Joining the Fray with new Plaxo and Twitter Accounts

posted January 23rd, 2008 at 11:14 pm by chad

With the Social Networking powers that be recently coming together in the same room , I figured that it was time to do more than read and write about social networks . A friend recently invited me to hook up on Plaxo. His invitation along with the recent release of Plaxo's Mac client pushed me to making the leap.

So far, so good. The Plaxo Mac client made it incredibly easy to upload contacts and make connections quickly. I was also able to reconnect with an old high school classmate that I haven't heard from in nearly twenty years! I loves the interweb!

After connecting with a few folks on Plaxo I thought, "Why stop here?" I'm not gonna join MySpace, I feel old enough as it is. I'm still resisting Facebook too. But Twitter has had some allure for some time now.

If you're already a member of either Plaxo or Twitter, or you're thinking about joining, look me up!

Comments

Interesting, I'v enever

March 27th, 2009 at 6:25 am — Ellis - Hotelbuchung (not verified)

Interesting, I'v enever heard about Plaxo before this moment! Nice information I owuld say, as it's always so useful to learn something new, and at least now I have a nice reason to google and to learn more about what Plaxo is in more details...

Social Networking

January 24th, 2008 at 9:34 am — Rob (not verified)

I'd never heard of Facebook a year ago, but had to join a few months ago when my group to the call to look into building Facebook applications. I don't use it much because I still feel just a little skeevy in the midst of the high school and college sect, but these are the sacrifices you make, right? :-)

MySpace I'll never touch and I don't yet "get" Twitter. I have IM and I have a blog. What does Twitter offer beyond that?

I suppose the need to build

January 24th, 2008 at 11:37 pm — chad

I suppose the need to build a Facebook app may one day drive me to registration.

Twitter, for many, is somewhat like IM. I see it as a delayed IM or IRC. You post succinct messages, often without the expectation of reply. I suspect power users get closer to "real time" communication. I noticed a few news organizations, CNN, NPR, posting headlines to Twitter.

Twitter is your friends briefly stating what they're doing or thinking during the day. It's dead simple to use, and so far I think it's worth it.

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