Social Media Experiment 3: Less is More Social.

Like most of us, over the years I have accumulated a lot of STUFF, mostly old tech gadgets, books, CDs and more. I’ve come to a point in my life where enough is enough and the crap needs to go. I used to consider myself a true minimalist. I owned almost nothing, but time, money, & ADHD nets you lots of stuff. Which brings me to my inspiration for this new Social Media Experiment: Cult of Less. It’s a blog written by Kelly Sutton regarding his personal success story with organizing his apartment & life. His goal was to fit everything he owns into 2 bags and 2 boxes. (There is an inherit flaw with this, as he doesn’t specify the ACTUAL size of the bags or boxes as his containers, but that’s just me being Mr. Stickler.)

This is my attempt to organize my life and return to my minimalist mindset. I am titling this experiment: Less is More Social.

So, here I am. It’s time for me to begin my conquest against clutter, but…where do I start? What am I going to do? Do I really want to publicly go through with this and literally air out my laundry via Social Media outlets like: Facebook, Twitter, etc.? So many questions, but at the end of the day my stuff is still here…and it needs to go. I think I found the perfect solution. Enter: Bento 3 for Mac and Bento 3 for iPhone from FileMaker! This is a scaled down and super affordable, customizable solution to all types of content management. I’ve been using Bento for sometime now to manage for my professional contacts, but never really thought of using it in this capacity. It has to be the simplest and most elegant tool of it’s kind. A great aspect about it’s functionality it is that you can customize it to suite your integration needs with Excel, Numbers, and various other programs. Oh and here’s the killer part of it all: I do everything from my iPhone and then sync via WiFi to the main database! Enough said…are you sold yet? heh

I have the tools to complete my epic task, now what? I picked up the first thing I saw and began to catalog it according to my specifications. I’ve decided to catalog based upon the area of the room I will be in. Just so happens I was in my library. Now begins the incredible journey of cataloging my life and sharing the documentation with the World in the process. Once a week, I’ll report on the experiment’s current state of affairs. There will be videos posted onto YouTube of the process. There will be live streaming with Live Chat to Facebook, Twitter, etc. I know it doesn’t seem to be the most riveting thing on the web to watch. But as a NYC Social Media Consultant, I think this would be the perfect opportunity to utilize and demonstrate how the power of Social Media and Social Networking can really make a difference to individual people, as well as businesses.

Contemporary issues call for insightful solutions. Kudos to Kelly!

Byte Back!

[UPDATES:]

Social Media Experiment 3: 11/18/10 – Personal Inventory Catalog Update – 260 Items. #cultofless #LessIsMoreSocial

Social Media Experiment 3: 11/22/10 – Personal Inventory Catalog Update – 302 Items. #cultofless #LessIsMoreSocial #Bento

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