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Don’t Let Your Fingers Be The End of You

Posted by John Saddington on Feb 22, 2009

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Re-reading some Godin-gold this morning had me pass by this particular piece that made me stop and do some serious thinking about what I write things in the online space.

Godin says:

The neat thing about the online world is that you are judged almost entirely by your actions, usually based on just your fingers.

Although this might be “neat” it’s also a warning to us to be careful about what we write and what we do through the mediums that we use.

I want do to “generous” things through my blogs, not just because I’d like to be seen as such, but because to do anything else wouldn’t be beneficial to the community at large and would, from my own on-mission perspective with blogging, would be a waste of my time.

I’m going to be re-evaluating this coming year. I’m excited.

Where do you guys stand?

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John Saddington

John is the Chief Editor @ The 8BIT Network and Senior Blog Junkie here at ChurchCrunch.He enjoys Triple-Tall Americanos, developing Wordpress Themes, and a few other Random Things.

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9 Responses to “Don’t Let Your Fingers Be The End of You”

  1. Ancoti
    Sunday, February 22, 2009 at 2:22 pm

    I want do to “generous” things through my blogs…I like the sound of that! Making a blog about others instead of self is a great idea and a convicting challenge for me. I do try for that, but always worry if it is more for me than others.

    I also agree that you have to be careful about what you write, because without the face to face contact, it is easy for someone to get an idea about you different from how you think you are portraying yourself since you cannot easily judge their reactions to you unless they write back.

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    • human3rror
      Sunday, February 22, 2009 at 6:55 pm

      almost every single time i've met with someone in the real they've gotten a bit different impression of me. isn't that odd…

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      • Ancoti
        Sunday, February 22, 2009 at 8:01 pm

        I'll let you know how odd after we meet in person!

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        • human3rror
          Sunday, February 22, 2009 at 8:43 pm

          cool. summer session. a few classes. let's do it.

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  2. Jim
    Monday, February 23, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    I am now sending everything out to my editor before posting. And there's a new schedule for the blogging.

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    • human3rror
      Monday, February 23, 2009 at 4:28 pm

      that's good stuff. i have my wife.
      ;)

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  3. human3rror
    Monday, February 23, 2009 at 4:28 pm

    that's good stuff. i have my wife.
    ;)

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  4. Phillip Gibb
    Monday, February 23, 2009 at 6:50 pm

    ahhh, the power of my index finger! And when I press submit there is no greater pleasure, or umm, fear of recourse.
    :-)

    and of course the neatest thing is that you can't really be truly judged by any physical attributes – only by your mind, your sense of humour and just how often you can press submit in one day. ;-)

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    • human3rror
      Saturday, February 28, 2009 at 5:00 pm

      i tap with my toes.

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