The Reluctant Webutante!

OK - so here I am! Not exactly an early adopter I agree - more of a reluctant webutante but none the less I am now officially a 'player'.

Of course I enter the Blogosphere just as the 'uber cool' are flocking - starling like - to the Twittersphere where all the action seems to be right now - whether your pulling up in an NYC ferry boat to rescue passengers from the frozen waters of the Hudson or simply being smug about your access all areas pass at the Brits.

I am amazed at how communications has become such a minute by minute experience for so many people - it has become part of life.

But then - hey - you get those bad moments.

I was lucky enough to be in New York for Inauguration Day last month and thought I would join 'my fellow Americans' in Time Square to watch the ceremony. It was -5C in the Square but the crowd gathering and the sheer sense of excitement was extraordinary. 

There were the big screens vying for attention with the neon advertising. There was the packed Washington Mall. There was Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin looking like the Queen Mother on this historic occasion. But there was - no sound!

Now Time Square has at least four major news studios within a pastrami slice of the centre - yet not one of them has bothered to provide us with speakers to fully experience and enjoy the moment! Hello!

So - faced with the weird option of watching Aretha sing 'My Country Tis of Thee' mute (accompanied by subtitles) - I fled instead to the nearest Deli to watch and hear it all from there.

We may blog and twitter away but some of our communications bretheren don't appear to be on first base yet when it comes to providing good communications....

... don't get me started...

Gerard