Each site offers a different perspective or viewpoint on the benefits and pitfalls of twitter, but one that I’ve just started reading (“TwiTip“) had a post that talked about how to get unfollowed on twitter. As I was reading this, I realized that at least three of these actions would cause me to unfollow someone on twitter. Then I had that realization that perhaps I would be a victim of being unfollowed. It sent a shudder through my body.

On the other side of the coin, Zen Habits recently posted on how to use twitter to help manage your day and get things done. Many of the ideas suggested by Leo provide ways to use twitter to add appointments to your calendar or task list, or help set reminders for actions you need to do during the day. One of them reminded me of the now defunct tool Sandy, which aimed to provide you personal reminders based on what you needed to get done. Of course, if I implemented all that was suggested, I would increase my chances of being unfollowed. Perhaps it’s all about balance.

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So how does one start their spring break? By catching up on blogs, of course!

To start of with, you have to read this post by danah over at apophenia.

The article mainly covers the topic of narcissism, and touches on issues covering the search for fame, the value we place on fame (“I am worried that Paris Hilton is a more meaningful role model to most American girls than Mother Theresa ever was”), and how all this affects society. danah writes about how narcissism drives adolescent’s (in particular) use of social network sites, like MySpace. She also discusses religiosity (which many of my friends will confirm, always gets me to perk up a little). Nothing like a good dose of religiosity in the morning to get the blood pumping. I will say that I was surprised by the comment that “[w]hen i started seeing how people in rural America recovered from meth, i found one common solution: born-again Christianity.” That says a lot!

From a sociological perspective, I was interested in danah’s view on the role of Christian Industrial Complex and how it endorses the continued stratisfication of society. I actually agree with her statement that the “Christian Industrial Complex has risen into power in both politics and corporate life, but their underlying mission is the same: justify poor people’s industrial slavery so that the rich and powerful can become more rich and powerful.”

Read the article. As with most of danah’s posts, this is extremely thought provoking.

James Watkins also discusses the Christian Industrial Complex more over here. Watkins gives a brief overview of the issue over “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Holidays” and what may have been driving that. He also mentions some interesting insights into Christmas, in particular that in many New England towns, Christmas was prohibited by law. Watkins refers to this as the “forgotten history of Christmas.”

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After a failed attempt at going to a movie on Friday evening, I got to watch a Netflix acquired movie, Third Man Out (a gay detective story). It was okay, a little disappointing, and not really appreciated by the others being subjected to it (namely Paul, Layton and Chris).

After recovering from that, Saturday evening Chris encouraged me to come outside and watch a speck of light travel the sky. It was the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle Discovery.

We then headed out to watch the new James Bond movie, Casino Royale. Wow! Chris and I were floored with the spectacular scenery throughout the movie, not to mention the phenomenal story line. I also can’t object to the gratuitous (and incredibly sexy) scenes with Daniel Craig’s body.

After getting home and enjoying a dirty martini (I was somehow “in the mood”), I watched Wedding Wars, the A&E original movie shown last week sometime. It was just what the brain needed at 1:30 in the morning with a dirty martini in me. Actually, apart from a few cheesy moments, I actually liked the storyline and the movie. Definately worth a watch, especially given the name power within the movie.

Finally, we watch a much slower and brighter (it seemed) ISS/Shuttle move across the evening sky this evening. We were down at Willow Bend mall and had just got out to head to Maggiano’s Little Italy (where we were meeting my boss for dinner). As we stood in the car park looking up, this woman came out and inquired what we were watching, and when we pointed the ISS/Shuttle out to her, she was very pleased with her new discovery.

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