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So at first there was nothing, and then someone created Facebook. I really liked it at first - I found lot’s of friends (and non-friends) in there, and we are all happily connected. But now after a few weeks, it’s time to think what’s it all about. So the execution is great (I love how they built that site, and the user interface is a charm), and *everyone* is on facebook which is cool. But what’s the point of logging in there? To show-off to my friends the latest pictures from my latest trip? to write a witty quote or say that I love some sophisticated artist? That’s basically it - you can use it to impress some semi-friends who you wouldn’t have talked to in real life… kinda sad (mostly because I tend to do it still).

The thing about facebook is that you get addicted - I want to login! maybe Ahuva updated her Status! maybe Jeff asked another question! Maybe Michal is now a parsley!

The one thing I *do* like about facebook’s network is that it allows you to get to know people who were not your friends at all. For example many of my Metalgrass clients, or people who we work with in TripTouch are on facebook, and are now my ‘friends’. So it’s nice to see the people behind the e-mails. Maybe that’s what it all about, and it’s good to have facebook for that.

And on better books than face’s one - I just finished ‘The left hand of darkness’, by Ursula Le Guin. A great book by an amazing author. It’s so cool that she can create a world and a culture and history, it’s just so real. Recommended! Maybe I’ll go and update my book list in Facebook…

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