10 Things You Could Do Instead of Tweeting All Day

10. Create a blog for somebody else — somebody who doesn’t understand technology as well as you do.

9. Put down the Twitter and call your mother.

8. Show your neighbor how to subscribe to an RSS feed. Ask what her hobbies and interests are. Find a few feeds to get her started.

7. Help your grandfather find old episodes of Matlock on Hulu.
(Okay, Matlock’s not really on Hulu…but The Dick Van Dyke Show is.)

6. See if your dad’s best friend from high school is on Facebook.

5. Ask your favorite local charity if they’re using social media. Help them get started if they’re not. For free.

4. Help that friend of your mom’s put her photos online. Show her how to share her pictures with the world.

3. Make a home movie for your “not-so-2.0″ neighbor. Help her load the video of her kids onto YouTube and send a link to the aunts, uncles, and grandparents.

2. Go outside.

1. Write that novel you’ve been meaning to write. Two thousand Tweets x 140 characters = What, like, three chapters?

  • http://minterdial.blogspot.com Minter

    As an aside to point 6, when I introduced my mother to Facebook, I had to walk her through it… She called me up last week to say that she had connected with two old friends who had found her… Then I had to walk her through why that was great! Need to get to point 4, perhaps. Anyway, enjoyed your list. Always good to smell the roses.

  • http://minterdial.blogspot.com Minter

    As an aside to point 6, when I introduced my mother to Facebook, I had to walk her through it… She called me up last week to say that she had connected with two old friends who had found her… Then I had to walk her through why that was great! Need to get to point 4, perhaps. Anyway, enjoyed your list. Always good to smell the roses.

  • http://www.themyndset.com Minter Dial

    As an aside to point 6, when I introduced my mother to Facebook, I had to walk her through it… She called me up last week to say that she had connected with two old friends who had found her… Then I had to walk her through why that was great! Need to get to point 4, perhaps. Anyway, enjoyed your list. Always good to smell the roses.