Compare the pair.

Did yall hear about the new Facebook again? I mean, I know Google’s great but even they’d have a hard time revising something this much.

Just kidding.

This post is really about how the new Facebook is a total rip off of a legitimate blogging service known as Tumblr.

Let’s compare the two:

1. They’ve already implemented the ‘like’ function, which is the same as hearting a post in Tumblr.
2. Now, they’ll add the ability to ’share’ someone else’s post, a la ‘reblog’ anyone?
3. The home page itself pretty much resembles the dashboard. Just need to add the ability to post quotes, chats and audio and you’re there. Well, you’re here.

But will anyone seriously use their Facebook like they would Tumblr? No. One is where you share bullshit stories about going out last night and working a long shift. The other is where you post meaningful rants to the public at large and reblog cool stuff from fffound. See what I’m getting at?

Instantaneous information combustion.

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I’ve been on a mission these last two days. Can’t really say what inspired it, perhaps the idea that I’m starting full-time work soon and I’ll have precious little time for distractions, or that over the last five years I’ve read literally thousands of blog posts, tumbls, tweets etc. and gained little from it. But anyway, this is it.

I’m done with instant information. Done with social networking. Done with multitasking. Done with Web 2.0.

What do I mean, ‘done’? Is this the end?

No. But I’ll tell you what it is:

1. Regulated information consumption:

RSS is the devil. Having my reader open all the time and reading every new post the minute it comes in, monitoring 100s of feeds — it’s not right. I’ve narrowed my daily reading to a handful of feeds and will only read them once a day.

2. Crackdown on social networking:

Same goes for facebook, tumblr and twitter. Will only read once a day and will not update status throughout the day. I’ve narrowed my twitter and tumblr follows down to less than 20 each, only actual people. No point following blogs or companies which are just going to post stuff which necessitates more fact-finding and retention of useless info (ie. that WESC have a new headphone collaboration with Ed Banger. Do I need that?).

3. Singletasking:

This is the big one. This is how I plan to run my 8+ hours in the office every day. I read this article and it just made sense. Multitasking was actually a sham invented by Generation Y to convince our bosses that the amount of procrastination and instant information grabbing we do is legitimate. They even bought it. But it’s not productive. Well, certainly not in my industry.

And it also works in social interaction as well. Don’t chat with 5 people on Gtalk — meet with one or two and hang out. You’ll feel better after too.

4. Blogging:

I should point out I still hold blogging in high regard. I just think that reading too many blogs in the endless pursuit of instant information is addictive and counter-productive. I’ll still read blogs written by people whose opinions I value. Like those in the sidebar here (->). But I won’t read blogs written by instant information sources just so I can have the latest ‘buzz’ knowledge. While it might feel good for a second, it’s slowly depriving me of my ability to concentrate and retain information I really need.

Will all of this mean I probably won’t have an iPod full of the latest downloaded songs, know everything all my friends and people I don’t even know are doing or be uptodate on the latest Gawker Stalker sightings?

Yes.

But if I really think about it, I don’t care.

Read: Building a Smarter To-Do List.

Devolution.

As the diagram suggests, I’m moving my day-to-day blogging output to my tumblr. I’m planning on keeping Alblog, I’m just not sure what to do with it for the time being. My success as a prolific music blogger never came, plus my interests have sort of shifted into other areas. I still love music, but I think I’ll leave blogging music to the pros.

So check out my tumblr where I’ll be blogging tidbits on music, tv, tech, culture and law.

Hopefully this blog will be back in a new way some time in 2009.

Damn.

So I deleted all the cookies in Firefox for some reason, and now I can’t get into Tumblr. My awesome, beloved Tumblr. And yes, I know you can recover your password by typing in your email but do you think I can remember by own freakin’ email address? I must have typed it in wrong when I signed up because I’ve tried them all and it always says ‘no account found’. This is bad.

In other news, a while ago Justice did the Dior Homme fashion show, and the soundtrack was banging so the blogosphere went nuts. What’s ever more banging is this remix Sundtrak put up by Kaxe (blog). It reorganizes some of the elements to make the audible experience more like a dance track. I dig.

Track: Justice – Planisphère (Kaxe Remix) (listen).

To Tumbl or to Twit?

I’m thinking about going a bit more web 2.0 with some of my musings. Yes, by the italicisation of that ’some’ you can conclude Alblog will still run, I’ll probably put my longer rantings and music/tech stuff on here, perhaps my personal and career stuff on tumblr/twitter.

Anyway. Tumblr or Twitter, which is best?