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Fatblogging: I Follow the Zawodny Hacker Diet

March 14, 2007

Diet MeasurementsJason Calacanis, entrepreneur and tech dude, who incites Internet riots, started a trend a little over a month ago called “fatblogging.” This was at a time when I was in the middle of a diet but didn’t want to call attention to it, since most of my diets have never been quite successful. Now, with some newfound success that I will share in this blog post, I’ll announce that I have joined the fatbloggies. I won’t be fatblogging in the true sense of the word, because Calacanis actually wants us to post our weights (every day!), and well, that’s a secret, my friends. :)

Regardless, the fatblogging trend has been extremely powerful and has seriously been a big hit in the blogosphere. People are writing about it, and it’s catching on. I’m going to jump on the bandwagon for a brief period to announce that since I started my “diet” on January 8th, a diet that was inspired by Jeremy Zawodny (I keep that spreadsheet open on my desktop all the time), I’ve lost about 20 pounds. This was an incredible thing for me. After all, about a year ago, I had a pretty major surgery and never got active thereafter to lose that dead weight that I accumulated, nor did I have any intention to (though I did set a goal to exercise, but I simply never did). The Hacker Diet variation by Jeremy was a real simple thing for me, and the results have made me quite happy.

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The Two Sides of Twitter: Borderline Obsessive Compulsive and The Person Who Simply Answers The Question

March 13, 2007

I spent a good chunk of this weekend learning the ins and outs of Twitter, the service I blogged about not too long ago. In case you wanted to know and to establish contact, here I am. While I was preparing to clean the apartment for a visit from my father-in-law late Saturday night, I decided to use Twitter over more conventional methods, such as IM. One of those main benefits is that Twitter is still instant, but you’re not necessarily expecting an immediate response, so you really can multitask. (It helps to be immediate, though. I asked a question about Gmail and nobody answered me yet. :( )

Jeremy Zawodny's TwitterRobert Scoble's TwitterIn any event, it may be just because of the current SXSW conference, but I noticed that those SXSW attendees have been Twittering the weekend away. Literally. I’ve also noticed that there are really two types of users on the Twitter community. There’s the conversationaholic, the Robert Scoble, who makes those Twitter users come back for more (or scares them away with all that twittering — take your pick ;) ). Then, there’s the Twitter user in the literal sense of the site’s objectives. Jeremy Zawodny simply answers the question, “What are you doing right now?” It’s definitely interesting to see that Twitter is multi-faceted in this sense.

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Twitter is Really Only an AIM Away Message for an Older Generation

March 8, 2007

Twitter LogoI was well before my time when I began using AIM (according to Gaim, I’ve been a member since June 25, 1997). It eventually caught on as more and more people realized the value of “instant” communications online, but there’s a line that was drawn and not many people above a certain age group were really into it as much as I was.

I happen to find myself frequently surrounded by a select few individuals who consider IM a distraction. For me, while not as much a high priority as it was previously, IM is not a distraction — it is a necessity for communication. Similarly, I find that determining one’s status (whether they’re available or away) is also pretty important, and I put emphasis on reading “away messages” if the situation warrants it.

Interestingly, as I look at the 66 people who are online right now on my buddy list, the average age of these users (and I’m shocked that I know this) is 24.64. Of those, 23 have away messages, and the average age of these 23 individuals is 22.618.

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