Comments on: 12 lessions I learned from my crazy, Christmas, facebook idea

By: bondChristian

bondChristian — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:15:13 +0000

Thank you for the addition. I love it.

But hey, I bet you got a nice conversation out of that one. Fun stuff. I don’t speak Spanish, but I took two years of it in college. I love when friends write messages in other languages, though, because I get to try to decode them.

But that’s just me.

Way to go pulling that off… writing on everyone’s wall. I’d love to hear more similar stories.

-Marshall Jones Jr.

By: bondChristian

bondChristian — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:10:31 +0000

I’m with you on the “sucking your life away” comment (see my other comment above this one). I know it can be difficult, and I’ve had quite a few conversations about the appropriate amount of use and deactivating.

About gift wrapping, cheers! I had a record buying experience this year. I started buying gifts and finished all in one day… because I only had two shopping days left. I’m a firm believer in the productive power of deadlines. :>)

Thank you for checking out my other blog. I’ve kept all the interaction for that one on Twitter and Facebook – so far. Just this week, I’ve had a couple more comments about it, though… more than usual, so maybe I’ll open them soon. We’ll see.

I had planned to post here on Christmas too – a song. In the end, though, I didn’t feel it was totally amazing and decided I’d rather stay silent than just add to the Christmas noise. So, “Silent Day.”

Thank you again for reading and commenting,

-Marshall Jones Jr.

By: bondChristian

bondChristian — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:01:20 +0000

Yes, I know I often take it for granted. I end up wasting a lot of time on it instead of using it to really get to know people and interact. I’m trying to get better with that.

As for the “merry” part, I once sent a college professor a “Marry Christmas” in an email. I noticed it only after I’d sent it and mentioned something about it. Turns out, since she’s Tai, she didn’t even celebrate Christmas. Classic, Marshall, classic. :>)

-Marshall Jones Jr.

By: amanda!

amanda! — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:23:23 +0000

Wow I did this before I read your article and I just have one thing to add: writing in the correct language spells caring too. Don’t tell your college best friend “Feliz Navidad y Dios te bendiga completamente”, when she doesn’t speak a word of English, and when you meant to write that on your Tio Frank’s wall.

By: Jenn Joshua

Jenn Joshua — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:50:14 +0000

Hey!

Wow, that’s quite a feat! Unfortunately, I saved all my gift-wrapping for the last-minute so I was up, surrounded by paper and tape until almost 3 AM — no time to be nice to several hundred people (plus, I deactivated Facebook for now ’cause it was sucking my life away). But that’s a really neat idea — I’ll have to try it some day.

(As far as my gift wrapping: like Charlie Brown says, “I work best under pressure!” Ahem.)

Anyway. Merry Christmas! I was going to comment on your other blog, but the comment feature wasn’t working for some reason. So, just a shout-out to say, a true blogger updates on Christmas – hooray!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:01:53 +0000

In reference to #6 I once wrote “Aunt Merry” on my Aunt Mary’s Christmas gift. Totally by accident but I “blame” the Christmas spirit. I didn’t know what I had done until she opened the gift, she thought it was funny, and better yet that I did it on purpose. So it all worked out.

I find Facebook very odd when it comes to interacting with people. People forget many of the things you pointed out. It started to feel like a chore to me rather than a perk of technology. I’m glad it’s working for somebody in a positive way.