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I Whirled Like A Dervish
By joseexist in Musings On Muses
July 27, 2010

I whirled like a dervish across the world-wide-web. When I finally slowed down enough to catch a breath, I found my handful of mailboxes filling up with correspondence. Some was generated by AI and were notifications of activity. Others were sparks of conversation from friends, fans, family, and other artist. Then of course there were the e-mails that wanted to help me with anything from my car insurance to things way too personal to divulge here.

When I open a mailbox and see over four-thousand unread items the first thing that goes thru my mind is ‘great!’, and ‘let’s network!’ I feel giddy as I jump off into the unknown and start filtering things. The luster quickly wears off though and soon I have a thousand pieces of junk in the trash can.

The real gems come thru though. Be they friends, family, fans, artists, or affiliates of A.O.G. Media, I enjoy communicating back and forth, and one good interaction can make any artists day.

About this ‘whirling’ thing, I shot off in a few hundred different directions and signed onto as many websites as I could. That alone really got my material out there. The downside was of course the rapidly filling mailboxes and the chinks in my security software caused by so much ‘gallivanting’ about the ‘www’. There are many attempts that I can easily thwart by simply recognizing the address on the unopened item. There are however, many more items that show up coming from deviously ingenious malcontents.

The real world and the cyber world are two distinct worlds that co-exist beside one another. They frequently intertwine in their day to day activities and each has a direct effect on the other. Both are playgrounds with profound consequences for anyone lacking the ability to safeguard their personal information. If you’re planning on spreading out across the web with whatever it is you may do, plan on spending the effort to maintain a solid defense against attack. Not all cyber attacks come from the cyber world and not all real world attacks come from the real world. As I said before, the two worlds interact, and often. Keep your bearings at all times.