Wanna have some fun? Silly question! Of course you do. So here’s a bit of a riddly, stimulating thought provoking set of questions. I’m looking forward to your answers in the comments.
What’s the difference between a tv and a computer?
What’s the difference between a lecture and a discussion?
What’s the difference between George W. Bush and Liz Strauss?
What’s the difference between a website and a blog?
Here’s some hints:
- All the questions have the same answer.
- That answer will take your relationships to the next level.
Now let’s ask the ad-hoc panel for their answers to these questions. Panel? Who would like to go first?
Mike Sansone – What do you think? Chris Cree, Phil Gerbyshak for a relationship geek perspective, or how about you Aaron?
psssttt…. the panel doesn’t know they are the panel. Let’s see what happens. 
Comments (17)
Oh my, Dave,
I’m afraid of where this one could go.
Liz,
It’s a moderated panel discussion. Should be an easy solve.
It’s okay, Dave. I’m scare of the light and my own shadow.
Liz,
Have you ever been on a yellow brick road? Or know anyone named Dorothy?
I actually met Liz on the yellow brick road…
Oh, let’s see, so many answers…
How about freedom?
A computer offers freedom while a tv offers slavery. Same can be said about lectures vs discussions, Bush vs Liz and websites vs blogs.
Dawud,
ahh, you’re the other person on the road.
Freedom… good answer. So where could that take you in relationships? Thanks for joining in the conversation.
umm, what’s the difference? i’d say a computer, a discussion, Liz and a blog are interactive and fun. While a TV, a lecture, George and a website are static and definitely don’t make me want to participate hehe
Hi Jon,
How was your chat with your niece? Interactive and fun….. hmm.. I like that. So how would that make relationships more successful?
Well, I’m speculating I’m not on the panel but my thought is “interactive”. I can’t remember how many times I’ve heard my wife flip to the Weather channel and wait 10 minutes for “Weather on the 8’s”. Open a browser and check weather.com, please! Someday…
Hi Jeff,
Thanks for joining in the conversation. I think interactive is definitely along the right lines….. No kidding about the weather channel, but don’t you think that makes us more impatient?
More impatient perhaps…but it affords us freedom (Dawud’s point). TV (for example) is so frustrating because it’s never what I want, when I want it. If I need the score/highlights of the Cubs game, I don’t want to sit through the entire sports broadcast (and I actually have to sit through more than that because I’m not sure when they’ll broadcast the sports report).
Also, I can’t interact with the local news about the Cubs game. If my team wins, I want to share in the win (as though I had something to do with it…) with a community. I can hop onto a chat board or a forum dedicated to the Cubs and chat it up with fellow fans. Brilliant.
Jeff,
You’re thinking interactive as in shared experience. I really like that idea. Now it all depends on whether you’re a cubs fan or not.
Hey Dave,
How about participation leads to engagement and ownership in the acitivity?
Folks get to be part of molding where things go and what they become . . . In each case, we create content and conversation that takes imagination and stretches our ideas to make new ones. We push the envelope and push each other’s thoughts. As Dawud and Jeff said it’s freedom, and as Jon and Jeff said it’s interactivity and fun. It’s participation and idea creation. It’s creating history and the future at the same time because the Internet has no eraser.
And I guess the yellow brick road really does fit in because, well, it takes a brain, courage, heart, a dream, and a bunch of friends to do it right.
Liz,
I am loving the answers that are coming up. And you thought it would be dangerous….. it’s getting hard not to give away what I think the answer is.
Dave,
Hmmmm…a riddle and a seat on the mystery panel all in one! I’m intrigued!
I’m short on time right now though, trying to get everything done before I leave town this morning. I’ll definitely take a stab at this when I get back, though.
Maybe by then my fellow panelists will have helped me find the answers!
- Aaron
Aaron,
Glad I could pull you into this discussion. Have a great trip! Look forward to hearing from you when you get back.
I have another hint! Read this…