So it’s Sunday evening and I’ve done very little study this weekend. Final exams are coming up in just over a week and it’s getting pretty stressful.

So I set myself to study 4 x 40 minutes on Saturday and Sunday for exams. Easy right? Well no. I haven’t done much so far but I’ve done lots of procrastination! You see I’m the master of procrastination and I can bet I’ll destroy you at it. I will do just about anything to not study, this weekend I’ve cleaned my room countless times, thrown a bunch of crap out and been generally productive. But I’ve done none of what I actually wanted to do.

So instead of looking at this weekend that I did nothing I can say I’ve done heaps of stuff!

So procrastination, embrace it.

(P.S: I also spent countless hours on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, playing on iPhone, eating and sleeping :])

Wow it’s October already, how crazy is that?

So I can’t really vouche for my absence from my blog but just to let you know I am here and good things are to come.

So I’ve realised in terms of dedication, blogging isn’t my thing, I like to write but often I lose interest in things very easilly. However one thing I always update is Twitter. Increasingly we are seeing blogs dying and Twitter taking over due to it’s ease of use and simplicity.

So no, my blog is not going to shut down or move. However I have decided that more ‘me’  blog posts will come on my tumblelog while tech posts will stay here. So you will be seeing quite a few more posts on ant.geek.nz and a few less here. I’ll aim to keep this blog updated with an informative post fortnightly or monthly, depending on how I go!

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Today is my one year anniversary of tweeting! My first tweet was posted on 29th May 2008 at 7:27:24 pm. Yep, and this blog post was published exactly to the minute I posted my first tweet! Over the past year I have tweeted nearly 4000 times and have ove 300 followers. The stats are not so important to me though, the connections and awesomeness I have discovered is priceless!

So as you know I love list posts! Here I will describe the best parts and uses of Twitter I have discovered over this year.

Real Time Search and Results

Twitter Search has been named as a Google killer. What do you think? The keyword here is real time. With Twitter Search you can instantly know what is going on in an event straight after or during it. For example the Mumbai attacks were tweeted by thousands of people in real time. Events first were heard about through Twitter rather than any other classic news source. The news about the Hudson Plane Crash was first heard on Twitter by Janis Krums who posted a picture.  Another example was the President Obama inauguration. The list of events tweeted real time are endless.

Immediate Answers

Another awesome feature of Twitter is almost immediate answers to a question or anything else. For example if I were to ask “Why do some folders in Windows have blue text?” I would get the answer that the “folder is compressed” instantaneously. How cool is that?

If you are working on a project or trying to brainstorm ideas Twitter is even better! Just post a tweet and get loads of responses (depending on how many followers you have). The possibilities are endless!

Interact with your Favourite Companies

The companies on Twitter I love to interact with are Orcon and Vodafone. Not only can I know what is currently happening on the network and know about new features but I can easily message them for support. If I’m having a problem with any one of my accounts I can just send a message to one of the awesome guys there and they can
easily help me out! I’m not saying this is the right channel to go for support but it is one awesome way to get it quickly!

Building Awesome Relationships

This point is short! Over the past year I have made awesome online friends, you know who you are. With these people I haven’t tried to befriend them to get information or help, just want to hang!

Just Interacting with Your Friends

Well, isn’t that the point of Twitter? You’re right! Just finding out what your friends are doing is the best feature for me. Long are the days when you would have to wait to call your friends them to find out what’s new in their world. Twitter is here and it’s set to stay!

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Here I have just surfaced the uses of Twitter. Have anymore? Discuss! Can’t wait for my next year of tweeting!

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