Pot Luck #54 TXT U L8R Texting

I have sent a few text messages, but I don't text often. I first started texting a few years ago when I had a friend who was working overseas, and it was cheaper for us to text each other. My daughter also took a trip out of the country, and she sent me a text to let me know she arrived safely. I sent her a couple of texts, as well. I don't know all of the lingo and shortcuts, so I find it tedious to text. I thought Lingo 2 Word was interesting. It seems texting is creating an entire new language. Will it really effect people's ability to spell correctly?

I would never text and drive. I'm not adept enough at texting to do it without looking at my phone continuously. I think it is very dangerous for even adept texters to text and drive. No one should be driving and doing anything other than concentrating on the road and what's around them, especially in a city like Houston!

Potluck#56: To Tweet or Not to Tweet...Twitter

Reading through all the information on Twitter, it sounds so cute, especially the glossary, i.e. twaiting, tweeple, etc. However after searching twitter, it seems rather inane. I searched weaving, which is a new hobby of mine. I didn't expect posts on car weaving--weaving in and out of traffic. . .interesting. I looked at some of the Trending Topics next. I looked at Earth Hour and Living Social's. The Earth Hour Tweets were not interesting, but some of the links led to interesting websites. I then looked at one of the nifty queries, Love or Hate. It was just a series of twitters about what people liked. I did an advanced search and put my home town in the places search. I got some twitter/tweets, whatever you call them about the weather from the local news station. That could be useful, I suppose.

I don't see Twitter as something I would ever use, even though it sounds so cute, and I do like birds. Once again, I think some people may have too much time on their hands, but I'm probably just not getting it.

Pot Luck #55 Getting the Most out of Facebook

Signing up for a Facebook account was very easy. I was surprsed that it took names from my e-mail that were on Facebook and asked if I wanted to make them friends. I have 2 e-mail friends who are on Facebook. That was easy! I searched for other people, but being of the "older" generation, I didn't find anyone I knew. I added flair to my account. the only hard part was deciding what to add. I will keep my Facebook account, but I don't know how much I will use it. Some of these new things are nice, but who has the time to spend on the computer. I'd rather be reading or doing outside activities. Still I may find it useful in the future.