Of course, right after I go dark on social media, my webhost starts having problems. For the past couple of days, service has been spotty, which has no doubt affected your ability to read the posts I’ve been writing. It’s even more frustrating on my end because I didn’t want to get back on Facebook/Twitter […]
Category: 100 Days
Day 2 of 100: On News and Sharing Links
I’ve always known intellectually that it’s easier to share links through social media, but I had no idea how quickly that would impact me.
Last night, we had some friends over and they had mentioned this article about how the app pricing model doesn’t work RPGs. Because I hadn’t been on Twitter or Facebook, I didn’t see the article.
Here’s where it got interesting for me.
In a typical day, I would have booted up Twitter or Facebook, looked it up on one of their profiles and then clicked over to the article. Since I made a pledge not to use those tools, now if I want the article I have to do one of three things: a) ask for someone to e-mail me the link b) type in the domain name of the article and manually look for it there or c) use natural search to find it.
Day 1 of 100: Starscream, a Curse and Why 100?
*tap, tap, tap* Is this thing on? So it’s Monday afternoon and I’ve managed to get through the entire day without even thinking about Facebook or Twitter. Well, until writing this post. I’ve also managed to yell at my computer, which I’ve dubbed “Starscream” — twice. The computer name came from a poll I took […]
100 Day Experiment: Turning the Lights Off on Social Media
I don’t know about you, but lately I feel like I’ve been a little scattered. There’s always something shiny and new online, and there’s no better way to see, hear and share those new and shiny things than through Facebook and Twitter. That’s when I realized: I’m checking Facebook and Twitter before I open up […]