The mixed blessings of technology...

[jbsegal]

So, those posts-by-email I made earlier today... They were announcing that I'd ended up with no real plans for the day, and did anyone want to do anything and later that I was going to dinner, and did anyone want to join me or suggest something else?

I got no replies to either of them. I spent the day in a moderately bad mood - despite enjoying what I was doing in the mean time. I was feeling lonely and un-liked.

It actually improved my mood - while simultaneously pissing me off - to find out that it wasn't (necessarily) that no one liked me, but that they hadn't seen my posts, as they were dated a couple of days in the past.

Now, this of course leaves the question: What if the posts HAD been time-stamped correctly?

Comments

[cme]

Sorry, man- maybe after you come back. :)

[kimberlogic.livejournal.com]

I thought you were getting together with M&A???

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

I was. Except that failed to work yesterday, leaving me at loose ends.

So now I'm doing it today. Unfortunately, for less time, as I'm also going to a Squares group tonight, but this stuff happens.

If ... Then ...

[burningriver.livejournal.com]

you'd probably have gotten a phone call asking what you felt like doing from this end of the swamp ...

[luckylefty.livejournal.com]

I can't speak for anyone else, but I only read LJ about every couple of days. So it's not the right medium for "anyone want to go get dinner?" for me or people like me. Email, phone, or AIM will get you a more timely response. Of course, they aren't broadcast media, which is often what you want here.