Twitter

Keeping up with Twitter for a few weeks was very difficult.  Because I do not have much free time, I found it hard to keep with with current posts from other people and when I would go to post something, I felt that I was just talking to myself, rather than sharing information with others.  The posts that I did read from others were both annoying and insightful.  Tweets from friends were mostly entertaining but they had no lasting impact.  

The feeds I found the most useful were BigShoesNetwork, and BreakingNews.  However, when signing onto Twitter, BreakingNews had filled my page with information which was annoying and I didn't want to waste my time reading all of it. 

As a student, Marquette's Tweets were always exciting because they informed me of things going on on campus.  I also found that Steve Rubel's tweets were informative.

Because of how many people I am following, it is hard to sift through to the important information, or the information that I deem relevant to me.  Like I said, I do not have much free time, and I feel that if one really wants to be involved in Twitter, they really have to invest much of their day to it, which I do not have.

Overall, I feel that Twitter is good for businesses, and other people who have free time, but for me, especially, as a student, I do not feel it is worth my time.

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Skittles.com

I just learned about the new Skittles site and although it uses social media in a very interesting/modern way, I don't know how I like it.  I feel that if people wanted to find information about Skittles they would want to see a more 'normal' site that gives more forward information.  If people wanted to find out what other consumers feel about it they would go to twitter etc for themselves.

On the other hand, it shows that they are humble and are confident in what others are saying about them and that they have nothing to hide.

Thoughts?