I was supposed to be working on a Flash infographic about the new Yankees stadium, when I became lost in a jungle of social media. I have no clue how I got into this situation and what do I have to show for it? I just put my entire life online.
With the help of FriendFeed, I just consolidated 17 streams of information about myself into one place. While it’s true that my entire being does not reside in cyberspace, there aren’t many stones left unturned. With Friend Feed, anyone who visits this blog can see all my updates for one of the 57 partner sites I belong to, such as Yelp!, Flickr and Disqus. Any time I post something, all my friend will receive notification of my activity. It’s alot like the minifeed on Facebook, but it supports many many streams of content.
Do I know what will come of it? no, but what are some possible scenarios:
(Cue the ordered list)
- The world beats a path to my door because they are fascinated by what movies I just watched on Netflix, my resume on LinkedIn sparkles and photos posted to Picassa show the planet in a whole new light. Not likely, but hey, who knows.
- Some stupid link in Delicious or who-knows-what causes a minor kerfluffle, someone gets mad and I feel like a schmuck because I didn’t scour every online moniker before launching this little experiment.
- Nothing at all.
I suppose some controvery would be better than nothing happening at all, because then folks would actually be paying attention. I say that with trepidation after what happened last year with my ill-fated relationship column for the Columbia Spectator.
In any event, however, I’m heartened by the words of Wine Library TV’s Gary Vaynerchuk, who said the only way to be successful online is to be completely transparent. While he was talking about Web enterprises and startups, I still subscribe to the mantra because what I am doing with Tech Trotter must be run like an ultralight startup. Instant access is the new must have content.
There was a point to all this when I started writing, but I seem to have deviated a little. At least I’ve got the time.