Comments on: Plugged In and Disconnected http://operationdeltaduck.com/blog/2009/02/plugged-in-and-disconnected/ Conservation through the eyes of a falconer Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:03:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: rebecca http://operationdeltaduck.com/blog/2009/02/plugged-in-and-disconnected/comment-page-1/#comment-41 rebecca Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:47:04 +0000 http://operationdeltaduck.com/blog/?p=20#comment-41 Doug, I had the good fortune of hearing Richard Louv (Last Child in the Woods) speak and bringing Cheryl Charles out to speak for the Girl Scout Council I worked at. I love the work they are doing with the Children And Nature Network. (www.childrenandnature.org) Check out their site. Twitter is an interesting thing... I've been on for a year and honestly for the first eight months found it to be terribly pointless. Then people starting getting imaginative with how to use it. I got hooked when I receive the tweet that @MarsRover had just verified sublimation. (WATER ON MARS!!) Yeah, totally nerdy, but I was among the first thousand or so people to know. I don't follow very many people's tweets directly to my phone, only a couple of friends (@jessicalawrence @workingprmama @drhypercube) and people who continually crack me up (@wilw @badbanana) Mostly when I tweet it's to amuse myself, but this has surprised me by adding a few like-minded friends to my list. (and I mean that in the REAL sense - not in the Myspace sense). And when I actively engage it has introduced me to some like-minded people who have great information about things I care about -- @curlybill (the Wild Idea Buffalo - Dan O'Brien and company) @troutscout (who works in conservation policy in DC) and a bunch of hunter types in the Sacramento area. (@sportingdays for instance) So I've "met" tons of parrot people, DU supporters, conservation folks as well as the local Twitter folks I've met in person. It's networking at its finest. It's hard to over stay your welcome when you are engaging 140 characters at a time. Here's a great article http://snipr.com/cnu8t More than I meant to say, but I hope that helps... Doug,

I had the good fortune of hearing Richard Louv (Last Child in the Woods) speak and bringing Cheryl Charles out to speak for the Girl Scout Council I worked at. I love the work they are doing with the Children And Nature Network. (www.childrenandnature.org) Check out their site.

Twitter is an interesting thing… I’ve been on for a year and honestly for the first eight months found it to be terribly pointless. Then people starting getting imaginative with how to use it. I got hooked when I receive the tweet that @MarsRover had just verified sublimation. (WATER ON MARS!!) Yeah, totally nerdy, but I was among the first thousand or so people to know.

I don’t follow very many people’s tweets directly to my phone, only a couple of friends (@jessicalawrence @workingprmama @drhypercube) and people who continually crack me up (@wilw @badbanana) Mostly when I tweet it’s to amuse myself, but this has surprised me by adding a few like-minded friends to my list. (and I mean that in the REAL sense – not in the Myspace sense). And when I actively engage it has introduced me to some like-minded people who have great information about things I care about — @curlybill (the Wild Idea Buffalo – Dan O’Brien and company) @troutscout (who works in conservation policy in DC) and a bunch of hunter types in the Sacramento area. (@sportingdays for instance)

So I’ve “met” tons of parrot people, DU supporters, conservation folks as well as the local Twitter folks I’ve met in person. It’s networking at its finest. It’s hard to over stay your welcome when you are engaging 140 characters at a time.

Here’s a great article
http://snipr.com/cnu8t

More than I meant to say, but I hope that helps…

]]> By: Doug Potter http://operationdeltaduck.com/blog/2009/02/plugged-in-and-disconnected/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Doug Potter Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:31:19 +0000 http://operationdeltaduck.com/blog/?p=20#comment-38 Rebecca, Well written. I work in an elementary school and it always amazes me how little children know about what happens in their backyard. I farce them to read "my side of the Mountain." and in the end they usually love it. By the way, People have been trying to recruit me to start twittering, I don't see the point. Can you help me? Doug <a href="http://hawkingharrisblog.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Harris' Hawk Blog</a> Rebecca,

Well written. I work in an elementary school and it always amazes me how little children know about what happens in their backyard. I farce them to read “my side of the Mountain.” and in the end they usually love it.

By the way, People have been trying to recruit me to start twittering, I don’t see the point. Can you help me?

Doug
Harris’ Hawk Blog

]]> By: rebecca http://operationdeltaduck.com/blog/2009/02/plugged-in-and-disconnected/comment-page-1/#comment-35 rebecca Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:35:45 +0000 http://operationdeltaduck.com/blog/?p=20#comment-35 I know, Steve. It's such a shame that it's a much bigger challenge to get people excited about what's in their backyard. Of course the bigger problem is the overall disconnect with nature... I guess the best we can do is keep doing. I know, Steve. It’s such a shame that it’s a much bigger challenge to get people excited about what’s in their backyard. Of course the bigger problem is the overall disconnect with nature… I guess the best we can do is keep doing.

]]> By: Steve Meltzer http://operationdeltaduck.com/blog/2009/02/plugged-in-and-disconnected/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Steve Meltzer Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:04:03 +0000 http://operationdeltaduck.com/blog/?p=20#comment-8 Rebecca, I couldn't agree more. I feel a virtual sneer over the internet when I push the LCA Trust Mission because I'm trying to preserve nature NEXT DOOR instead of in some far-off but mystical rain forest. I too want to preserve land elsewhere, but I can touch and feel the land (and of course water) next door and it is therefore, palpable and personal. I posted a similar theme on my blog a few weeks back (http://tinyurl.com/bxzvsc). Great post. Steve Meltzer Rebecca,

I couldn’t agree more. I feel a virtual sneer over the internet when I push the LCA Trust Mission because I’m trying to preserve nature NEXT DOOR instead of in some far-off but mystical rain forest. I too want to preserve land elsewhere, but I can touch and feel the land (and of course water) next door and it is therefore, palpable and personal. I posted a similar theme on my blog a few weeks back (http://tinyurl.com/bxzvsc).

Great post.

Steve Meltzer

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