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MakeUseOf has two great sets of tips for staying on top of your online social life, without letting it run you. (Part I and Part II). This one is my particular favorite - a mind map of your online social life.
Nowadays, status update boxes are everywhere: LinkedIn, Twitter, Friendfeed, Yammer, AIM, GTalk, Facebook and more. The stream is becoming a de facto way that we communicate with others. However, thinking in 140 characters is also changing how I work. I am now using status updates to workstream.
"Mayer’s job is to be in sync with change. She carries an iPhone 'to have a non-Google product to better simulate the user. Similarly, I refused to get a broadband connection at home until 2004, when over 50 percent of Americans used broadband at home.' Mayer, in other words, is us."
As someone who also needs to "stay in sync" with change in my role with Edelman, I found this passage inspiring. It's important to see the world as others do, not just the early adopters. It's one reason why like Om I felt compelled to use multiple platforms.
