We have all been there…or at least I have :) That period when we cannot put the computer away and we cannot fail to check our Twitter, email, Facebook…the list goes on.
Well did you know there is now an internet addiction recovery program! Though I am not sure that a site with social networking, blog etc is great for helping addicts?? On the site it lists signs and symptoms of addiction.
Here is what to look for (3-4 yes responses suggest abuse; 5 or more suggest addiction)
• Increasing amounts of time spent on computer and internet activities
• Failed attempts to control behavior
• …read more

Social media is a wonderful way of connecting with people, the strange this is how I find my relationship with different tools is just like a real world friendship.
I meet a new ‘tool’
I get excited by the ‘new conversations’
I start to use and can’t get enough of the new tool
I then get introduced new tools and new freindships are formed which affect the time I spend with the previous sites.
I keep 2-3 tools close, like trusted friends my blog, my podcast and twitter
With the other social media sites new ones excite, the older ones start to fade when they don’t …read more

Blogworld Expo really threw a wrench in my blogging routine. I was scrambling to get packed and ready to leave, and in that scramble, managed to completely miss my entire pre-posting regime that I normally subscribe to. Instead, now that I’m back and awake, I’m scrambling to get caught up again.
So, what do you do if you’ve lost your blogging mojo?
Well, for me, I write posts like this and start looking around to see what others are writing. I go through my (neglected) google reader and find posts that intrigue me. Can I add to them? What are my thoughts? …read more

Definition of Chaos: “a state of extreme confusion and disorder”  [source]
Definition of social media: “an umbrella term that defines the various activities that integrate technology, social interaction, and the construction of words, pictures, videos and audio. This interaction, and the manner in which information is presented, depends on the varied perspectives and "building" of shared meaning among communities, as people share their stories, and understandings.” [wikipedia]
Hrm. In my world at least, it’s almost as though those two definitions could be completely interchangeable.
I tried to take a look at my media consumption habits to draw connects to them all – …read more

I haven’t been this excited about a new social site in ages, but I’m really interested to see what happens with Delver.
I’ve been wondering if search was going to start trending this way – a way to be able to search your friends and their feeds, intelligently – for a while now, and it’s starting to percolate.
Information overload and social networking fatigue are big topics these days – and everyone is feeling it. The more friends you add, the more friends they add, the more that firehose of information opens up.
AideRSS is working on helping quiet the noise, but …read more

I spent the weekend thinking a lot about social networks, a bit about feeling a little social networked-out (I was barely on Twitter all weekend, and that’s unusual for me) and some time wondering what you guys want to see here. Am I delivering content you’re interested in? Is this content you care about? What would you like to see more of?
And so, to answer that question, I bring you the first BuzzNetworker Poll! (cue fanfare)
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This has become one of the catch phrases of the “web 2.0″ world. How much of the information that is being pushed at you is Signal (something you want to read/hear/know about) and how much of it is Noise (something you care absolutely nothing about, and yet, it occupies brain space because it’s being pushed at you)?
After writing, and pondering about how Facebook has lost a lot of it’s lustre [post] for me at least, I started looking at the other things in my world pushing noise at me. Google reader for sure. I killed off several of the feeds …read more

I thought it was just me.
I thought that I was the only one not visiting facebook, not caring about event invites, updates or status updates. I find myself not checking into facebook for days on end. I don’t even look at the email notices that I get. Hell, I barely even check that account anymore.
But, according to a survey posted on Mashable yesterday, only 13% of readers are not at all fed up with Facebook.
The data that prompted them to do the survey in the first place was by a group called 20bits. Their survey states that the number …read more

I found a post on webworkerdaily.com last week about people discussing social networking and how they are “over it”.
Due to the fact that I write about social networking, use social networking to promote my various blogs, and I am getting my Masters Degree in Digital Media Studies I am a member of just about every social networking and social bookmarking site under the sun. I honestly can’t imagine not checking some of my social networking websites for more than a few days, just because they have become a part of my daily routine. With that being said I don’t spend …read more