experiencing life through an always-nuanced worldview.

Recently, I’ve become quite obsessed with using Twitter. I remember when I first heard of Twitter (which was many, many months ago), I merely thought of it as the “Facebook status” standalone, and found it stupid and pointless. Then, as I browsed Business Exchange (BX) on the topics of Social Media/Internet Marketing/Etc., I began to realize the power of Twitter and tweets. It’s actually kind of ironic, because now, I see/use Twitter as what I used to use BX for, which is to post and to read others’ posts on articles/links of interest. Not only do I not have to go to the BX website to find a variety of articles on my topics of interest, I can log onto Twitter or use Tweetdeck (via Adobe Air, which is also a new discovery of mine that my roommate told me about) and automatically see a conglomeration of all cool links tweeted by who I’m following! I wished that more people I knew (in real life) used Twitters, but I’m sure they will in the near future.

– [edit] Actually, on second thought, there is one function of BX that I really enjoy: the “save” function. BX allows you to save articles/links of interest on your BX account that you can go back to and see all the links/articles you’ve liked in the past. But then again, I guess that’s what the Twitter “favorite” is for (although I have yet to use this function)?  [/edit]

Also, a new application I downloaded (used via Adobe Air) is called Doomi, which is a simple to-do list application that helps me stay on track and see all the stuff I have to do in the next few days, and, when finished, offers me the satisfaction of having completed a task.

Another application I downloaded and tried is the Google Analytics Reporting Suite. However, when I use Analytics, the first thing I look at is the E-commerce Revenues/Transactions, and the Reporting Suite does not seem to offer a clear interface for that. I do like the design & look of the application, but for now, I might as well log onto Analytics with my browser, and it serves the same purpose. Also, I found a couple of custom filters to track SEO rankings of my keywords (note: none of this is for pointlessly.org; it is for a company I worked at over winter break and is semi-ongoing), which consists of custom filters as seen on Yoast. I am quite excited to see how that works out for me.

Anyhow, If you know of any other great Adobe Air apps, let me know!

Besides all of that, I’ve also subscribed to numerous RSS feeds. Again, it always seems to take a couple of months (or years, even) for me to decide this is something that is of great use to me. And Microsoft Outlook happens to have the function of showing the RSS feeds I subscribe to, which is quite perfect! I thought I’d share the RSS feeds I subscribe to, in case anyone cared –

• Daily Cal – Latest Headlines
• New York Times – Home Page
• Inc.com Headlines
• Fashionista
• Olsens Anonymous (I love their styles, what can I say?)
• Mashable (Social software & social networking)
• Socialbiz (Social media).

Although I probably spent too much time over all things mentioned above lately, in the end, it makes me a more connected, aware, and engaged individual. So, conclusion: it is well worth it.

Okay, with all that said, and having written what sounds like an advertisement for everything I wrote about, I am off to study for my macroecon exam. Bah!