Allow myself to introduce…myself. Now Spam me.

by scott

July 29, 2009 | Web/Tech | 5203 responseshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehousestudio.com%2Fwp%2F2009%2F07%2F29%2Fallow-myself-to-introduce-myself-now-spam-me%2FAllow+myself+to+introduce...myself.+Now+Spam+me.2009-07-29+16%3A50%3A17scotthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehousestudio.com%2Fwp%2F2009%2F07%2F29%2Fallow-myself-to-introduce-myself-now-spam-me%2F

After many days (if not weeks) of being pressured to write my first House blog post, I have finally surrendered.

You may ask why I have put up a fight over such a trivial idea as a blog post. After all I know what it is to maintain a blog over an extended amount of time (insert shameless plug for personal blog URL here…nope not going to do it).

No, it was not the fear of having the world (yes, the entire world) possibly reading some of my inner most feelings and thoughts. The angst instead stemmed from the topic I would bring to the table. After all, this would be my very first post as a House staffer. I wanted to make sure I made a good first impression. You know what they say; you only get one shot at a first impression.

So after a final encouraging word (read: do this or else) from “the boss” I have decided to push through and write about something that is near and dear to me.

Without further a due, let me explain to you why I hate dislike am simply annoyed with Twitter.  Presented in bullet list format for your reading pleasure (or maybe its because I’m lazy).

•    I tend to think I’m just not interesting enough for people to care about what I’m doing. Do you think you’re interesting? Yes, yes I know most Twitter users have developed beyond the adolescent stage of “Just got to work” or “Sitting at my desk” and the infamous “Going to the bathroom.” But there are A LOT of little children out in Twitterdom who refuse to mature.

•    I greatly value where I spend my time. More and more I’m on guard about what I subject myself to. Be it what I read or watch or the people I spend my time with. The question that kept coming to mind is; what am I NOT doing when I’m on the computer or sending tweets from my phone?

•    I failed to develop a deeper level of friendship with the peeps I followed simply by knowing what they were doing every second of every day. Which was my first attraction to Twitter. Sure I knew that my buddy B was on his way to work or that my co-worker just got a new car. But was our relationship actually developing because of these random comments?

I feel you should know that I gave Twitter a try; say 2 months worth of tweets. After that time I evaluated whether or not it added value to my life. I think you can figure out how I answered. This is, after all, just my opinion. I do think there is some value to Twitter. For example, getting news or finding topical information. It’s just not for me. I fear though that since housestudio tweets, one day, they’ll make me tweet too.