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practicalopacity:

Herein lies an interesting filter through which to pass every status update/post/tweet/submission: “If I was sitting and having coffee with these friends right now, would we actually bother talking about this? Does it matter?” If it doesn’t matter enough to warrant thoughtful, reflective conversation, then what value does it hold, exactly?

Typically wonderful insight from James.

Thanks to Patrick for posting up this article.

This is one of my struggles when I want to write something for a blog I am involved in. I will drop almost anything into my twitter stream, but not my Facebook or blog. It is strange, I know.

I guess it is a “Do I want this trivial nonsense to be associated with me?” syndrome. I am hoping to increase my writing skills in 2011, so that I don’t have this fear as much.