that I'm all for passionate debate, but I fear that in the modern digital world we have forgotten the art of doffing ones hat to a passerby, and remarking with a kind gesture how smashing one looks today.

So my little web-lings this is where you come in.  I would like you, as you walk down digital sidewalks, to doff your digital hats to passersby.  I guess you could call it Pay it forward, web 2.0.  This could happen in any number of ways, a comment on someone's blog or sharing the site of someone who, in your opinion, is doing great work.  Be creative, be kind!

I would also like to hear your stories of how someone out there has brightened your day with a little encouragement.  Feel free to share these below.

Now, go out into the world, share some of your kindness with those you meet, re-post, re-tweet and show some web kindness...