Noise

I'm taking a Twitter break. I'm attempting the same with Facebook, but that will probably prove trickier.

It's not that I'm against social media or the Internet or modernity, really. I couldn't make a living if I was. (And, uh, it'd be pretty silly for me to be blogging about it if I was.) But every now and again I find that my brain is filling up with too much noise: Too many RSS feeds. Too many Tweets. Too many status updates. Too much stuff.

Maybe I'm getting old. Maybe there's enough real noise in our real life -- the boy is on a teething bender -- that electronic noise is just a step too far. Or maybe I miss concentration. Contemplation.

Or maybe I'm getting old.