You might love Twitter and think it’s the greatest tool ever created. I’ve certainly met plenty of people who do. I’m not anti-Twitter, per se, but I probably only love it about 10% as much as the average Twitter user (AKA Twitterer).
Do I use Twitter? Yes, a little bit. I think it does have some value. But I don’t buy into the whole “Twitter is changing the world” thing, which explains why I enjoyed this graphic so much.
Sorry if you hate it.

What do you think? Is the graphic understating the value of Twitter and the revolution that is taking place? Am I lame and stupid for not being a Twitter fanboy? Post a comment and let me know.
via swissmiss
I’ve got to hand it to Bart: work has been a bit more enjoyable this week thanks to him. After a number of conversations about improving our productivity, my coworker challenged me to turn off automatic send/receive in my email client.
For a second I thought he was asking me to stop breathing. This is what went through my panic-stricken mind:
Wait…you’re suggesting I intentionally cripple my email client to prevent it from automatically retrieving new messages every two minutes? That’s a terrible idea! How will I know who demands my attention right this very minute?
Oh…wait a second…
I see where you’re going with this.
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