Anti-Social Networking
If I look at what I've done this morning:
Whilst I consider it important in my role to keep myself informed of what is happening in the European Notes community, I can't help feeling that it’s counter productive to try to track everything without missing something. The more feeds I subscribe to, the longer it takes to keep them in check, resulting in less time available in a busy day. Will Twitter pose the same problem? If information from an RSS feed is a bite sized chunk, how much is a tweet? How many tweets to the bite? How long before I can't see the wood for the trees?
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- I registered on Twitter this morning as I got wind someone tweeted a problem with the tools.
- I logged in to Facebook after 5 months away from it, to see if there are any new groups on the Notes theme.
- I've updated my LinkedIn profile, joined a couple of Notes groups and found some people that I consider worthy of my network.
- I'm now up to date on my 100 or so RSS feeds as I like to keep my finger on the pulse within the Notes community, particularly Europe, as well as a quick catch up with the world at large.
- Of course, also currently writing a blog entry.
Whilst I consider it important in my role to keep myself informed of what is happening in the European Notes community, I can't help feeling that it’s counter productive to try to track everything without missing something. The more feeds I subscribe to, the longer it takes to keep them in check, resulting in less time available in a busy day. Will Twitter pose the same problem? If information from an RSS feed is a bite sized chunk, how much is a tweet? How many tweets to the bite? How long before I can't see the wood for the trees?
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The thought that I am surely missing information channels scares me in that how much collective effort goes in to updating and consuming these communication streams. What will be launched next? How soon before I exist solely to follow the working lives of Messrs* Buchan, Mooney, Brill, Elsmore, Poole, White, Leyrer,D'Aloisio, Pereira, Adams, et al.** I am certainly reluctant to take on a new medium unless I know it will be worth the effort to follow it, so has the idea of social networking gone too far? When does it become counter productive to take the time to be part of the community and pick up on the trends of the market that provides my livelihood?
Information is knowledge. Collaboration is vital. Being a virtual Notes social butterfly is hard work.
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messrs
** Apologies to those that I follow not included in this abbreviated list. If you have a blog, post a comment and I'll probably end up subscribing to your feed too, if I don't already ;)
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Posted by Mary Beth Raven At 09:51:12 PM On 11/13/2008 | - Website - |
If anyone wants to follow me on twitter I'm @Grant_Norman
Posted by Grant Norman At 03:27:04 AM On 11/14/2008 | - Website - |
I hit Twitter at least twice a day. Most days I have lunch at my desk and use that time to skim the RSS feeds, always running out of time before I've caught up on everything. Facebook I typically hit a couple of times a week - usually quickly in the evening or on the weekend... btw, I've got Twitter and Facebook set up so that my Tweets automatically update my Facebook status, and that's gotten me in touch with some folks outside of my tech circle. LinkedIn I hit once a week or so.
The people I follow on Twitter update it more often than blogs or other tools, so I check it more often. And I post more on Twitter vs the other tools, since it's so quick. Blogs are the source of more detailed info. Facebook is really more social / personal vs business, so I hit it less. And LinkedIn is not something that most folks I know update daily - far from it, so while it is valuable for networking, I don't feel the need to hit it as often.
Hmmm...Maybe I'll turn this into a blog post
Posted by Joe Litton At 08:59:12 AM On 12/09/2008 | - Website - |