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Am I Addicted to Twitter?! The Oatmeal Poll

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Leave a comment and share your level of addiction!

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My Email Manifesto, Or “How Email Will No Longer Rule My Life!”

This is probably a post best suited for a website dedicated to workplace management, GTD, and personal productivity, but I’m going to post it here as my response to the email culture that I’ve been living in for way too long.
Here’s the problem:  The demands on time and attention are infinite.  There seems to be [...]

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Micro Theology Time

Drawing from an idea I blogged about awhile back, I want to have another go at micro-theology!
How many of you are on Twitter?  How many of you use SMS as a regular communication medium?  You know about the need to say what you mean in a succinct, clear way.  Facebook updates?  Even email, to some [...]

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Social Media: Are You More or Less Human?

Maggi Dawn has been someone I’ve followed for some time. Her blog is delightful, thought-provoking, and never fails to give me a different angle on faith and culture.
Yesterday, she responded to comments by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury about the danger posed by Twitter, Facebook, et. al. to authentic human relationships.  I’ve bookmarked [...]

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Social Media: Participating, Lurking, Yawning, Condemning?

I’ve been noticing my friends’ reaction to social media.  Seems to form a continuum, going from regular involvement on one end to disdainful rejection on the other end!  Where do you fit?

Participator
Actively engages on more than one social media platform.  Uses social networking to functionally communicate with friends and meet new people.  Doesn’t just post [...]

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The Semi-Intentional Blogging Break

I’m back after a blogging hiatus – a semi-intentional(!) absence through the Lent season. Let me explain.
One of the things I learned from Lent this year was the value of time. I went into Lent with the intention of giving up something that would be “dramatic,” difficult, and sacrificial (it turned out this [...]

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