Comments on: Using Technology for Balance Instead of Guilt http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/05/22/using-technology-for-balance-instead-of-guilt.html shifting libraries at the speed of byte Mon, 07 May 2012 16:14:10 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Keccles http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/05/22/using-technology-for-balance-instead-of-guilt.html/comment-page-1#comment-10057 Keccles Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:13:08 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/05/22/using-technology-for-balance-instead-of-guilt.html#comment-10057 Great comments and perspectives! As an old librarian with teenagers, I find that I best balance my social networking using Facebook. It just works for me in balancing contact with students, faculty and family! Great comments and perspectives! As an old librarian with teenagers, I find that I best balance my social networking using Facebook. It just works for me in balancing contact with students, faculty and family!

]]> By: Matt Galligan http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/05/22/using-technology-for-balance-instead-of-guilt.html/comment-page-1#comment-9496 Matt Galligan Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:53:00 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/05/22/using-technology-for-balance-instead-of-guilt.html#comment-9496 Jenny, I can't tell you how much we appreciate the mention. We're very happy to hear that we rank so high in terms of important things to check daily...when we release our version 2.0, you'll see a lot of major improvements. Most of these improvements were back-end, but you'll see some of their effect on the front-end. One of those things that it has affected, is our ability to continue to add services to the service. With the new version, we're able to add services at a much faster rate, which will be great...and we'll be able to get you more features very fast. Glad to hear you're a dedicated user! Can't wait to see how we can help you further.. Jenny, I can’t tell you how much we appreciate the mention. We’re very happy to hear that we rank so high in terms of important things to check daily…when we release our version 2.0, you’ll see a lot of major improvements. Most of these improvements were back-end, but you’ll see some of their effect on the front-end. One of those things that it has affected, is our ability to continue to add services to the service. With the new version, we’re able to add services at a much faster rate, which will be great…and we’ll be able to get you more features very fast.

Glad to hear you’re a dedicated user! Can’t wait to see how we can help you further..

]]> By: Jenny Levine http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/05/22/using-technology-for-balance-instead-of-guilt.html/comment-page-1#comment-9477 Jenny Levine Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:57:18 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/05/22/using-technology-for-balance-instead-of-guilt.html#comment-9477 Thanks for the great comments everyone! Sorry for the mass comment, but I do appreciate your responses and ideas. @walt - I use Twhirl, which only shows the last 20 tweets, so going back in time isn't an option there. Maybe that's why I equate the LSW chat room with Twitter more than you do. For the most part, I don't feel compelled to "catch up" with either one, but then I've also learned to let go of reading everything in my aggregator and trying every new thing. @LeeAnn - That was kind of the point of my post, that there are ways to find that balance. I sometimes feel the way you do when you're not present in the moment, but I was trying to provide tips for letting things go and streamlining to allow for that. I hope you can find a mix that works well for you. @Amanda - Great post! Which cell carrier do you use? You can definitely manage a smartphone (as opposed to letting it manage you) as long as you're conscious of it. Thanks, @Meredith. Keep up the great work, @Malar! @John, I've downloaded Flock and will give it another try. I haven't used it since it first came out a couple of years ago. It would be great if it solved some of these problems for me. Thanks, @Susan. It is a skill it has taken me a while to develop, but I think just being aware of these things helps you get there, which is why I continue to post about this. @cindi - FriendFeed's "imaginary friends" is an interesting idea, and I might use it for a family member who has just one feed, but realistically, I just don't have the time to find all of the feeds for all of my friends who aren't on the service and then manually add them. Plus, then it's up to me to keep checking to make sure I get the new ones. For some reason, FriendFeed won't work in Twhirl, and their tech support has been non-responsive on GetSatisfaction. I thought SocialThing was also displaying private Twitter feeds because it's based on my account logins, but I'll have to double-check that. BrightKite is interesting, but so far I don't feel compelled to update based on my location. The search does indeed continue.... Thanks for the great comments everyone! Sorry for the mass comment, but I do appreciate your responses and ideas.

@walt — I use Twhirl, which only shows the last 20 tweets, so going back in time isn’t an option there. Maybe that’s why I equate the LSW chat room with Twitter more than you do. For the most part, I don’t feel compelled to “catch up” with either one, but then I’ve also learned to let go of reading everything in my aggregator and trying every new thing.

@LeeAnn — That was kind of the point of my post, that there are ways to find that balance. I sometimes feel the way you do when you’re not present in the moment, but I was trying to provide tips for letting things go and streamlining to allow for that. I hope you can find a mix that works well for you.

@Amanda — Great post! Which cell carrier do you use? You can definitely manage a smartphone (as opposed to letting it manage you) as long as you’re conscious of it.

