Posted by Ellie Mirman on Fri, Mar 14, 2008 @ 08:36 AM
Some may say I finally bit the bullet... others may say I have succumbed... but I have recently gotten myself up on Twitter. For those of you who don't know, Twitter is (from their website) a service for friends, family, and co-workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? And you can update from the web, text message, Facebook, and more.
If you think StumbleUpon is a waste of time, oh you just wait till you're on Twitter. Now that sucks up time. Even more than Facebook, because who updates their status that often? PS - I love StumbleUpon, Facebook, and now Twitter.
And I especially love the Twitter Facebook App, and here's why.
- No surprises - It's exactly what you expect, same format and features of Twitter itself.
- Saves me effort - I can update my Twitter directly from the Facebook app. Also, it has direct links to my Twitter home.
- The extra step - Can update my Facebook status based on my Twitter update! I haven't actually done this, as the idea behind Twitter is to post frequent updates, and I don't want to update my Facebook status as frequently. But it's amazing that that's an option, and who knows, I may end up using it down the line.
Now, the love is there. Let's build on it. Twitter - here's how you can continue to improve the Facebook app.
- Simple update in Facebook Status Box style - What I mean here is, it would be great if you could also "tweet" from the Facebook profile badge (right now this is a static image).
vs.
- Customize the Facebook profile badge - It would be cool to be able to customize the profile badge with different layout, colors, and (more importantly, I think) number of recent updates showing (instead of just the current one).
- Invitation to friends to join Twitter - I am shocked that I would actually advocate an option to spam my friends. Well, not actually spam. It would just be good to have something in the app or profile badge that invites people to join Twitter or follow me (ellieeille) in order to join in on the conversation. Because the more real people you have engaging in that conversation, the more interesting and valuable it is.
Well that's enough for me. I've expressed my love, now do with it what you will. If you're on Twitter, or you've now been inspired to
join Twitter,
follow me (ellieeille) and I'll notice and follow you too... that way we can stay up to date with each other all the time. Ha. Don't you love this constant connectivity? Scary sometimes.
Posted by Ellie Mirman on Thu, Mar 06, 2008 @ 10:37 PM
1. I can become incoherent late at night. I make typos, spelling and grammar erros, and generally make a lot less sense. (Case in point.)
2. I am more likely to post something I regret in the morning. Something embarrassing. Not work appropriate (and this blog is rather visible at work, so better watch out about that).
3. I become somewhat thoughtful late at night, thinking through my day, thinking through my life... this leads to more incoherent babbling that probably only makes sense to me, and even when it makes sense to others, they don't care. (Case in point, yet again.)
4. A supposedly real reason not to post blog articles late at night is that they may get less visibility. Somewhat less of an issue for me right now. I'm pretty sure I know 90% of my readers, and the other 10% just come by to read one or two articles and then move along.
5. I become repetitive and post pointless articles, such as this one. Also, I am a lot less likely to read over my posts to avoid errors such as these.
I break my own rules I guess.
Posted by Ellie Mirman on Mon, Mar 03, 2008 @ 12:54 AM
or,10 REASONS TO GET OFF Facebook....
I got this from no place other than Facebook itself, of course. It's pretty scary how twisted our lives have become with the popularity of Facebook. It's almost hard to have a typical conversation without referencing it... Jack's surprise birthday party is Saturday, did you get the Facebook invite from his girlfriend? or, Betsy and Matt broke up, and Matt defriended her - can you believe it? or, Katie's wedding dress was gorgeous (No, I wasn't there, I saw the photos on Facebook).
So here goes: 10 Reasons to Get Off Facebook
1. You are at a bar or club and you suddenly realize you recognize someone. You can't figure out how and then it dawns on you... You have never met this person before, but have spent a considerable amount of time looking at their facebook!
2. After meeting someone your conversation somehow leads to - "So, are you on Facebook?
3. You do not call people anymore, you post comments and send messages through facebook.
4. You determine how cool people are by how many facebook pics they have.
5. When you're out with friends and you take a good picture you exclaim loudly, "That's going on Facebook!"
6. Conversations with friends tend to lead to, "Did you read that comment that she wrote on my wall?
7. You check your facebook as soon as you wake up, and right before you go to bed, plus 10 times you check it during the day.
8. You know exactly how many pictures people have, so when you see the number change, you get excited!!
9. You start off intending to check if you have new comments but find 2 HOURS LATER that you are still on and have no idea what you even accomplished during that time except stalk.
10. You find yourself laughing (sadly) and agreeing as you read these, and you know you're going to repost this for everyone else to see.
So true, so sadly true.