So probably everyone knows by now that Krista and I are traveling to Swaziland to volunteer with the Peace Corps as HIV and AIDS educators. There is an incredible amount of information and discussion that I would love to have with all of you given the time. Although I think I’m a little more nervous about the time than I need to be, I’m too familiar with the feeling of time slipping by, and don’t want to be trapped at the last minute.
With that in mind I have set out looking for the easiest way to distribute information, updates, photos, and notes online with the least amount of effort. It’s difficult to want to type and maintain multiple social networks, when I know that the point of technology is to enable more efficient processes. With that in mind I have set about a slightly complicated yet hopefully worthwhile attempt to maintain as much useful content as possible in one single upload. If I have an internet connection once a month, it would be nice to have to write one post that reaches all my friends, and not have to write something for every network.
This all starts with the blog at www.briandeyo.us. I can use Windows Live Writer to compose blog entries offline, and will be able to post them when I am able to. Once I post them to the main blog they should also update MySpace, Live Spaces and Facebook. The biggest issue with this is any comments that are made on one network will not transfer over, so comments will still be disparate. The easiest way around that is to ask all of you to check the website for updates and photos. When I post something on the site it should update my status and write on my wall that I have posted something new. It should be a link that you can follow to see the complete post.
Sounds great in theory, but I’ll wait to see what happens after I publish this. I haven’t fully tested this wonderful mass-publishing yet, so the results will be unpredictable for a few days. In the meantime I will say that I am completely without a phone, check email a few times a day, but otherwise I’m very hard to get a hold of suddenly. Additionally I’m starting to understand how debilitating it is in modern society to have the option of constant contact revoked. Please look for me on Skype and check the site for any news or pictures that are worth seeing. I will be more vigilant in my communications through this medium as long as an internet connection exists.