Jets and the Sharks discuss authenticity 3pm THURSDAY

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Hey all, to celebrate the fact that everyone is trying (ineffectively) to discuss authenticity on Twitter, I figured we should have a scheduled discussion where we can all get in on the action. I'd love for everyone to stop by and give their thoughts on what authenticity means and whether it deserves all the buzz.

Tomorrow (Thursday) at 3pm CST

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Permalink Reply by Slouch on July 1, 2009 at 3:47pm: Sounds good to me. Thanks for setting this up.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Michael Homula on July 1, 2009 at 3:57pm: I will be there. Thanks Maren; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Claudia Faust on July 1, 2009 at 4:04pm: oh, now this sounds very interesting! I'll be there too. :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Steve Levy on July 1, 2009 at 4:08pm: It's in the calendar; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Maren Hogan on July 1, 2009 at 4:09pm: YAY! The only thing that would make this better is if we got a break from the wrestling vids and Jason posted this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exGJsv6ZNlo; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jerry Albright on July 1, 2009 at 4:22pm: I may not be able to join the fray since I have some vacation time I have to use. (We have a "use it or lose it" policy here) so let me just throw out a few thoughts.

If you have to say your authentic - you're not - so you shouldn't have said it. Just like honesty. Never mention it. Practice it.

But when people start jumbling authenticity with transparency - oh my - what a crazy cocktail! Pretty soon you're trying to make sure everyone can see right through your sincerity and orignality.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Maren Hogan on July 1, 2009 at 4:41pm: I think this is a really important article to read on the subject of semantics, general semantics and discussing semantics.
http://www.johnsumser.com/2009/06/090630-dissonance/; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jim - medXcentral on July 2, 2009 at 3:02pm: An authentic transparent replica of me will be there.

Oh.. uhhh... I'm assuming it will be held in the RBC chat room...not the alternate... am I correct?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Slouch on July 2, 2009 at 3:32pm: It will be in the chat which is on the front page or you can click the chat tab in the blue navigation bar.

Jim - medXcentral said:
An authentic transparent replica of me will be there.

Oh.. uhhh... I'm assuming it will be held in the RBC chat room...not the alternate... am I correct?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Maren Hogan on July 3, 2009 at 12:44pm: Good post Laurie. There's a line in one of my favorite Frou Frou songs that goes:
"I Read you
and God I'm good at it
I'm so spot on
Cold
Shapes in air
compress that dissonance
If you dare".
This entire thread/convo/debate/and your and John's related posts make me think of that. I think she's talking about a lover but the point is, in this often claustrophobic world of blogging, social networking and industry double speak, we think we know each other. Furthermore, people define words and terms according to how their social circle defines them and sometimes, the social circle is wrong.

Anyway, I like talking about this stuff.; ▶ Reply to This