Thanks, @Meredith.

Keep up the great work, @Malar!

@John, I’ve downloaded Flock and will give it another try. I haven’t used it since it first came out a couple of years ago. It would be great if it solved some of these problems for me.

Thanks, @Susan. It is a skill it has taken me a while to develop, but I think just being aware of these things helps you get there, which is why I continue to post about this.

@cindi — FriendFeed’s “imaginary friends” is an interesting idea, and I might use it for a family member who has just one feed, but realistically, I just don’t have the time to find all of the feeds for all of my friends who aren’t on the service and then manually add them. Plus, then it’s up to me to keep checking to make sure I get the new ones. For some reason, FriendFeed won’t work in Twhirl, and their tech support has been non-responsive on GetSatisfaction. I thought SocialThing was also displaying private Twitter feeds because it’s based on my account logins, but I’ll have to double-check that. BrightKite is interesting, but so far I don’t feel compelled to update based on my location. The search does indeed continue.…

]]> By: cindi http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/05/22/using-technology-for-balance-instead-of-guilt.html/comment-page-1#comment-9472 cindi Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:52:15 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/05/22/using-technology-for-balance-instead-of-guilt.html#comment-9472 Friendfeed allows you to set up "invisible friends"--feeds from friends who don't have a FriendFeed account. The problem with utilizing RSS is that it only syndicates public information. Private twitter streams or friends/family-only flickr photos do not show up, requiring us to use the native interface for those. You can also set up your FriendFeed in Twhirl. Another reason to love Twhirl! Going to give Social Thing a try. I didn't like the way that Flock--mentioned by another commenter--displayed the Twitter feed. It appears to display the most recent update from all your friends, rather than the conversation itself. Perhaps that is a setting, but I got bored and moved on from Flock's social features pretty quickly. <a href="http://brightkite.com" rel="nofollow">Brightkite</a> holds promise, especially for those of us who use social media via SMS, but until Verizon decides to play nice with them, it's not an option for a lot of folks. The search continues... Friendfeed allows you to set up “invisible friends”–feeds from friends who don’t have a FriendFeed account. The problem with utilizing RSS is that it only syndicates public information. Private twitter streams or friends/family-only flickr photos do not show up, requiring us to use the native interface for those. You can also set up your FriendFeed in Twhirl. Another reason to love Twhirl!

Going to give Social Thing a try. I didn’t like the way that Flock–mentioned by another commenter–displayed the Twitter feed. It appears to display the most recent update from all your friends, rather than the conversation itself. Perhaps that is a setting, but I got bored and moved on from Flock’s social features pretty quickly.

Brightkite holds promise, especially for those of us who use social media via SMS, but until Verizon decides to play nice with them, it’s not an option for a lot of folks.

The search continues…

]]> By: Blog Review | ILS 599 Marisa Gorman http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/05/22/using-technology-for-balance-instead-of-guilt.html/comment-page-1#comment-9403 Blog Review | ILS 599 Marisa Gorman Sat, 31 May 2008 02:41:51 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/05/22/using-technology-for-balance-instead-of-guilt.html#comment-9403 [...] http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/05/22/using-technology-for-balance-instead-of-guilt... Uncategorized | Create a free edublog to get your own comment avatar (and more!) [...] […] http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/05/22/using-technology-for-balance-instead-of-guilt… Uncategorized | Create a free edublog to get your own comment avatar (and more!) […]

]]> By: Jennifer http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/05/22/using-technology-for-balance-instead-of-guilt.html/comment-page-1#comment-9353 Jennifer Thu, 29 May 2008 12:45:45 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/05/22/using-technology-for-balance-instead-of-guilt.html#comment-9353 I really appreciated this article. It's so easy to find posts and articles on the newest and greatest software available and I sometimes wonder how much of any one thing I need to know. Your honest assessment of how well or not well some of these tools have worked in your experience was really helpful. I really appreciated this article. It’s so easy to find posts and articles on the newest and greatest software available and I sometimes wonder how much of any one thing I need to know. Your honest assessment of how well or not well some of these tools have worked in your experience was really helpful.

]]> By: Morning Links « The Geeky Librarian http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/05/22/using-technology-for-balance-instead-of-guilt.html/comment-page-1#comment-9351 Morning Links « The Geeky Librarian Thu, 29 May 2008 11:17:16 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/05/22/using-technology-for-balance-instead-of-guilt.html#comment-9351 [...] Jenny Levine continues to be the best library technology writer out there with a nice discussion on how to cope with social networking. [...] […] Jenny Levine continues to be the best library technology writer out there with a nice discussion on how to cope with social networking. […]

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