In todays online edition of Business Week David Allen writes a guest column entitled: “Time Management in the Age of Social Media.”  As a person who frequents both twitter and facebook I ask myself if these social networking sites are productive or black holes of time.  David Allen writes:

“The most obvious issue about social media: Is this a useful way to spend your time, or is it a sinkhole of attractive distraction? It could very easily be one of those one minute, and the other the next! It all depends on why you’re doing it, and this must be evaluated moment to moment. It’s an important distinction to make for yourself, because focus is probably your greatest asset that you can control. You must be judicious about where you place it and what you let grab it, thus reducing your effectiveness.”

Read the full article at businessweek.com here

140 characters or less to tell the world what you are doing.  Twitter is being used today by everything from News Media Outlets to bloggers using the network to self-promote (guilty as charged).  Recently Kevin Rose, founder of two of my favorite media outlets digg.com and Revision3, talked about ways to increase your Twitter followers.  Kevin should know a thing or two about this being the #2 most followed person on Twitter behind President Barack Obama only.  Read the full story here.  By the way, you can follow me on Twitter by going to www.twitter.com/jalbright