*** This entry was written a week ago and never posted, because I wanted it to be perfect. Then I remembered …oh, yes ….it’s for your blog, Don. And hardly anyone reads it. Post what you got. ***
Greetings from a Starbucks just north of Columbus, OH. I got an early start and, well, got here early. I have a few sales presentations over the next two days, and I feel woefully under prepared, but I’m hoping a little pre-meeting blogging will get me ready. I also hope the fan in my room keeps the air moving enough that I won’t get Swine Flu – I place my hope in things that don’t make any sense, I admit.
First things first – if you are trying to reach me on Twitter, I’m going through a Tweetox (TM) period. I got into Twitter and got into it bigtime. For the better part of a month, I lived on Twitter. I followed everyone and everything. I obsessed about every single new Twitter client, better Twittering techniques, all my favorite TV characters, shows, and trivia, I followed @CNN, @NYTimes, @DrudgeReport, clients of mine, advertising agencies, advertising trade magazine feeds, stuff about soccer coaching, stuff about @1Saleaday, @edealinfo, @WritersWorld, @WritersDigest, @WriterPrompt, @spunkybean (which I write the Tweets for), and so much more. I felt like, with Twitter, I could know EVERYTHING. It felt real empowering, and then suddenly, it felt overwhelming. And uncontrollable. And coworkers and friends laughed at me. My Twitter reader of choice, Seesmic, was always open. And then I switched to brizzly. I thought, if only there was a way to get my emails bounced from my Inboxes into my Twitter feed (there is, actually, and it’s called Gist – and I tried it). I attempted convincing my wife to join Twitter so she could Twitter things like, “@donkowalewski stop on the way home for diapers, milk, and Ziploc snack-size bags.” I wished my whole life, and everyone I knew, could get on-board with Twitter.
See, it wasn’t that Twitter had no point …it has too many points. For example – think of something you like? Maybe it’s golf. If you start following @GolfDigest and @GolfWorld, then you might feel compelled to follow Tiger Woods. Then Nike (because those are his clubs). And then @NikeGolf. And who makes golf balls? @Titlelist, that’s who? And better than their feed is @TitlelistTips which gives daily, or thrice daily, golf tips. And then …and then …you see what happens?
The Wizard of Ads calls it a rabbit hole down which a beagle chases a rabbit - and rabbit holes can go on forever.
I had to stop. I may actually go back in a few weeks if I can figure out a way to control my Twitter feed obsessions. I’ll bet there’s a @Titter_Tip for that …must …resist.
My other current obsession is my Zune HD. Another distraction. I could be writing something for spunkybean, for Mel Robbins, or some other freelance things, but instead I’m obsessing about perfectly syncing my entire music library with my Zune, while backing up all the files to a new 250 Gigabyte external hard-drive.
Gotta run. I have quotes to share at a later date, and my philosophy on time management.
Add this song to your mp3 player. “List of Demands” by Saul Williams. Yes …from the Nike commercial.
“My better is better than your better.” -Unknown
