Adamism

I think Facebook’s “Status” message (’What are you doing?’) is lacking a really great feature: a timeout. I think I’d set my status all the time if I could say Adam is working. but have it expire at 5PM. It bugs me to look at my list of friends and see status messages days or even weeks old. At least only the recent messages are put on the home page.

I remember years ago, the thing to do was watch your IM buddy list for away messages. It was the quick/easy way to see what your friends were up to without having to actually talk to them :-). I even recall people leaving important life announcements (so-and-so got engaged… accepted to college… etc).

Now we have sites like Twitter that do nothing but status messages! I remember in high school having a similar idea (I think we called it an “AIM Looker”). But I would have never thought a whole business could be built around it.

Sometimes I think all you need is an idea and the motivation/determination to get it out there. After that, almost anything can fly.