Jonny Grover

Technology is an amazing thing! With the internet and social media we are able to share ideas, videos, and images to an incredible amount of people, in a few hours, and for free. This information is like an ocean wave and like a California beach bum I love riding this wave of information. Finding funny videos, great blog posts, and information about new exciting technology are all things I love to do. I will usually see something on Digg, a blog I read, or be sent something  funny or interesting and then a few weeks later someone in my office will send the same clip or post around the office. I would say that I’m pretty well connected to Information hubs (sources of new information worth sharing). I followed the Palm Pre very closely before it came out. The day it arrived in Sprint stores I dropped by a store and actually was able to teach the employees how to use it. I have learned how to search the web for information and to find related and relevant information. A skill I’m quite proud of.

Although this is a passion and I find great joy in finding something of worth that others find interesting, just like surfing in real life, digital surfing can be exhausting. There are many times I have come across a technology that has been around for a few years and I have not heard about it. I become overwhelmed my the wealth of knowledge crashing down on me every moment of the day. It is at these moments that I wonder if I’m making my life to information rich and complex. I wonder what I would be lacking if I simplified my life. What did people do before the internet and new information was not at their fingertips. It is something I go back and forth on and have not yet been able to find a good balance.

Not only do I like to find treasures of the internet, but I like to share them as well. I have tried to figure out a good way to balance all the different technologies that allow me to share this wealth of information. I have dabbled with blogging, twitter, Facebook, Google reader, and don’t know which technology serves my needs the best. Or if a mix is what I need. So I decided to create a strategy that will help me know what technology I will use for what purpose.

Blog – My blog will be where I put original content. I might post a video or image from another source, but will usually have some commentary about it.

Twitter – Twitter will be for sharing links and cool little treasures I find while surfing the net. These are usually images and videos.

Facebook – This will be more personal and specific to my friends and family, but I have integrated Twitter and facebook, because a lot of my friends are not on Twitter and I still want them to get my tweets.

Google Reader – Is a place where I can spread cool posts of my favorite blogs.