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What I've been up to lately
Jul. 14th, 2010 02:58 pmToo much reading for one day. Apparently I've already forgotten what it was like last time I tried to read the whole internet, and now my head hurts. I'm attempting to write an overview of social media in Australia - starting with a basic timeline of the major players, and it's driving me nuts.
What's happened since 2006, when Facebook went public-access and Twitter appeared? I'm having trouble finding "new" social media to write about after that point, and I suspect it's because many of them have integrated themselves into the existing entities. Other than Dreamwidth (2008), Foursquare (March 2009) and Google Wave (May 2009), I'm having trouble spotting the others. Can you think of anything to add?
Lately, I've been writing more over at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lineofthought than I have in this journal, because my PhD is (predictably) consuming most of my waking life. I'm enjoying it, but it means that I'm finding less and less to write about over here. I've just managed to get ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
xjournal working through the RMIT wireless network, though, which means I can switch back and forth between accounts a bit more easily. This bodes well for the future of both journals :)
I've also been using Twitter a lot more often, posting via @morsla. It's been handy for meeting new people in the city, via many good conversations at the #socialmelb meetups every Friday. I use Tweetie to sift through the deluge of posts - unlike LJ, I can't read everything that comes past in a day. Hell, even on LJ I've been steadily filtering things down over the years, courtesy of friends groups and the wondrous Default View list.
The real trick seems to be finding a balance: cutting down on noise (if you post dozens of times every day, I'm unlikely to read it all) while still paying enough attention to find the people who only speak up occasionally.
So, for the lurkers out there: How are you? There are a lot of people I haven't seen much of this year, and I often wonder what you're all doing these days. How's life?
What's happened since 2006, when Facebook went public-access and Twitter appeared? I'm having trouble finding "new" social media to write about after that point, and I suspect it's because many of them have integrated themselves into the existing entities. Other than Dreamwidth (2008), Foursquare (March 2009) and Google Wave (May 2009), I'm having trouble spotting the others. Can you think of anything to add?
Lately, I've been writing more over at
lineofthought than I have in this journal, because my PhD is (predictably) consuming most of my waking life. I'm enjoying it, but it means that I'm finding less and less to write about over here. I've just managed to get xjournal working through the RMIT wireless network, though, which means I can switch back and forth between accounts a bit more easily. This bodes well for the future of both journals :)I've also been using Twitter a lot more often, posting via @morsla. It's been handy for meeting new people in the city, via many good conversations at the #socialmelb meetups every Friday. I use Tweetie to sift through the deluge of posts - unlike LJ, I can't read everything that comes past in a day. Hell, even on LJ I've been steadily filtering things down over the years, courtesy of friends groups and the wondrous Default View list.
The real trick seems to be finding a balance: cutting down on noise (if you post dozens of times every day, I'm unlikely to read it all) while still paying enough attention to find the people who only speak up occasionally.
So, for the lurkers out there: How are you? There are a lot of people I haven't seen much of this year, and I often wonder what you're all doing these days. How's life?
