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You know...I really can't see using this as a NON-business tool. I like how fast it is and I will admit that if I had free texting on my phone with which to update it the odds would improve but even so it just seems...I don't know...fatuous. There is a point where information for information's sake just starts to bug me.

I mean. I don't care for the most part what I had for dinner last night. Why would I want to know what my friends are eating. I don't know. Just didn't grab me. Now on the other hand for the Library I can see lots of uses.

"Looking for volunteers to help sort books for our book sale."
"The Library will be closed xx/xx/xx through xx/xx/xx for winter break."
"Did anyone leave a child at the Library? She is small and pink and insists on rubbing my head."

Lots of things that really don't warrant a whole blog post or would be lost inside a larger one.

So in short. The Kid in me gives it a thumbs down but the Director in me gives it a thumbs up.

~0ps

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