Convergence is the Next Big Thing - at least I think it is. Having a true all-in-one device will be super-cool and super-useful, but the first-gen iPad isn't quite there.

Catching up on some reading tonight, I read this article from RainToday.com: LinkedIn, Twitter & YouTube: Stories of Social Media Success for Marketing & Sales. (Actually, I started reading it last week, got busy with everything else happening around the office, printed it out and stuffed it in my "Reading" folder - not very Green, I know. Sorry. :\ - where I found it this evening.)

Sean McDonald from the Communities and Conversations team at Dell, a/k/a @smcdonaldatdell, asked about choosing Twitter followers today: How do you decide who to follow? Do you follow everyone that follows you? What are your criteria?

Finding myself unable to sufficiently answer this in 140 characters or less, I figured I'd just post my reply here:

Bob Pearson, VP of Communities and Conversations, recently talked with Forrester's Jeremiah Owyang on social media at Dell:

A true Halloween horror story...

So last night after the Trick or Treating and quite a haul by the boys, I'm laying down and watching a movie on the couch at about 11:00 when I notice something fly by out the corner of my eye. "That's an awfully big moth or butterfly," I thought. Then it flew by again. It was no moth...

I jumped off the couch, realizing there was A BAT FLYING AROUND IN MY HOUSE!!! It was circling around the family room and kitchen, near the ceiling, so I did what any normal person would do: I came completely unglued.

I've been using Remember the Milk (RTM) for a couple years to manage all sorts of work and personal tasks with varying degrees of success. And lately, I've also been digging a bit more deeply into the Getting Things Done (GTD) "action management" methodology/philosophy, working on applying its principles to gain control over the myriad tasks that swirl around at work and at home each day.

It was five years ago last night that the Cubs were leading the Florida Marlins 3-0 with one out in the eighth inning of game six of the National League Championship Series; five outs away from their first NL pennant and World Series appearance since 1945. Then the Bartman Incident happened.

But it was two innings earlier when I learned something about Perspective. Something I guess I'd always known, but a profound reinforcement of What Really Matters.

Those spammy chain emails from ten years ago have come true!

Simple: just don't write anything for two weeks!

It's not like I have a lack of material. I have an "Ideas" tab in my Remember The Milk task list, and in there are several items tagged "blog". There are 31 pages saved in my "Read It Later" list and even more "starred" articles in Google Reader.

While it doesn't rival the buzz around Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's introduction as John McCain's running mate, KickApps is getting some action in the blogosphere after the re-launch of McCainSpace.com.