Facebook

In retrospect it’s actually difficult to believe that I initially resisted Facebook. For a while I refused to set-up a Facebook account and it actually took a friend setting up an account for me to get involved. This was only 5 years ago and now I can’t imagine my life without it.

My Facebook account began as a glorified storage place for photos, random disjointed comments, and party requests. Now my Facebook account is a relatively accurate representation of me as a person. My “friends” now include buddies, classmates, travel associates, ex-girlfriends, future girlfriends, and workmates (yes, I folded to the pressure and combined my work and personal life!). My photos are both flattering (tagged by me) and unflattering (tagged by others) and show many of the interesting and not so interesting places I’ve visited. Even my past status updates serve as a history of my thoughts, feelings, and impromptu & all-too-often inappropriate humor.

Just over 2 years ago Facebook became a mobile part of my life. This was the point when my Facebook transitioned from a simple jeff.com to a real living archive integrated with my life. This is when the connectivity of photos, comments, updates, requests, and events moved out from behind my computer screen and into real time life, every hour of everyday.

In the past two years Facebook has become integral to the way I live. I can only imagine how much more integrated and representative of my life my Facebook will be in 2+ years.