I will not lie, the past few days have been a bit iffy with work and such. Relationships that I thought were okay immediately got horrible, and things were said that should not have been said. Needless to say, I worked through it, but the other party was having a very rough time with regards to finances and stress.
After attempting to load one of my favorite social networks, Facebook, I was greeted by something I had been familiar with over the past month on another social network, Twitter. As many of you know, Twitter has been plagued with downtime issues due to bad design and infrastructure as of late. So, as Facebook makes serious design changes, it almost ends up looking and functioning like Twitter—the downtime really adds the finishing touches.
Twitter, my obsession for the past few weeks, has a bunch of great third-party tools being developed for it as we speak. Twhirl, TweetStats, and MyMileMarker are a few examples of amazing creative ingenuity. There is still much uncharted territory that has yet to be explored. One tool I think that would receive a ton of exposure is a sort of live activity/heat map.
Ars Technica, known for bringing thorough and professional content to the blogosphere, has been acquired by Condé Nast Publications for an estimated $25 million. Nice chunk of change for a blog. Truth be told, I think it was a brilliant move by the company, and I hope they integrate more of the great content on Ars to the Wired.com site.
I have recently installed a nifty application called Desktoptopia, and I am fairly impressed with the usefulness and quality this application provides. It used to be a pay-for application, but now it is free. Desktoptopia essentially gives you the ability to subscribe to pictorial feeds, and with this ability, you can keep your desktop fresh with new and changing content.
So, I have just realized that I’ve been “in the zone” with my blogging lately. It is a feeling where I just can’t stop writing about stuff. The ideas are never ending, and the fingers are typing non-stop. It is truly a great feeling to have. I only wish I could trigger this euphoric moment of blogging goodness more often, but alas, I have no idea how.
Okay, so it is almost an understatement to say that Twitter has become my new obsession. It has simply changed my way of thinking when it comes to the social web. Twitter is a glimpse into the future, and while it isn’t perfect (information overload comes to mind), it is fascinating to be in touch with others.
I am a technology and social media journalist currently residing in Windsor, VA. I previously wrote for Mashable, and I am currently a writer for CMSWire. This blog will be focusing on technology, social media, marketing, and more. I hope you will subscribe and communicate with me on FriendFeed or Twitter.