I Love but Hate Technology

On Seth Godin's blog: "I don't use Twitter. It's not really me. I also don't actively use FaceBook.... I also don't use Flickr or MySpace or Meebo. My reasoning is simple... First, I don't want to use a tool unless I'm going to use it really well... Second, I don't want to add a layer of staff between me and the tools I use and the people I interact with.... If you want to be in multiple social media and also have a day job, you're going to need a staff."

Sweet vindication from Seth. I too only use a few tools and discard the rest...

I don't have administrative staff, so I divide my day into two parts. First half of the day, I do office work, e-mails, design, computer-based stuff. Second half of the day, I leave the office and my laptop behind, study for messages, plan future events, make phone calls and meet with people.

If necessary, I can check e-mail and monitor my blog for fundamentalist attacks =) via iPhone. But I don't do video chatting, IM, Facebook or feed readers. I just can't be effective otherwise.

Comments

[Dan]

I have a hard time believing that a methodologically conservative, "inside the box" guy like you ever ticks off fundamentalists.

[Ben Arment]

that's what I thought!

[Seth Godin]

Thanks for reading

just to be clear, by saying "it's not really me", I meant that the person who says he's me on twitter is lying.

That guy called Seth Godin isn't really me... like that.