Comments on: Spring Cleaning http://codesnap.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/spring-cleaning/ .Net, Mobile and Sage SalesLogix Development Mon, 11 May 2009 22:54:42 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Ryan Farley http://codesnap.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/spring-cleaning/#comment-115 Ryan Farley Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:11:38 +0000 http://codesnap.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/spring-cleaning/#comment-115 For me it isn't noise, I actually enjoy it. However, you cannot approach twitter, facebook, etc like e-mail. Don't try to keep up with everything, of the thousands of tweets that pass through twhirl on any given day I catch maybe .5% of it - you have to be OK with that or else you'll get yourself stressed out and feeling like you have to much to catch up on. However, in that .5% of what passes through my stream, I do keep up to date on a lot of things I might not have known about otherwise. Plus, I like the idea of being a part of a global conversation that I can take part in as much or as little as I like. Maybe the key for you is to follow less people, and even then only those that really matter to you. Or drop it (not trying to talk you into using twitter or anything). For me, I like that I get some "conversation" every now and then since I do work at home and don't get to talk as much to other devs. KWIM? Ryan For me it isn’t noise, I actually enjoy it. However, you cannot approach twitter, facebook, etc like e-mail. Don’t try to keep up with everything, of the thousands of tweets that pass through twhirl on any given day I catch maybe .5% of it – you have to be OK with that or else you’ll get yourself stressed out and feeling like you have to much to catch up on.

However, in that .5% of what passes through my stream, I do keep up to date on a lot of things I might not have known about otherwise. Plus, I like the idea of being a part of a global conversation that I can take part in as much or as little as I like.

Maybe the key for you is to follow less people, and even then only those that really matter to you. Or drop it (not trying to talk you into using twitter or anything). For me, I like that I get some “conversation” every now and then since I do work at home and don’t get to talk as much to other devs. KWIM?

Ryan

]]> By: Mike Spragg http://codesnap.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/spring-cleaning/#comment-114 Mike Spragg Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:24:03 +0000 http://codesnap.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/spring-cleaning/#comment-114 Whilst I've subscribed just out of interest to several social sites - I have yet to find them to be anything other than idle curiosity that eats into time best spent doing something else. Maybe I miss the point, maybe I'm just not that "into" it - but, frankly, I'd rather be doing something else than listening to the noise of others! Mike Whilst I’ve subscribed just out of interest to several social sites – I have yet to find them to be anything other than idle curiosity that eats into time best spent doing something else.

Maybe I miss the point, maybe I’m just not that “into” it – but, frankly, I’d rather be doing something else than listening to the noise of others!

Mike

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