Technology and mere mortals

I spent the better half of an afternoon trying to navigate an online web conference system...and with somewhat disappointing results. I've decided that unless there is some standardization of equipment, it is near impossible to have a conference with any quality at this stage of the technology game. Still it's a dream that will soon come to pass..sit down at your computer, hit a few strokes, voila you'll be in a virtual meeting room in your pj's.

This brings up surprising ideas...such as how to maniupulate one's picture or presence online. I found myself holding up pics from magazines of top models and so my name --- and then under that, some supermodel in pose. It was kinda cool...only it didn't fool anyone else in the meeting. They figured I was behind, hiding.

But what if that happens? What if we start to create online personalities that look and act like our imagination...and we never leave our houses at all. You could go your entire life and never know the person who does your taxes isn't a svelt Tom Cruise look alike. And he'd never know you didn't look like Charlize Theron. A whole world built upon superficiality and illusion.