When everything in the system does what it should do well. Not subpar, half-assed, kinda-sorta or good enough. No. The idea of fully integrating something that doesn’t do everything well is so odd to me. Take Squarespace for example. The blog feature, while not like Wordpress is still more than adequate. In no way am I left wanting. Portfolio, pages, blog all in one place and everything does the job. Here I'm in for fully integrated. But if the main benefit of something is “well, it’s all in one place but this and that do kinda suck,” then that's not a benefit. When this happens, you should instead, always use tools that properly do the job. Or build them.
What my Twitter account is for
I like all the standard sorts of social media. I have an account on pretty much everything people use. And I’m active, for the most part, on all of them. Maybe not Google+. What I mean by being active on them is that I use each in their own unique ways. I don’t have one master command center where I create one piece of content and it automatically is pushed out to everything. I don’t think that’s how social media should be used. A post on Pinterest is different than a post on Facebook and is different than the intentions I have on LinkedIn and Instagram. And definitely on Twitter. The 140 character idea is so specific that I use it specifically. Sometimes it’s similar to things I post on other networks but most of the time it isn’t. Twitter is its own thing for me and that’s how I treat it. What you can expect if you follow me: Design for progressive changemakers and do-gooders. Impeccable taste in music. Super liberal politics. Loves movie trailers and Instagram. Similar, of course, to a lot of my online postings, but still different.
