My favorite thing about the new decade is that it offers an opportunity to practice long-term thinking. I’m aware that the effect is purely psychological. What matters is, that it works! So let’s put the weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly rhythms aside, and focus on decades for a change. Review of the 2010s Tech is…
Tag: Social Media
Why I created a Facebook page
Inspired by Rolf Dobelli’s book, I stopped using Facebook six months ago. Mainly because I was addicted, and also because the constant social comparisons and the instant gratification treadmill became toxic for me. (I’m still using Messenger/WhatsApp for one-one-one contact.) The downside of leaving Facebook was that I lost a distribution channel for my content,…
Twitter Early Days
I have finished reading the Twitter founding story. I remember when I signed up for Twitter in April 2007 and instantly fell in love. I loved the concept of ‘blogging via SMS’ and did it using my Palm Treo at the time. Learnings: Twitter was born because Odeo — a podcasting company — has failed and needed a new…
Why I started using twitter
First of all, this interesting podcast with twitter co-founder Evan Williams (and co-founder of Blogger.com) made me sign up. Things I learned: #1: Twitter is so freakin’ easy. It just answers one simple question: What are you doing? #2: Twitter is like mini-blogging. Because its so easy that I can do it whereever I am…