Shaine Mata

Staying Connected on the Job

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It has been interesting trying to stay connected with the world and my friends while having a new job that demands a lot of attention. Despite all the boos and hisses, Twitter has been very useful for keeping up with the news. In those few moments while walking from one place to another, riding in a car, or taking a little break, I’ll read tweets from my friends and from news sources. Sometimes, however, it gets out of hand. If I’m busy and forget to turn off the Twitter messaging, I’ll get about 200 messages waiting. Some days my tweeple will tweet up a storm. I don’t mind wading through to catch up; but sometimes there are work-related or family-related text messages lost in the stream. Still, even quickly scanning through, I can see what is going on with new media friends and in the world. I can still say that I am connected.