For the past week there has been an on-going conversation happening about how we use the many services that are available to us. Whether it be Twitter, our blogs, FriendFeed or any number of services we have a lot of options to get our message out. Throughout all this I have maintained that these options are tools for use to use rather than … say .. a megaphone that spreads our opinions and thoughts far and wide across the blogosphere.

But like all tools I always try to find ways to best utilize them after all you might be able to use a kitchen knife as a screwdriver but that doesn’t mean you can use the screwdriver as a knife. Well you might be able to but you definitely won’t have the desired result and you will be frustrated in the end. So I have decided to try an experiment here at WinExtra to see if I can better use the social media tools available to me and in turn provide a better … cleaner service for my readers.

The WinExtra Blog

The blog won’t change a lot other than my input will be more concentrated on things and services to do with information flow and sharing along with my usual opinion pieces. Bill our resident reviewer will still be doing the software reviews as he does a great job with them. So if you are just interested in those things feel free to grab the RSS feed or just visit when you feel like it.

Elite Tech News reddit feed

Now while I mainly want to concentrate on things pertaining to information flow and sharing I find just about every part of our tech world interesting. So for those things that fall outside of what WinExtra will cover and have to do with technology as a whole I will post them to the Elite Tech News reddit feed - you can see what is on the feed by taking a look in the sidebar to the right or you can grab the RSS feed for it here.

My Shared Links Feed

As much as I like technology I also have a wide range of other interests. For those items I will start using my Shared Links Feed more. You can get an idea of what you will find in it by taking a look at the My Link Blog in the sidebar to the right or you can grab the feed here.

Twitter

Up until now I have used Twitter much like everyone else for both conversation as well as posting links to my newest posts. As of today I will only be using Twitter as a conversation tool. If that is of interest to you then head over to my Twitter page and add me as a friend but I won’t guarantee that all requests will be reciprocated as again Twitter is also a tool for me so I tend to be selective on who I add as friends so don’t be offended if I don’t add you back.

FriendFeed

For me FriendFeed has become an indispensable work center and has replaced Twitter as my primary contact point. If you prefer an aggregated overview of everything I do whether it be blog posts or things like my posts to Elite Tech news you will find it all under one roof at my FriendFeed page. If this is the case head over to my FriendFeed page and add me as a friend. As is the case with Twitter  - maybe even more so - this is my work center so I tend to be selective on who I add back as a friend so don’t be offended if I don’t return the friending.

That’s it - I’m not sure how it will all work out. I may lose some readers or followers but I think that the ability to possibly improve things for my readers outweighs any of the negative. Only time will tell though but it should be interesting to see how it all works out.

Conversation Tags: workflow, blogging, Elite Tech News, reddit, shared links, Twitter, FriendFeed