Social Newtorking

OK, that’s a joke for my old FileWave friends out there. I used to work at a Belgian software company back in the days when they actually printed manuals. The first run of this manual said something about “Macintosh Newtorking” and my first job was to stick a correction sticker on the manual and shrink wrap them. That’s so old world funny.

So anyway, the point of this post is to admit the praises for facebook and Twitter, two things I was very ambivalent about until recently. I started with facebook a couple years ago when I wondered why my San Francisco friends had dropped off the face of my gmail account, and when I realized I was missing all the fun family parties (I hate to miss a party). And then I joined Twitter sheerly out of start-up peer pressure and didn’t do a damn thing with it – until this year.

The Kingfield Farmers Market crew is rabid about social networking, the @kingfieldmarket feed is always full of good news and their facebook page is full of lively posts and feedback and photos. This past weekend David Brauer was showing a guy around who’s going to help them get fully new century in their communication skills, and I heard a rumor they’re starting a community flickr account. With all the enthusiastic photographers and bloggers at the market I think this should be highly entertaining and edifying.

Twitter got me in touch with bacon from Corner Table (thanks to @scottpampuch), and has helped me get the word out the Pastureland Butter I’ve been using in the biscuits. I have a feeling there are people who see the @pastureland feed and come straight to my table just for a biscuit. That’s awesome.

And facebook, well, what can be said about facebook. In my personal life it’s kind of a necessary evil, but the less snarky part of me thinks it’s a very great way to find out things I want to know but am too occupied to seek out (there’s a great article in the July 10th New Scientist about weak ties and facebook, not available online unless you’re a subscriber). For Sun Street, it’s a super way for me to interact with the denizens of Kingfield during the week – because the market is 4.5 short hours and it’s often hectic and there are things I’d like to say and things I’d like to hear but just don’t have the time!

Thanks to the followers of my twitter feed @sunstreetbreads, and the “likers” of my facebook page, Sun Street Breads. And of course and always, to those of you out there reading these posts of mine. I try mightily to post on Tuesdays (so far so good) and always post the line-up of offerings on Thursdays. See you at the market and all over the interwebs!