Kelly's World

Getting sick of social media

Kelsbells — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:28:47 +0000

It might be just me, but I’m starting to feel like the market is a bit saturated with social media at the moment. Everytime I want to do something, there’s multiple applications available on my phone where I can update everyone. For example:

What am I currently doing? Twitter or Facebook
What music am I listening to? GetGlue, Last.fm, Ping
What am I watching on tv? GetGlue, Miso
Where am I? Gowalla, FourSquare
What did I just do on the toilet?

Ok, so I don’t have an app for the last one, but I’m sure (and as Apple constantly reminds us) “there’s an app for that”.

Don’t get me wrong, I love the interaction and sharing of it all. I would probably be the best unppaid twitter saleswoman alive (and if you’re interested in following me, my nickname is @kelsbells, oops – back to my post). Without twitter, I wouldn’t have met a number of amazing people I now call my friends, nor would I have been able to follow my sister’s recovery progress when she was involved in an accident. So it’s not a case of not seeing the benefits of each network, I do.

Perhaps my issue is that in this day and age there’s no “one” place to go to. If I want to see what my friends are listening to, or watching, or where they’re eating, I have to figure out what the latest app is that they’re updating. If I don’t stay up-to-date and use the same app as everyone else, then the whole existence of the social network is redundent isn’t it?

Have we reached a point where we have to ask ourselves:

What social media network is in fashion this week?

I was never one to follow a fad. Perhaps my problem is that I feel like I have to follow the crowd to get the information I desire? I don’t like this feeling.

Social media in a time of crisis is a godsend

Photo of the day

Kelsbells — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:54:57 +0000

A photo taken and edited entirely on my iPhone. I think it looks pretty cool actually!

Photo of the day

Kelsbells — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:59:58 +0000

Does anyone else think that our headlights on the garage door reminds them of the evil guy in the Sonic game? Maybe I just have a good imagination.

Busy, busy!

Kelsbells — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:18:48 +0000

It’s currently 6.48am, and I’m writing this while I wait for my breakfast to cook. It seems like this is really the only time I’ve had to blog recently (other than the quick photo of the day posts). If it wasn’t for the fact that I am returning to riding my bike this morning, I would currently be on the cross trainer working out and therefore still not have the time to write a post. However, since I’m riding my bike today I thought I would give my knee a bit of a rest in the morning, just to make sure it’s at full strength for the ride.

You read correctly, by the way. Yes, I’m back to riding my bike.

I only really blogged about the setback with my knee through a photo of the day, but basically the my VMO got very lazy. In simple terms, the VMO is the muscle that is responsible for holding my knee cap in place, so whenever I was running/riding/whatever, I was putting some serious strain on my knee. It came to a head one day when my knee just ballooned one day, and was a little bit sore to walk on. The physio had one look at it and said “no running, no riding, nothing. Minimal walking”.

Fast forward a few weeks, and I found out that I wasn’t able to participate in the Sydney City 2 Surf, a 10km run in Sydney. I had done it last year, and swore that this year I would run the whole thing. Instead, I wasn’t able to go in it at all. I put on a brave face to the physio, but got home and cried. I think I was devastated more for the fact that yet again I was back to being injured, and I was sick of it!

Well, nearly 3 weeks later and after religiously doing whatever the physio told me to, I was allowed to participate in the Bridge to Brisbane. This was another 10km event, but I had strict instructions that I was to walk on any slope (uphill or downhill) and that I was only allowed to run approximately 100m or so for every kilometre. Mat and I did it, completing the track in just over 1.5 hours. Throughout the race it was clear that Mat could have run faster and further than I could, but despite my insistance that he should keep going, he stated that he had wanted to do this with me, and thus he was staying with me. I secretly was pretty thrilled, and thought that was incredibly awesome of him. End of the day we were both a little tired, I was sore (Mat wasn’t), but the main thing was that my knee held up really well. So well in fact, that my physio has allowed me to return to riding my bike, which brings me back to today.

So what else has been on my plate? Uni study. I let myself get a little behind, and I’m currently trying to catch up. Every night of the week is study night at the moment, but it’s tough. At the moment I’m studying differentials (maths), and struggling a little bit. I’ll keep pushing on though, I’ve only got 2.5 weeks until I have to hand in my assignment. Needless to say, a lot of my extra time will be dedicated to maths. Looking forward to my “school holidays” in a few weeks!

I think that’s pretty much everything at the moment. I have a list of blog posts that I want to write when I can, as well as get a few more photos of the day up. Wow, it’s never-ending is it! Lucky I enjoy this *grin*

Photo of the day

Kelsbells — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:59:52 +0000

I’m NOT a fan of this photo, but all the others for the day were a lot worse. Oh well, I had to have a photo for the day, so this is it!

The dogs are both chomping down on a treat I got for them from the local butcher. Note the branches everywhere from our dog Missy, she enjoys dragging them into the middle of the lawn!

Photo of the day

Kelsbells — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:51:45 +0000

Last photo for the month; I took this walking to work this morning. It was such a beautiful day, and the plaza looked pretty nice; I had no choice but to make it my photo of the day.

Photo of the day

Kelsbells — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:46:11 +0000

This is my case for my iPhone 4, which I have barely had for a month. Currently it’s peeling all over the place. It’s pretty gross.

I know I could just peel it all off and continue to use it, but I think it’s a perfect opportunity to actually purchase one that will protect my phone. All this one really did was cover the back of it…the peeling is just evidence that it was a cheap and temporary solution. Now comes the hard work researching and finding the perfect case.

Photo of the day

Kelsbells — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:59:57 +0000

An estimated result of the Bridge to Brisbane completed by Mat and I. As we started I turned on the timer on my phone, and turned it off when we completed the race, so it would have to be pretty close.

I’m kinda stoked with the time, given it was the first bit of exercise I’ve been able to do in over 4 weeks (other than a combined total of 30mins on a cross-trainer). I followed my physio’s requests and didn’t run on any slopes, and only ran 100m or so of every kilometre. That means that we would have only run maybe 1 – 1.5km at the most? So for a walking-dominated event, I’m pretty stoked. Plus my knee is still feeling good, which is an even better sign.

Can’t be unhappy with that!

Photo of the day

Kelsbells — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:59:37 +0000

A photo of a tealight candle in a cool mosaic vase. This was in a restaurant up in Montville – thanks to Julie & Jens for an amazing dinner!

Photo of the day

Kelsbells — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:59:13 +0000

One of the only pics I took today, and the reason I took this pic was to tweet about it. The brochure came in the post, and it made me laugh (before it wound up in the bin). Small things amuse small minds I guess.