Things 13 and 14: Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

Thing 13 was pretty simple for me- facebook and LinkedIn.  I already have a facebook- you are welcome to add me as a friend if you would like to receive dozens of updates each day regarding what my daughter does or does not do on her farm, in her city, or with her zoo and Smurf village.  Know who else has a facebook you can follow?  USF School of Information, ALA, YALSA, and the American Indian Library Association, for starters.  Also, everyone you ever met or knew in high school and before.  It has its uses.  It can be loads of fun.  It can also be a vortex designed solely to suck away the greater part of your day with no warning, so use caution.

Ironically, I also have a Linked In account as well.  It says that I am an Arts and Crafts Professional.  This is because there was no profession choice for Stay at Home Mom.  I am a member of one group- The USF Alumni Association.  I assume that as my studies progress, I will be using Linked In more often, as it is geared towards professional users, not friends.  It is for making contacts, and job hunting, and networking.  I don't actually do any of those things.  So, I hate to judge Linked In, but it doesn't have any real life application for me right now.

Thing 14, however, I have been dreading.  I don't really want to join Twitter.  I just....don't.  I don't need to tell everyone what I am doing all day, since it usually is not very exciting, and I have found through experience that everyone does not care what my kids are doing all day.  (I know!  I don't really understand it myself, but apparently some things are only interesting to the parents, grandparents, and people who love you enough to not tell you to shut up.)

However, for the sake of completion, I did. I have a twitter account, despite arguing that I would never have one.  It is Krysalid Krysalid75 too.  You can follow that if you want to, but I doubt I will use it.  I signed up, though. And I picked the 10 people to follow- which of course included Neil Gaiman, some other authors, and some book publishers and reviewers...and one friend who was always trying to get me to join Twitter but I wouldn't.  I even went through the process of changing my colors and connecting it to my cell phone, so that I can tweet in style from wherever I happen to be- if I can find my cell phone.  Here is my first Tweet.  Enjoy that.

For the record, I have a new Windows phone and it is Awesome and much cooler than my husband's iPhone...or at least it will be if I ever figure out how to use it properly.  I wonder if there is a Thing on here for how to use your smart phone?  Anyway...I can write papers on Word and do anything you can do in Windows 7 from my phone, if I could find it.  So, I could, hypothetically, even be writing this on my phone while I was driving.  Just kidding.  Don't do that.  Also, if your friends drink, hide their phones (and their keys)...they will thank you in the morning.

ETA:  I actually realized today that I spelled my own twitter name wrong.  It is now Krysalid75.  Silly me.