Words and whispers are rumor spreaders, but the printed word is set in stone, until it becomes kindling or a chip wrapper. But with the modern age there comes a new way to communicate, and proliferate truths and un-truths.
I spent most of my spare time at the weekend, chatting to friends, and relaxing with the family, interspersed with ‘Twitters’ from the blogosphere; small snippets of information from multiple sources, feeding in through my chosen method of receiving them (twitterific). I am now in touch with a whole host of interesting people, and the snippets range from the dire to the down right interesting (mine are mostly dire), but that said it seems to be a whole new communication concept. A very powerful, mis-understood method, that can be broadcast to millions instantly, and has the power to notify, those that are interested immediately (followers) and those that you are interested in what you say (following) and if your lucky, they will pick up this news, and if it meets with their area of interest, they’ll move it on (RT – ReTweet) to their own list of followers, and so the word spreads. Now in the light that this is so powerful, you can fall into the mind set that anything that is Twittered is indeed fact, and we need to be wary as I Twittered something that I’d read this morning (from a valid source); and that was, ‘PENTAX are no longer being stocked by JESSOPS in the retail sector’. Surely the demise of a giant of the photographic industry. But to be honest I don’t know that this is indeed a fact or a whisper of half truth. I am sure that in time we will know the truth but we need to careful of rapid fire communication, and apply the same rules to our basic surfing, prove prove prove that what we are reading is indeed fact, because a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. We are truly standing on the shoulder of a giant, and I believe that ‘micro-blogging’ is the future of communication, as we know it. It’s an extension to our armory, and is quicker, easier and more readily cross-platform available than any other form of communication / social networking that is currently out there. So for those of you still completely mystified, pop over to www.twitter.com and register, then download twitterific or tweetdeck, or indeed FRING on a mobile, or CHIRP for PC (google it), go to your friends search, add @ID7, and use me to test your new found communication method. Its quite addictive……honest……
This shot is a 3 frame HDR, the EXIF is from the middle exposure. It was shot at ShellBay on the carpark side, and just a short walk from the Chain Ferry. It looks lovely, its not too bad up-close, but put it this way, I wouldn’t want to swim in it! ;-). And my daughter asked if there were crocodiles in England… She has a fair point!….. csj
2026 – Edit
Words and whispers have always been rumour spreaders, while the printed word was set in stone—at least until it became kindling or a chip wrapper. But in today’s hyper-connected age, the way we proliferate truths (and untruths) has evolved into an absolute beast.
I spent most of my spare time this weekend chatting with friends and relaxing with the family, interspersed with scrolling through my timeline on X (the platform we all still accidentally call Twitter). I am in touch with a whole host of interesting people, and the snippets range from the dire to the downright fascinating (mine mostly lean toward the former). It remains an incredibly powerful, often misunderstood medium. You can broadcast to millions instantly, notify your followers in real-time, and if you strike a chord, they’ll hit ‘Repost’ and the word spreads like wildfire.
Because of this power, it’s dangerously easy to fall into the mindset that anything posted is absolute fact. We need to be wary, as I recently shared something I’d read from a seemingly valid source: ‘PENTAX are no longer being stocked by JESSOPS in the retail sector’. Surely the demise of a giant of the photographic industry. But honestly, in this digital landscape, it’s hard to tell a concrete fact from a whisper of a half-truth. We need to apply the same old-school rules to our surfing: verify, verify, verify. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, especially when it goes viral. We are truly standing in the middle of a global megaphone, and social feeds are the undisputed king of communication as we know it. It’s an extension of our armoury, and is quicker, easier, and more readily cross-platform available than anything else out there.
So for those of you still completely mystified, pop over to X, Threads, or Bluesky and register. Go to your search, add @ID7, and use me to test your new-found communication method. It’s quite addictive……honest……
(I have recently “paused” my X account, I dont agree with all it stands for , and some of those that have voices on there. – csj 14/05/2026)
This shot is a 3-frame HDR, the EXIF is from the middle exposure. It was shot at Shell Bay on the car park side, and just a short walk from the Chain Ferry. It looks lovely, its not too bad up-close, but put it this way, I wouldn’t want to swim in it! 😉 And my daughter asked if there were crocodiles in England… She has a fair point!….. csj
- taken|7 february, 2009
- camera|Canon EOS 5D
- lens|17-40 f4 L series
- focal length|21mm
- aperture|f/22
- shutter speed|1/2s
- shooting mode|Aperture
- exposure bias|0 ev
- metering mode|pattern
- iso|100
- flash fired|No
- image quality|RAW
- raw converter|CS3 + FDRTools + PhotomatixPro
- cropped|yes slight