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By: Phil Buckley

Phil Buckley — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:38:48 +0000

That’s the hard part Robbie, finding out which ones work for us. I know I can’t keep up with all of them, so I try them and if they fit into my workflow I’ll adopt, if not, I’ll drop it.

The hard part is to keep trying the new stuff, because the old stuff is already broken in and comfy. But like my brother the contractor says, “your old hammer feels good in your hand, but at 5pm, your glad you had a pneumatic nailer hooked on your belt”

By: Robbie McAlister

Robbie McAlister — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:16:43 +0000

I’m losing. I’m eating none of the chocolate. It’s all going by. And I can’t keep up. 7 days behind on RSS. Haven’t looked at Twitter in 4 days. Last Posterous post was 7 days ago. Last Facebook visit was many days ago.

Thanks Phil. Now I have to go check in on all of those now that I’ve read your post from 5 days ago.

By: Phil Buckley

Phil Buckley — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:50:16 +0000

I’m not sure that Twitter is any more of a gateway network than any other, but once you start to engage, it’s hard to pull back, and stopping all together seems out of the question.

Being in the stream is warm and familair, being out of the stream seems isolated and strange.

By: Les James

Les James — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:54:36 +0000

I’ve said in the past that Twitter is a gateway drug to other social media networks. I’ll dabble and experiment here and there, but none of them give me the same feeling I get with Twitter (my first true love). When I’m away from work I can only break out the iPhone so many times before my wife gives me the “If I see you on that one more time tonight I’m throwing it out the window” look. I try my best to read every tweet but it’s become very difficult to do that lately.

I’m finding myself letting a lot of chocolate go by.