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Back in June, I had to travel to Chicago briefly for work – needless to say I took a camera with me, albeit the wife’s new point and shoot, which to be honest I am disappointed in, with lower contrast, … Continue reading
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The sun sets on the Sydney monorail. It was announced on Friday that the NSW government has purchased Metro Transport Sydney, the owner/operator of the Sydney monorail, as well as the light rail (tram). The reasons cited in the media … Continue reading
I got the update the other day, and so far not a big fan – Honeycomb felt a lot more polished. The new font is taller meaning the keyboard takes up more screen space (maybe that’s an illusion though), everything is slower, tapping in text to edit is less precise (can be words away from where you tapped, and you then have to drag the cursor – Honeycomb suffered this, but not as badly), a couple of apps no longer work (including my twitter client), and email seems random in which messages it downloads, and it is the slowest app of the lot despite being bundled with the OS.
Visually, aside from the boot up screen, everything has a hint of ewwww to it – I especially dislike the analog clock, the font, the changed icons, and some screen flipping effects. I also miss in the notification tray being able to dismiss notifications individually – it is now an all or nothing affair. The only plus really is wifi seems to be running better, with a stronger signal.
Overall I pretty much regret updating – I suggest fellow owners research before updating. Other people’s comments I’ve read have been more positive, but aside from the wifi I so far fail to see the positive to it.
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Dunedin – home. Here’s a selection of pics from my week there … The city and suburbs: Sadly even Dunedin has been subject to the “occupy Wall Street” protests, with the upper part of the Octagon taken over The Railway … Continue reading
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Visiting Christchurch again was nothing short of surreal, especially having been there as recently as January. Anywhere near the CBD it seems like every third or fourth building is gone – just empty lots. The CBD itself remains fenced off, … Continue reading
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After the couple of days in Singapore, it was off to Amsterdam for a week for work. I had the weekend to look around, and collected the following snaps, mostly from the phone so not great quality I’m afraid … … Continue reading
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I had to make a quick trip overseas for work, and snapped a few shots along the way. I was there just prior to the Formula One – enough that the newly developed Marina Bay was hard to access unfortunately, … Continue reading
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On Saturday we took a day trip to Bowral to see if the tulips were in bloom yet, as we won’t be able to make the festival proper … here’s some pics (post two of two) …
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On Saturday we took a day trip to Bowral to see if the tulips were in bloom yet, as we won’t be able to make the festival proper … here’s some pics (post one of two) …
Right, so now I have a blog, and active Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ accounts. There’s also Linkedin, Friendster, and god knows how many other networks out there. So what do we do with them all?
The blog is fairly obvious – it is for longer posts like this where I want to outline my thoughts on a subject in more than just a few words – that’s clear.
Twitter is great for simple observations that don’t need any depth, though the 140 character limit can be just that – limiting,and I am increasingly using services like Twitlonger to get around that if I need just those few extra words.
Facebook is Facebook – a bloated awkward means of maintain a link with people you haven’t seen in 20+ years, workmates you see almost every day anyway, and friends who you should be trying to maintain a more than virtual link with.
Google+ feels to be a lot of Facebook, with a hint of Twitter thrown in. The best part of it is circles – being able to easily define groups of people, and post to the groups of your choice. Nonetheless it is really just a sleeker version of Facebook, and so the same root issues of types of relationships prevail, and may even be more highlighted by said circles.
So none of this is really news, as everyone pretty much knows all this anyway. Why then the blog post? My problems are as follows:
– no one “follows” the blog, so my more in depth ramblings go unnoticed in the wider world – I ironically need the other social media to advertise said ramblings, causing immediate cross-postings.
– I prefer Twitter as a means of putting stuff out there, but only a handful of friends use it, so to share with those I know, it isn’t sufficient – it does however provide a limited extra audience of those sick puppies who consider me worth following even though I don’t know them
– Facebook is Facebook – almost everyone seems to use it, but most don’t really know why. It is full of bugs and privacy issues, so I don’t like using it, but it is the most comprehensive means of sharing stuff.
– Google+ is new, and not many people I know are on it yet. It too seems to be showing some privacy issues, and being new has some kinks to iron out, but I feel compelled to give it a chance.
So where does that leave me? When should I post what where? I find myself often cross-posting on all three, but for what purpose? Anyone linked to me on all three must be sick of it surely? Unfortunately I have no answers on this one, and am actually keen to hear some feedback. I can distinguish the concept of Twitter against the others, but my friends increasingly use FB in a Twitter-like manner despite maintaining they don’t like or understand the concept of Twitter. Ideally I would drop FB altogether, but until people of genuine interest to me (ie friends) switch elsewhere, it seems it will stay. I would like to use G+ just for more personal sharing with friends, but again most of them simply aren’t there yet, and may not see the need to switch from FB.
And so I come back to the question of what should I post where …