25 Things To Do in the Dark

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.

  1. return phone calls (yes, it is still a valuable communications tool)
  2. read and answer email
  3. sign up for a volunteer activity
  4. put in load of laundry
  5. listen to that archived webinar
  6. talk to your child(ren)
  7. go for a walk around the block
  8. read and comment on a couple of blogs
  9. eat lunch away from your desk
  10. call your Mom/Dad/brother/sister
  11. write the thank you note
  12. clean out your desk
  13. follow-up with the contacts from last week's networking event
  14. organize your bookmarks
  15. read the article s/he gave you last week
  16. write presentation and/or finish the proposal
  17. plan the lunch/dinner/party
  18. vacuum the family room
  19. clean out your in-box (some people still have those)
  20. order the _______ from ____________.com
  21. say a prayer or meditate
  22. write a blog post (or even two)
  23. make a donation
  24. reach out to an old acquaintance
  25. read the report, not just the summary