Comments on: Bah, humbug. http://socialuxe.com/2005/11/bah-humbug/ A publication about social media, culture and consumerism by Eston Bond in the heart of Silicon Valley. Tue, 04 May 2010 23:13:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: hyalineskies 6.0 beta 3 » With open source and open ears http://socialuxe.com/2005/11/bah-humbug/#comment-785 hyalineskies 6.0 beta 3 » With open source and open ears Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:13:19 +0000 http://www.hyalineskies.com/blog/?p=479#comment-785 [...] Although our blogs are our place to ramble on about our work, others’ work, or our lives, the blog’s one-way, soapbox-style content can overshadow the fact that plenty of people are behind the scenes listening. Although we are creating Web 2.0 when we are bloggers, it is the role of the reader and participant that truly drives everything that the Social Web is founded upon. It is also the participant that is easily neglected when you are the content creator, leaving us in a position of pretension and undermining the work we do as web creatives. Your readers should be your inspiration during a creative block; your readers should be your reason for keeping up your blog even when you are pressed for time elsewhere. It is the reader that should drive your content and design in an acceptable direction. [...] [...] Although our blogs are our place to ramble on about our work, others’ work, or our lives, the blog’s one-way, soapbox-style content can overshadow the fact that plenty of people are behind the scenes listening. Although we are creating Web 2.0 when we are bloggers, it is the role of the reader and participant that truly drives everything that the Social Web is founded upon. It is also the participant that is easily neglected when you are the content creator, leaving us in a position of pretension and undermining the work we do as web creatives. Your readers should be your inspiration during a creative block; your readers should be your reason for keeping up your blog even when you are pressed for time elsewhere. It is the reader that should drive your content and design in an acceptable direction. [...]

]]> By: Katie http://socialuxe.com/2005/11/bah-humbug/#comment-763 Katie Sun, 20 Nov 2005 22:31:37 +0000 http://www.hyalineskies.com/blog/?p=479#comment-763 I know it's Christmas, because the other morning I walked out to my car only to find what seems to be the crumbs of packing styrofoam in the cracks of my car. Santa Claus has received his shipment from China, and the world is getting ready to celebrate. I know it’s Christmas, because the other morning I walked out to my car only to find what seems to be the crumbs of packing styrofoam in the cracks of my car. Santa Claus has received his shipment from China, and the world is getting ready to celebrate.

]]> By: Patricia http://socialuxe.com/2005/11/bah-humbug/#comment-753 Patricia Wed, 16 Nov 2005 06:55:18 +0000 http://www.hyalineskies.com/blog/?p=479#comment-753 Do NOT put the tree up yet! I limit myself when it comes to this time of the year. I have yet to purchase decorations and I dare not touch the christmas music on my computer until AFTER thanksgiving. And what is this christmas in july sale crap! Do NOT put the tree up yet! I limit myself when it comes to this time of the year. I have yet to purchase decorations and I dare not touch the christmas music on my computer until AFTER thanksgiving. And what is this christmas in july sale crap!

]]> By: Ken http://socialuxe.com/2005/11/bah-humbug/#comment-752 Ken Wed, 16 Nov 2005 06:14:57 +0000 http://www.hyalineskies.com/blog/?p=479#comment-752 I can't remember the date but near the beginning of October I went to Meijer to buy some gardening supplies. I needed to re-pot some house plants, so I went to the garden section of the store... well, come to find out garden supplies are a seasonal item. I can't say I'm surprised, but I was a little taken aback by the influx of Christmas supplies into the area where the garden supplies used to be. They didn't have all their displays set up or anything, but they had maybe two shelves stocked, then two empty shelves, and then the remnants of the previous season's goods. I was happy to get a great deal on the remaining four pots they had on the shelf, but I certainly wasn't expecting Christmas to be the season following Gardening. I went back a few weeks later for some last-minute Hallowe'en supplies. They had finished rounding out the new Christmas Department in the store. Oh yeah and in the isle they had two display stands for Hallowe'en things. Humbug indeed. I can’t remember the date but near the beginning of October I went to Meijer to buy some gardening supplies. I needed to re-pot some house plants, so I went to the garden section of the store… well, come to find out garden supplies are a seasonal item. I can’t say I’m surprised, but I was a little taken aback by the influx of Christmas supplies into the area where the garden supplies used to be. They didn’t have all their displays set up or anything, but they had maybe two shelves stocked, then two empty shelves, and then the remnants of the previous season’s goods. I was happy to get a great deal on the remaining four pots they had on the shelf, but I certainly wasn’t expecting Christmas to be the season following Gardening.

I went back a few weeks later for some last-minute Hallowe’en supplies. They had finished rounding out the new Christmas Department in the store. Oh yeah and in the isle they had two display stands for Hallowe’en things.

Humbug indeed.

]]> By: Bill http://socialuxe.com/2005/11/bah-humbug/#comment-751 Bill Wed, 16 Nov 2005 05:10:13 +0000 http://www.hyalineskies.com/blog/?p=479#comment-751 I completely agree. You and I, let's change this. Let's make it mean something. And clearly, we've already started with our Pathetic Tree. I completely agree. You and I, let’s change this. Let’s make it mean something. And clearly, we’ve already started with our Pathetic Tree.

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