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Angular Cheilitis Cure — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:36:29 -0000

Yes for that we can say you are wise. We must be patient in every section in ur life, don't let the anger consume us.

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Buy Kefir Grains — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:43:27 -0000

Yes i agree with you.

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Jas Talents and Models — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:21:04 -0000

We all get "burnt out" at one time or another but don't go into procrastination mode. That's why we all need to break away it all and come back refreshed and eager to take on new challenges.

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Singapore Hotel — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:33:55 -0000

Any writer that can continually gather interest is a good writer. It all starts with a good title for any blog post.

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Back Pain — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:17:55 -0000

I don't know about you but I hate stalkers. Sometimes it get's really irritating. Don't you agree?

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PageCovery — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:02:55 -0000

Clones are everywhere. In fact, Twitter and Friendfeed shares similar concept and like wise for many social networks or bookmarking sites out there. Take a break from social networks and you will find them more interesting on your next login.
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Parallel Import Cars — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:15:39 -0000

Agree, every blogger will have their own insights on different matters. Not 2 bloggers are alike.

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Seo Singapore — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:35:26 -0000

I think everybody have times when they will just get burnt out. It's good that you take a break and come back with more good stuff.

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Online Cricket Games — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:46:02 -0000

It's not the content, it's the style of writing that matters.

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Wap Advertising — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:03:05 -0000

I don't really find it repetitive. It's always good to emphasize on stuffs that are important.

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Robin — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:04:09 -0000

Hey, just had to chime in as well. I was overwhelmed and addicted to web 2.0 since I got a cafemom account back in April. Since then, I have discovered many things in the web 2.0 world, but too, like many, I am getting board, tired, nothing is new and interesting. I try and google some new site, but its just the sam bla bla bla. I recently got a Tumblr account, thinking that would help, but not really. A week into it, I am bored there as well. I don't know what it is, or what I want, but all these sites are really looking the same, whether its a social network, blog, or other. I don't know.......

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Alex Williams — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:51:38 -0000

I'm not getting burned out. Leave my computer? Take my head away from the mobile? That's absolutely batshit crazy stuff. What, are you nuts? Now I expect you are going to say you are reading a book....and not on the Kindle!

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marybaum — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:39:07 -0000

Well, according to Robert Scoble, we'll have that problem in five to six years. Assuming Twitter gets its scalability act together by then. ;-)

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Corvida Raven — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:03:27 -0000

lol I totally understand.

However, think what if everyone had caught on? Then you'd be bombarded and overloaded with information, questions, and responses from every direction. How would you feel about that?

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marybaum — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:48:55 -0000

Well, count me among the people who noticed your absence. I definitely see where you're coming from -- there are only so many times we can write about what's already out there.

What's fascinating is that your experience is yet another example of how far removed our online experience is from normal people's: here we are bored to death with tools they haven't even heard of yet.

This is really starting to hit home for me since my daughter left for college in Australia, and Skype and iChat have become our primary mode of contact. Suddenly I'm frustrated with the non-geeks among my peers -- i.e., everyone in my real life -- because they're not using chat tools, let alone social tools. And email just seems so slow!

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Mark Lapierre — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:37:25 -0000

Ahh the love/hate relationship we all have with social interaction. And speaking of relationships, the pattern here is very similar to the pattern that friendships often follow; we meet a new person who is exciting and new (let's call this person Twitter). Twitter is a wonderful motivating force in our social life at the start. She gets us retelling all our old stories again, but that's ok because she's interested in them, and her stories add something new to our old ones. And since she's so great we *must* introduce her to all our friends.

Time passes, the relationship evolves, the honeymoon period ends, and we realise the friendship has changed substantially. Perhaps we don't find Twitter so interesting any more and our friendship fades and passes. Or perhaps we settle into a comfortable style of rapport which doesn't need very much interaction at all. Or perhaps, just maybe the honeymoon doesn't end and the intensity of our initial connection grows into one of those wonderful, life-long partnerships.

