2 posts tagged “pownce”
I know it's old news that Pownce is closing, but I just went across there to pick up my posts as an export for vox and when I got to the point of importing I noticed that all my posts were being fed there from Twitter anyway. Talk about redundant. Long ago I must have begun feeding Twitter to Pownce, and completely forgotten about it.
One less blog/microblog/social networking service to worry about. I wonder if I can take the knife to any more? Jaiku?
It's almost 2am in the morning, discovering some great tracks on last.FM from artists I thought I'd lost interest in has fuelled yet another comment and blogging session. I'm not sure when it will end. I don't think I'm in denial, but I want to be sure so I do a quick search and check out the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and find that I am an average user.
Hang on a second, none of these questions seem to fit my pattern of usage, and anyway isn't surfing the web so 2001? I no longer spend as much time sitting in front of the computer as I used to, but I am more connected to a circle of people I call friends/followers/contacts/neighbours/subscribers than I have ever been. It starts just after I wake up and finishes just before I go to bed.
"You are an average on-line user.
You may surf the Web a bit too
long at times, but you have
control over your usage."
I am constantly adjusting what I like to call my signal to noise ratio, fine tuning feeds, connecting in new ways to the same people, connecting to new people in familiar ways. I have a routine that works for me. Still, I am not yet satisfied.
It has been said that I am not txting as much, but I have found ways to hide the constant stream of SMS flowing into my inbox. There is no vibration on my phone, no ring tone, and not even a notification light for txt. I check my phone in regular intervals, but not excessively, because I now there will be something there for me when I do.
I have simplified my computing, if you want to call it that by freeing myself from the desktop, there are nodes for mobile computing everywhere, and my terminal (a DSlite with Opera Mini) is smaller than a pulp fiction paperback.
Season bloggers are limiting posts in length and number, some are saying goodbye, there may be a backlash against microblogging but it is small and quiet. Even the the masterminds behind the monster have failed to stop it from encroaching upon their lives.
It's now half past two in Japan, and the twitter stream is slowing down here, but just picking up on the other side of the Pacific. I'm in no mood to chase the sun, but I will be there when it rises.
It seems that the genie is out of the bottle and will take some shoving to get it back in.
twitter:jrfiction
jaiku:jrfiction
tumblr:jrfiction
tumblr:rainbowhill
pownce:jrfiction
btw. if you have a burning need want pownce invites I have what you're looking for.
