New Technology: The Advantage of being a Slow Adopter
June 3, 2008 by Rebekah King · Leave a Comment
It’s been a longstanding fact that I self-label myself a geek when it comes to social networking. I’m a big believer in the power of the internet and in the transparency of the individual: meaning that I believe the more the internet allows private lives to become public, the less one can hide the reality of who they are.
If you’re a jerk, now the whole world knows it.
If you’re a nice person with jerk tendencies, now the whole world knows it.
Ping.fm: Twitter-ish tool of wonders
June 1, 2008 by Rebekah King · Leave a Comment
I succumbed to the twitter peer pressure about 3 months ago, not quite knowing why. After a couple of weeks of getting notifications of twits from my twit-witted friends while i was trying to sleep (like a normal person), I was about ready to give up on the whole thing.
So like a good nerd, I started researching other ways to use this new technology. I tried twitterific and twhirl and twillions of other twools that just made me feel lispy.
Meanwhile, I notice that all my other “social networking” tools are trying to get in on the action, with a series of “what are you doing” post options. These just added to the twitteration and twistication of my poor head. Being visible and “plugged in” is one thing…. but all of this stuff is just NOT WORK.
And then I found PING.fm
and my life was forever changed. Read more
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