Twitter and Tweating

I work with collaboration and creating applications to connect people from different specialties with data from other people's specialties and making the view make sense for each group. But, I haven't really figured out a business purpose for everyone knowing what I am writing that I am doing.

Right now, I text and call my wife and others when I am traveling and I am about to takeoff or land. Maybe, Twitter can now help keep up with that and let everyone check my status from one place. So, we can be even less personal. But, the world is moving quickly with connections. Learn the proper business etiquette. We will see about the novelty of texting quick random status and who is listening.

For online news, I think that Twitter will be great, because it is shorter/faster for phones than RSS and you can scan quickly. But, how will Twitter make money. Maybe they get some kickback from all of the SMS traffic.

Follow me at jasongamble. I have TwitterBerry and another app on my desktop. Plus, you can SMS your status at will. Should I update my status to let everyone know when I go to sleep and wake up? Give me a few minutes and check back...

Earth Hour 2009

Earth Hour 2009 is this weekend. Can you be in the dark for one hour? Could you go a step further than just turning out the lights? Could you turn off your electronics for an hour? Could you survive on batteries for an hour?

We are getting to a point of being so interconnected and always connected that being dark for an hour will cause some people serious pain. But, I am looking forward to it.

Our family will be near York, SC at Bethelwoods Conference Center for a retreat this weekend. On Saturday night, at 8:30 PM we should be out in the woods around a campfire - probably not good for global warming - but better than the 8 families use of electricity for that hour.

Enjoy the darkness - and the buzz of electricity - if only for the hour