There's also a possible comparison with one's relationship with anything which becomes popular, whether it be music, TV shows, books, fashion, ideologies, etc. Popularity decreases the signal-to-noise ratio, so keeping track of the true signal requires more and more effort, or more and more tolerance of the ubiquitous noise.

So what do you do when anything you enjoy starts to lose its appeal?

Sounds like allowing this one to settle into a less frequent but more meaningful style of interaction is a good option for you at this point in time, while you also go find some new friends :)

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Lynne d Johnson — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:57:25 -0000

Since I started blogging in 2001, I always find a way to take a little break now and then. It's the only way you can stay fresh and interesting. Take a break, go live in RL, and then come back like a baby with fresh views on everything -- even if there isn't anything new to talk about.

And Aaron makes a really important point -- at least for the reading part. You've got to find new outlets to inspire you. Just because everyone says we all should be reading person X or Y, doesn't mean we have to. And honestly, FriendFeed and Twitter isn't all there is to life. Granted, your specialty is social media -- so that's what you cover but social media is all around us, everywhere, not just in these places.

I think you'll be alright. Give yourself a break, you've been going at this like gangbusters for a while now. Just take your little breather and then you'll be revived.

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Stephanie Booth — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:48:12 -0000

You're right to avoid "blogging for the sake of blogging". Blogging is about wanting to share things. If you start looking for things to share, then in my opinion you're on the wrong track.

It's not an arms race.

All the best!

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Andy DeSoto — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:16:27 -0000

Be a discussion starter, eh? I almost want to say that having a requisite amount of clout is necessary to start, rather than piggyback, but I'm not entirely certain...

If I get too desperate, maybe I'll just go through my neighborhood throwing rocks through people's windows. That's news, right?

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Corvida Raven — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:36:46 -0000

That's exactly why I've been M.I.A. I'm enjoying my "real life" a lot more than my online life. However, it's not interfering to the point where RL is the reason why I'm not online. It's more like my RL is just more interesting right now.

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Corvida Raven — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:35:13 -0000

I think I do interesting stuff all day as well and you're right, I probably do need to find a way to blog about those interesting things. Much easier said than done indeed lol.

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waderockett — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:08:32 -0000

I hear you. Using social media to talk about social media is beginning to feel like going to a party and spending all night talking about how parties work. Geez, tell a joke or dance or something!

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Shey — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:52:44 -0000

"Reading & Blogging Became A Chore" -- definitely feel you on this. I think Aaron's suggestion is a good answer.

Surely we have more things in life that interest us other than social media/tech. I find I've been spending a lot more time IRL than online lately.

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Rahsheen — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:11:02 -0000

Anytime things start getting boring for me in any facet of life, well...I do something different. I know, that sounds like a smart-ass statement, but it's true. Stepping outside of my comfort zone has always helped me to grow and has kept me from getting bored.

Whether it was exploring different genres of music to create/listen to, blogging, books I was reading...anything. Sometimes it benefits you to take a step back from your life, examine it, and then tackle it from a different angle :)

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Melanie Baker — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:06:29 -0000

Thankyouthankyouthankyou.

I've been experiencing the same malaise, and when managing/reporting/participating in all this is your job, it becomes really hard knowing how to handle it.

One thing that's still been at least somewhat interesting to me, when I've had time, is to devote some brain power to thinking about some of this online stuff, but think about it from a completely different perspective (often completely non-technically). Comparisons and contrasts of ideas of community with different cultures I'm familiar with, etc. It's helped me stretch away from the same ol' same ol' a bit, and I am hoping helps with the writer's... ennui? (Not block, exactly.)

While this is new for me, I think it's got to happen to anyone who lives online a lot, whether for work, pleasure, or both. Keeping an eye on those who're far more immersed than I am and seeing how they deal or disconnect I hope will help me figure out my best balance, too.