Working the Circuit: I.I

I’m always fairly active on facebook. But to be very honest, not for very political or noble reasons. Generally, I like to make fun of my friends and post witty, marginally inappropriate posts. A host of invitations to philanthropic initiatives sent by friends continues to build into a gargantuan list on my ‘pending page.’ Frankly, there are just too many invites. Save a tree here, build a house here, support this initiative over there. I do like to check on the facebook pages of USAID project’s that I have provided technical support to. I checked on our Agbiz project in Nigeria which is posting a lot of content but still not generating much dialogue.

Last week I finally set up a Twitter account. On Thursday I attended a panel discussion at Georgetown University. The debate on digital media in Africa was fairly heated at one point. I had to leave early but checked on some of the Twitter posts from the panel group later that evening. The posts didn’t convey a sense of the tone of the debate but it did communicate a summary of some of the discussions.

I have not set up a MySpace page yet. I’m not sure what I would use it for. Perhaps that’s the point.

Next week as part of my Work the Circuit effort, I will find and join groups on healthcare reform.