Micro-blogging, social networks, and slackers

Here’s a question for you folks who micro-blog on the likes of Twitter and Plurk, etc., and also have your own blogs. I’m not asking the chicken and egg question–I don’t care if the micro-blogging came first. I am curious to know if the manner in which you approach blogging has changed since you started using the other utilities. Bonnie Gillespie posted a pretty comprehensive observation about her experience that got me thinking. I’ll be delivering a workshop on blogging, micro-blogging, and social utilities in a couple of weeks, and so I am actually posing this as a serious work-related question.

It has not escaped me that work and play are overlapping. I’m curious about how that affects you as well.

I’ve noticed that my own blog, from the original one to this revamped one, has undergone several style changes. At first, it was totally reflective and observational, but I’ve noticed a shift in self-awareness as I have gained (and lost) readers and the content that I now post. There’s no question that I’ve seen some changes.

How have you been affected in your writing?

miracles DO happen

This father and son used up their entire family’s allotment of good luck, not just for this generation, but generations to come. Read their amazing rescue story here.

texting maybe not a game for the weak

After being the butt of the joke whenever my kids caught me text messaging one sad and difficult letter at a time, I took the plunge and attempted the “Word setting” on my phone. I have to admit that it improved my timing significantly. I am now up to the blinding speed of one sad and difficult word at a time.

Hey, I’m working my way out of the twentieth century, one painful text message at a time.

Unfortunately, the magic of word recognition is not always as magical as one hopes. i responded to a message from Vicky, only to get a reply message asking me if I had read what I sent.

Oops. see if you can figure this out. I started off ok, and it went south in a hurry:

Spaghetti meatackl do i rate what time

Yeah ok. TTFN.

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