NonStick World: Pam Kong's Weblog

I am addicted to Twitter. Working from home and being an extrovert do not mix. When I first heard about Twitter over 6 months ago (or whenever it was launched and talked about on NPR), I thought hell no do I want to know all the mundane details of my life, much less anyone else's. So I passed.

Thanks to Skrocki, I have come to the light. Although you can tweet about what you are doing, most people tweet about what they are thinking. I get a glimpse into these people's neuroses, and they get a glimpse into mine.

It's like working in an office again. But here you get to choose your cube mates. Don't like John Doe 13 because he keeps talking about bacon? Don't follow him. Really like Earwig 57's sense of humor? Set it up so that his tweets come to your mobile.

When I tell my husband about my day, I always talk about how @ThinGuy said this and @lskrocki said that and how @kevinchu told me I don't want a Biel butt. And although I have never met these people, I call then friends. Because they make my days pass quicker and I feel like part of a community even though I WFH.

One word of caution. Do not read your tweets when you are on a concall, no matter how boring or little you have to contribute. Reason being that you will sometimes forget you are not on mute when you guffaw over the latest irreverent tweet.