My timeline is totally out of control again with all these stupid retweets. Ok fine, sometimes I’m like “hey that’s kinda cool, I’m glad it got brought to my attention” but more often I’m like “ugh, that’s do dumb, why would he retweet that?” I realize that I can choose to “hide” particular people’s retweets (notice how @scobleizer always retweets @scoblemedia? KILL ME, KILL ME NOW, SWIFTLY), but that’s still a lot of manual work on my end. I understand that Twitter’s grown so much that there’s a need to keep some order in the system, but I’m already missing the simplicity of it all.
Oh yeah, and then there’s this. Sigh. I don’t know what’s happening, and quite honestly I don’t really care.
One of the most annoying things to me in the world is getting “poked” by someone on Facebook. Seriously, it’s second only to actually getting poked in real life. I have no idea why Facebook created this stupid feature in the first place, why they continue to offer this stupid feature, or why people think it’s funny and cute.
A woman was arrested for virtually “poking” someone on the social networking site Facebook.
Shannon D. Jackson, 36, was arrested Friday, Sept. 25 for allegedly violating an order of protection.
According to the affidavit filed in Sumner County General Sessions Court, Jackson is accused of using the “poke” option on Facebook to contact a Hendersonville woman, thus violating the terms of the order of protection, which stipulates “no telephoning, contacting or otherwise communicating with the petitioner.”
Poking is a feature unique to Facebook that conveys no other message but informing a user they have been “poked” by another user.
Serves you right, Shannon! You’re annoying! Poke me, go to jail!
I’m sort of kidding. I’m assuming she did lots of other bad stuff before the Facebook poking that warranted a restraining order. But still. Annoying.
I came across a website called Hello Health in my Tumblr feed today, and decided to give it a look. Although still in its infancy with only a handful of participating doctors, Hello Health is, in my opinion, the inevitable future of healthcare. Here’s a partial explainer video from their info section:
Here’s the deal: the team behind Hello Health is in the process of partnering with doctors all over the U.S. in order to set them up with the latest web tools so they can interface with their patients in modern ways (email, IM, video chat). Think about patients’ options now: you don’t feel well, but you have no idea how to diagnose yourself. What can you do besides make an appointment (same day if you’re really lucky), sit around waiting for 30 minutes in order to see your doctor for five minutes, and almost hope that something really is wrong with you so you haven’t wasted several hours of your time and gotten behind at work for nothing? That’s not a good system, but neither patients nor doctors have much choice.
Hello Health’s aim is to give both sides better tools to interact, like setting up an appointment or refilling a prescription online. Got a quick question? Ping your doctor. Obviously this can’t replace emergency care, and many health issues still require an in-person visit, but most don’t (especially having to go see your doctor to get a freakin’ referral… maddening!).
I really like the Hello Health concept and I’m curious to see how quickly it catches on with forward-thinking doctors nationwide. I’m not at all worried about this catching on with patients. If they build it, we will come.
Social networks are getting more creative as new sites come up with unique angles to connect people (and get attention). I took a look at two fun new services that you might like, especially if you’re sick of Twitter and Facebook! Enjoy:
People either love shopping or they hate shopping. But it’s something that has to be done, and both sides always appreciate a hassle-free (or at the very least, hassle-light) shopping experience, right? Today’s Current Tech video explores a couple of your best online options.
By the way, I fall into the “shopaholic” category, which oh-so-coincidentally has contributed to some major money woes. Help me Current Tech community, you’re my only hope.
Hello friends and neighbors. Today’s Current Tech video is all about creativity (or lack thereof). Take a gander… am I being a bully? I don’t think I am. I think I’m just calling it.
Holy canoli, Twitter really has no excuse to crash ever again.
From Silicon Alley Insider:
Twitter’s newest fundraising round is higher than expected: The company is raising up to $100 million in new financing from seven investors, the WSJ reports. New investors include mutual fund titan T. Rowe Price and private equity firm Insight Venture Partners. The round, as reported earlier, values Twitter at $1 billion, and is expected to close today.
By the way, that’s a $775 million increase over Twitter’s previous valuation after their last round of funding. What should we expect to gain from the extra cash on the user side? I vote for pet unicorns.
