Tuesday, August 3, 2010

There’s no easy way to say this, but I’m abandoning you and going incommunicado for about a week, after which I’ll return with the very best gifts of all: even more posts. Improved frequency is only part of what’s coming down the pipeline, because I’m hoping the content itself will expand to territories different and unexplored.

But make no mistake. The site as a whole will continue along its current flight path, far, far away from the province of social media. At the same time, though, I wouldn’t qualify it as anti-social media, since it’s still a public destination. Instead I’d like to carve out my own space and pioneer the notion of semi-social media: a way to keep the “me” in media while placing you well on the other side of the storefront window. Now, as ever, I write to keep the noggin chugging along. That’s the guiding star, and there’s a resultant product you can peruse, but I absolutely do not want to know you’re reading.

As for what you’re welcome to browse, albeit only under cover of secrecy, I’ve got an upcoming trip to Indianapolis that promises to be a rich vein of raw material. It’s been four years since I left the Midwest, and I was certain I had said my goodbyes, but in the parlance of Lost, it appears the island isn’t done with me yet. I’m going under the auspices of a business trip, a chance to hone my “craft,” which means hitting CTRL-C, CTRL-V in startlingly innovative ways, and how a Train concert will further this, I don’t exactly know. Be assured, however, I will get to the bottom of who in fresh hell Mr. Mister is, and why he’s on the radio and/or stereo.

Three paragraphs earlier, I mentioned the content you read here may change, and this is why. For one thing, I suspect I’ll be traveling more. I’ve also noticed my capacity for people has increased slowly, imperceptibly these past few months, with the urge to disappear substantially curbed. And when you combine travel with this newfound ability to tolerate company–enjoy it, even–well, revolution may be at hand.