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I know that I’ve been a bit off when it comes to writing for this blog and I could come up with a nember of legitimate excuses..but I won’t. I’ll give just one. Truth is, I’ve been having so much fun trying out new software, applications, web sites, and other geeky stuff that I just didn’t want to stop. It’s not for lack of subject matter..no..just the opposite. There has been to much subject matter.

• Installing and testing different Wikis (by the way, I really like Deki Wiki so far)
• Signing up for and poking about on different Social Media sites and web apps.
• Trying out different OSS alternatives to Microsoft and Windows based software
• Experimenting with Social Media in business
• Even writing my own .Net twitter client for windows called TwitterPatter

Honestly, there is no good reason why I couldn’t just take some time to share what I discovered or learned over the past few weeks. I sort of feel like a kid being called home at the end of a long summer day and thinking “Aw, just a little longer…??”.

Yesterday morning (Feb 13/08), I attended the Social Media Breakfast 5 (SMB5) where the focus of the event was set by a single statement: “How Twitter has changed my life — and can change yours”.

The event was hosted by Bryan Person and featured presentations by:

Scott Monty @scottmonty
Laura Fitton @pistachio
Doug Haslam @dough
Jim Storer @jstorer

You can view their presentations at:
http://topazpartners.blogspot.com/2008/02/social-media-breakfast-presentaions-how.html

Each speaker was allowed 5 minutes to present his/her story and experience, describing how twitter has changed their life and each presented some really great thoughts. It was very interesting to see how they each made twitter work for them.

In keeping with that theme, I figured I could write a quick post to share my experience with twitter, and how it has changed my life with more of a personal twist. (more…)

I have set up a picture gallery where I will begin posting pictures of “stuff”… vacations, friends, family, etc..

The first album has been included and contains pictures of our recent vacation in Cabo Mexico.

I will continue to add pics and albums over the next few days/weeks and try to transfer existing albums from another gallery. You can check it out here:
www.edwardstafford.com/gallery1