When the internet goes bad
Jan. 12, 2009 Filed in: Personal
Hope you all had a great weekend. It’s been very windy the last couple of days here in Orange County and the winds continue today. It made for some interesting rides over the weekend.
Recently, I’ve become pretty addicted to Twitter and get many updates from all the people I follow throughout the day. I enjoy reading them and follow everyone from cyclists to geeks and design professionals. It’s all good and I have a fun time doing it. Except when it backfires on you.
I was sitting at home on Sunday night and one of the people I follow decided to Twitter about the Golden Globe awards. No big deal. Except for the fact that this person lives on the East Coast. Ugh.
At first it wasn’t that bad. Small tweets about what the attendees were wearing, how they looked and who was there. Well that was because the show hadn’t started yet. Once it did, I got to find out who won all before the telecast had even started in my neck of the woods. When the show finally started for me, I wasn’t really in the mood to even watch it anymore...since I already knew who won.
I suppose I could have turned off Twitter but I was getting updates from others I follow. I guess I would say that if you’re going to watch a live telecast of something and you Twitter, maybe you should think about others who might want the surprise in another time zone.
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Today starts the week before Christmas. Have you done all your shopping? I’ve barely started. But I am one of those last minute shoppers so this is pretty typical.
If you haven’t seen ElfYourself, I suggest checking it out. I seem to remember it being around last year but they’ve improved the site since and it’s alot of fun.
RSS feeds
Nov. 14, 2008 Filed in: Personal
Happy Friday everyone! I’ve been trying out some different RSS feed programs for my mac and think I’m starting to get a little addicted here. Does anyone else use a dedicated RSS feed program or do you get your feeds the old fashioned way...by going to each website? I find the program makes it nice to see them all in one location. By my compulsion about making sure there are no new items might be my downfall. I can’t stand to see the new item indicator next to all the feed names.
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