Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Part of the secret to success in life is to [eat pizza]







Since delving into this whole world of social networking, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the organic nature of technology. It has been said that computer technology is the forerunner to Armageddon, the unfolding of Revelations, the sign of the Devil, or, if you're a Trekkie, entre to the Borg. There's no secret fear of technological invasion -- science fiction drips with it -- and I think many see facebook as such an assault, but I am discovering that this new (at least to me) technology has a wavelike quality that is actually inspiring, and considering that it is maintained by a community of people, then it can’t be all bad. I suppose it’s like the old quote, “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” So I guess we could say that technology isn’t evil, but it’s the people who use it that are the predators. Facebook is a waterfall of ideas, many of them inspired ones that link us inextricably to each other, at least those who are given entrance into our rooms to look at our walls. Some people are afraid – privacy issues, identity theft, predatory danger. And it’s true. There is the chance that you can open your door too wide and let someone in on too much, but there is also the chance that you can open the door just enough to let people see a side of you that you don’t show face-to-face or that you need to show to more people than you would be able to do one at a time. The face of facebook is the face you choose to create and even explore. I know I am not the first person to come to understand these things, but it’s a new and exciting understanding for me. I continue to explore and respect the networking potential of blogspot, facebook, and twitter.
I know this philosophical jaunt into social networking has little to do with pizza, but marketing my restaurant is such an integral part of my day-to-day that now social networking is about pizza for me. Check out my facebook, and you will see -- it's all about pizza. And as an aside, I just put together a website; I am no artist when it comes to creating websites, and I merely used a template, but it’s an organized presentation of the restaurant, so please go and view it when you get a chance.