The announcement that Posterous had been acquired by Twiiter got the tech press pretty convinced that this service would be disappearing so I started experimenting with a Tumblr site. For the time being I'm going to park this site and post only at Tumblr. You can head over there now to find out more about what inspired that post about random discovery.

Part of the fun for me at Twitter is discovering the coincidental juxtaposition and reinforcement of themes and ideas. This morning I saw @susancain's retweet of this message

Be kind to yourself and get rid of all negative self-talk. Remember to speak to yourself as you would speak to a friend.

— Tasting Mindfulness (@DrLynnRossy) March 22, 2012

right after I saw this

We are never so fit for friendship as when we cease to seek for it, & take ourselves to friend.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson (@dailyemerson) April 9, 2012

You know what to do.

Remember reading about Gary Wolf's presentation at TED about tracking and using personal metrics? Stephen Wolfram has a pretty practical answer about how you can use the information in today's New York Times: he looked at 23 year's worth of email and phone usage to find "patterns in his personal activity that might be linked to bursts of creativity." Also noted: Larry Smarr who "wears one wireless sensor to monitor the calories he burns and another to see how well he sleeps. He is keeping track of the bacteria in his body, about 100 different variables in his blood and many other fine points in his biochemistry.

After examining the data, he makes changes to improve his health. (So far, he’s lost weight and gained hours of deep sleep, he says.)"

Got another trip to Pittsburgh set up at the end of the month. It's always fun, but I've got to stop finding quirky things to do there. (And I just might have to see this along the way.)