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Morning Music #6 – We Are Family

I’ve been thinking about how my “family” has grown over the past year. I’ve had online friends and been part of online communities for over a dozen years now but the last year my involvement in the Twitter community and in smaller part the Facebook community has brought a lot of great people into my life that I consider not just friends but family. Even though I’ve not met most of them.

Like any family there are few people that drive you crazy. You have the creepy uncle that makes you feel a little nervous, the aunt that hovers over you and treats you like you’re still twelve, the cousin that never seems to do much but he’s always around, the sister that always borrows your shoes without asking. But you know they’re always here for you when you need them. Gran’s always there with her compassion. Papa’s always there with his wisdom. Sometime there are squabbles and even a family feud on occasion but when it comes down to it you’re always part of the family.

This morning it’s time to groove to Sister Sledge. We are family. Happy Thursday.

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GapingVoid leaves Twitter leaving a … gaping void?

Hugh MacLeod, better known to some as GapingVoid, has announced that he has deleted his Twitter account.

MacLeod – cartoonist, author, blogger, all around Renaissance man – will be sorely missed by his legions of followers. You can subscribe to his blog to keep up with him now.

It seems that the more popular Twitter becomes, the more of the early adopters are shifting away from it.

Earlier this week Lifehacker.org featured a Firefox add-on called LeechBlock which allows you to set time limits and block websites (such as Twitter) that you feel suck up too much of your time.

As a writer (who tends to avoid actually writing as much as I possibly can) I know that communities like Twitter can be unbelievable time wasters but at the same time I know that I get a lot of value from the Twitter community as well. I’ve installed LeechBlock to hopefully cut down on using Twitter and other sites as procrastination (protwitstination?) tools. I can’t see myself deleting my Twitter account any time soon.