Embracing Facebook
40 days after writing my Leaving Facebook post I’ve decided to embrace it.
I’ve had a facebook account for a long time. However until recently, I never really “got” Facebook. I always seen it as a platform for people to act important about their mundane lives, posting status updates that no-one else cares about. However seeing the failure that is Twitter makes me realize how much more there is to Facebook.
Facebook is – surprise – a great place for networking. A lot of my friends have moved away from Kingston, but I’ve found I’ve made some new friends via Facebook based on those old friends. Basically I start chatting on Old Friends facebook page, and one of his friends who lives here joins in. It becomes a regular thing, then we end up saying “Fuck lets go for a beer sometime”.
It’s also very good for internet marketing too. Honestly so many people in this business use facebook, and it’s a great way to keep updated on things. I’ve met lots of great people at affiliate conferences but I’d never really refer to them as friends to the point that we’d e-mail back and forth or keep in touch. However I don’t want to lose all contact with them altogether. Facebook fills that void.
It’s basically a very indirect and awesome way of communicating with people. It really does amuse me because I’ve hated it for the longest time, and yet canceling my account was what made me “get” facebook. The privacy policy stuff is still a concern, but as long as I keep my details to a minimum there I’m not too concerned.
Viva la Facebook! BTW if you want to add me, it’s facebook.com/DealerDan I think you need to be logged in to even see me though.
Overwhelmed
Holy shit do I ever feel overwhelmed right now.
With my trip to Edmonton, then my mom and sister being over for a total period of 3 weeks, this month work wise has been mostly a write-off. Due to that I’ve got all this shit building up on my to do list that I have to get done. Worse, I keep getting ideas for other projects I need to do. I also have projects on the go that need to be finalized.
Then there’s 5 websites and counting that I need to do huge overhauls for, and have to work on those.
All this and the day to day stuff.
It’s so bad I even paid a content writer in advance for 40 articles about a month ago, and I still haven’t given him the list of articles, as I still have no clue WTF I need done.
Yet while I feel overwhelmed…
I fucking love it.
I love this work, and I love the idea of just sitting down and working away. There’s nothing greater than setting a goal – to do all this work for example – then just fucking doing it. When you work your ass off and work hard, it makes those beers feel even better.
Just wanted to write this because I enjoy writing, and getting stuff out there really makes me think clearer, rather than having it swirling about in my head.
Now I’m off to watch about 8 hours of Lost to get caught up before the finale.
While doing work, of course.
morrison vs kozlov
Did I say fml yet?
John morrison told the fans to chant “moose” at kozlov and they are. Sigg.
