Now Only Semi Passion-Deficient

Okay, everybody is still more passionate than I am (blog-wise anyway) ...especially those spittin-sputterin' mad political bloggers. I guess I could get up a dumptruck of dander if somebody paid me (under the table) for it. I do actually care about this election.

I guess what's keeping me passion-deficient about blogging is this whole blog-o-sphere thing. I actually am as they say a true early adopter. (Please note the excess use of italics ...in the early days, italics were the proverbial twinkle in the eye ...we had to do *this* to substitute for italics ...so now all this sorta rich media is a treat.)

So when something I care about -- like online community and creative expression -- turns into a full-scale FAD, well then I sort of go back into my cave and watch watch old episodes of House and bond with the good doctor's scathing-ness. Don't get me wrong -- much of what we dreamed of in the dinosaur days of 300 baud is now possible for the vast number of cyber-citizens around the world. I am especially happy that women are empowered in droves and that the original name of the group I founded in 1995 -- Wired Women -- (Get Wired, Get Hired) no longer applies, thanks to the wireless revolution. I so remember the days when big companies didn't want to advertise online because they claimed Mrs. P&G is not on the Internet. And now, well Dove's brilliant viral marketing campaign has changed traditional advertising and marketing forever.

For a time there -- right after I spoke at the Smithsonian on 'Women and The Future of Technology', I used to average at least 25 emails and as many phone calls a day from women who wanted to get up to tech speed. These days -- tonight, in fact -- I still spend time showing women that technology really is a snap -- but now it's mostly about iPods and Blackberrys.

Okay I am feeling the old passion arising here. Maybe the mere act of blogging triggers passion and makes you want to jump on board and say your piece.