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The Twitter Tango
Follow me on Twitter: @kishyr
It's been a busy (for lack for a busier word) past few months. I can't seem to balance my time enough to blog about landmark events in my life anymore. And it's not just blogging. It's pretty much everything socially online: Facebook and Flickr too. One networking service that seems to have taken the schlep out of updating your life online is Twitter.
In 140 characters or less I can micro-blog about anything. I can even snap a photo on my iPhone and upload it seamlessly to twitter and twitpic - without any bother at all. Twitter integrates into your life's flow so painlessly that you can 'tweet' about pretty much anything you like in under a minute. I can keep track of my friend's flows too without the bloat that Facebook brings with it.
Now, not to say I don't see a purpose of blogging (I do). I just think it's great that we have these two separate, independent frameworks that allow us to explore our simple day-to-day thinkings (Twitter), and when we need to, to explore in-depth news, issues, and opinions (blogging).
If you're keen on keeping up with my day-to-day world and musing yourself while I rejoice and curse over code, follow me on Twitter: I'm @kishyr.
Karmic Instinct
Call it what you may. The universe, karma, God even. There is that force that glues everything together. Let's call it Karma.
Sometimes, someplace, somehow you find yourself in a bit of a void. You realise all of life's challenges are hitting you at once. At times, you'll make the wrong decision. Many times maybe. But then there will be that one decision that will make or break you. And depending on how many Good(tm) points you've earned in your life, you'll make it through the storm and dance in the rain. That's Karma at work.
And that deciding moment in your life relies heavily on instinct. I'm not saying that our lives are written in a book and we're just playing out our story. I do believe we are in control of our destiny, but I think it's Karma that makes us skip a chapter, or go back one. Instinct. That feeling in your spine, that unforseen vision of your future. That idea that inspired all those Sprite commercials. That. That is what connects the dots in our lives.
As Steve Jobs said in his Stanford Commencement speech, it's not easy trying to connect the dots looking forward in our lives, but it is very easy to do so looking back. And that is why I believe Karma, and Instinct is what we need to live successful lives.
