Why I use Facebook …

I don’t get on Face­book to play far­mville.  In fact, I don’t think far­mville should even get a cap­i­tal f in its name.

I thought I got on Face­book so I could peer into the details of a friend’s life and be able to help them along life’s jour­ney.  It seems how­ever, that some are return­ing the favor and ask­ing ques­tions I would have other wise never expected.  These peo­ple are my true friends.

Face­book has nearly destroyed the mean­ing of friends in its race to make its users more pop­u­lar with more peo­ple.  In fact, it has diluted our sense of true friend­ship so much that I have been screen­ing my friend requests more and more each day.  I don’t befriend any­one on Face­book that isn’t (or wasn’t) a friend in real life.  I think that’s fair.

The view from where I’m stand­ing is some­what foggy, for my friends who have asked.  I’m tran­si­tion­ing and I don’t really know what tomor­row holds.  I’m work­ing hard to come up with a mis­sion for myself, and I’m real­iz­ing that there’s noth­ing new to my mis­sion, I just need to assign it some words.

Ken­neth Bau­cum is build­ing the bridge between peo­ple and technology.

The way I see it, there’s sev­eral mean­ings, all of which can be con­strued as cor­rect.  First, I’m build­ing a bridge between peo­ple and tech­nol­ogy.  I’m find­ing ways to use tech­nol­ogy to make life eas­ier in prac­ti­cal and tan­gi­ble ways.  Sec­ond, I’m build­ing bridges between peo­ple.  I enjoy lever­ag­ing real rela­tion­ships and real life appli­ca­tions to help guide and inspire oth­ers on their quest for per­sonal excel­lence.  Finally, I’m bring­ing tech­nol­ogy together.  Tech­nol­ogy is a tool that I am using and mold­ing to make life eas­ier.  Tech­nol­ogy is part of my life, lib­erty and my pur­suit of happiness.

My pur­suit of hap­pi­ness includes more things than can be listed in a rea­son­able space, so I’ll stick with these three things:  I pur­sue God, I serve oth­ers and I enjoy being myself.  I hope you can find for your­self a mis­sion and pas­sion to get involved in.  Find a pas­sion and get fully engaged in it.

With­out vision (passion/inspiration/motivation/education/mission), the peo­ple perish.