Google Buzz

Yesterday was a busy day.  I worked in the morning, read in the afternoon and then had class in the evening.  Only three people showed up to the evening class (out of nine) because of the weather.  I guess I should have skipped it, but one of my pals had to lead the discussion and I didn’t want to leave her high and dry (although I wish I could have stayed dry instead of having to clean off my car for the third time in three days).  Ah well, it was an interesting class and I’m glad I went.

Today, I ran in the morning, did lots more work, and then went to my Ed Tech seminar.  Right now, I’m waiting for my course to begin at five, but I thought I might take a minute to tell you about Google Buzz.  It’s like a new twitter, but from Google.  It’s integrated into your email and it can pull in facebook and twitter updates.  Sounds cool, but HOLY CRAP I do not need one more piece of social networking to keep track of.  I’m still annoyed about Google Wave.  Google, it’s time to take a break.  In earlier days, I just would have ignored something like this or maybe put it on the back burner with a clear conscious, but see, now this is my field, and I have to at least know what’s out there, right?  I have to at least say, I saw it, but I don’t really like it or something.  So, at the same time that it’s exciting to be in a field like educational technology where things are happening pretty fast, it’s also exhausting.  I just want to be in a rut for like a month.  A good old-fashioned rut.  Darn you Google and your innovations!