Over the last few weeks Twitter has been unpredictable with almost daily FailWhale sitings, and he is probably going to continue wreaking havoc as the World Cup and Wimbledon are now overlapping. Instead of obsessively refreshing HootSuite, TweetDeck, Seesmic or Twitter.com, consider any, some or all of the following as things you can do in the [Twitter] dark.
- return phone calls (yes, it is still a valuable communications tool)
- read and answer email
- sign up for a volunteer activity
- put in load of laundry
- listen to that archived webinar
- talk to your child(ren)
- go for a walk around the block
- read and comment on a couple of blogs
- eat lunch away from your desk
- call your Mom/Dad/brother/sister
- write the thank you note
- clean out your desk
- follow-up with the contacts from last week's networking event
- organize your bookmarks
- read the article s/he gave you last week
- write presentation and/or finish the proposal
- plan the lunch/dinner/party
- vacuum the family room
- clean out your in-box (some people still have those)
- order the _______ from ____________.com
- say a prayer or meditate
- write a blog post (or even two)
- make a donation
- reach out to an old acquaintance
- read the report, not just the summary
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