Information overload

It used to be easy. You had an e-mail address, and ICQ number and all was easy.
Then you needed Hotmail and AIM name.
and then well you used yahoo chat rooms to talk to people on other subjects.

Then, you got second e-mail address to handle the junk from the other stuff.

Its now impossible to keep up.
I have 3 Gmail accounts, Facebook, The blog, AIM, ICQ, Hotmail, Yahoo Messenger (thank G-d for trillian so i can keep the number of open windows to a minimum) and a domain i do nothing with but the e-mail (which i have never given out) gets filled with junk mail constantly

I used to use Igoogle, now i started to use Netvibes to manage my home pages.

To let people know how i am feeling i have twitter, facebook and the status fields in hotmail

I get my news from hundreds of news sources thanks to sites like newsnow.co.uk and google reader.
I have more RSS feeds than i know what to do with now.

I am on so many computers and systems you need delicious or other similar programs just to keep in touch with the sites you use - in case one of them is not linked from another one you happen to like.

Social networking is good, but its getting to the point now where i am asking if i really want to know everything about my friends. Its a lot better to see on these sites which sites my mates are using enjoying, but it keeps me thinking that i used to hate mass e-mails with "check this out" and how closely it resembles it, but to a much wider audience.

On top of that, there is the frustration of not getting a reply - you are on-line, they got the message and it's been 20 mins and no reply - how rude !

Anyway - i am off to check my e-mails, news, and other blogs before bed.
Might get there just in time for my kid to wake up

More about my interests

I like technology.. a lot and love gadgets. I am pleased I have a wife or else I would have no money, but have a great collection of toys and gadgets. (my sort-of impulse purchase before I got married was a great Bose radio alarm clock - it cost a lot but you have never seen soo many features on a clock-radio before)

I like internet related things, but never really got into web design (although i do have domain www.aaronandruth.com which is more of a holding site until i find some time to do things.
I use VoIP services like Jajah and Skype

I work for a telecoms company and for about 2 years was involved in working with VoIP customers in connecting to our network.

I live on facebook now thanks to too many people including my wife who slowly got me addicted -so if you want to join my zombie army, i'll be happy to bite you.

I don't have a television, don't want a television, but will probably lose the argument and eventually get one, but I prefer to pick the programs I want to (download and ) watch. This means I am a big fan of sites such as alluc.org, tv-links.co.uk and really liking DivX Stage 6

I live on websites like The Register, Technology Review, BBC News,
I read Haaretz newspaper

This is a bit more about me .. am sure you'll learn more -- but for now I am off to bed - just got bitten by another mosquito and its really not that fun now.