One week of Twitter making all my decisions... and survived. Here's how it went

One week ago I started asking Twitter whenever I needed to make a decision. My post from last week explains why I did it and what it entailed. Also, to read about how it happened, lookup the Twitter hashtag #asktwitter and you'll see a lot of the conversations.

[a grocery trip when Twitter is in charge] 

Now that the seven days are up, I thought I would post some observations and highlights: 

• People on Twitter decided how I travelled, what went in the shopping trolley, what and when I drank, read, ate, wore, how I listened to music, and what I bought. 
• I now ride a bike. On day one, I asked how I should travel into work. Twitter consensus said I should start riding the bike. Specifically, the Barclays Cycle Hire scheme that started in London a week ago. So I spent the week cycling into work. I'm now properly addicted to exercise and will be biking into work for the foreseeable future. 
• I have some great new recommendations for beers and coffees to try
• Instead of just buying some trainers, I am going to get my 'gait' analysed (?)
• Twitter is REALLY good when you want a recommendation for a lunch venue. That got by far the most useful responses
• Strangely, I seem to make fewer decisions than I thought on a day to day basis. Someone thought that was a sign of a good manager. Whilst flattered, I disagree. It's just the way life seems to be. I would recommend this to anyone though. It won't ruin your life at all, but you will find out a heap of interesting stuff in the process. 

Comments

[Chris Norton]

Nice one Drew - it did amuse me as you ran the Tarmasalata lunch tweet. I don't think you liked that much. I think it's an interesting experiment although many people could just say wacky stuff to make you do it.

Personally, I find it most useful for good advice. Often when I know someone knows a lot about a particular area I will either dm or @ them to get their advice and most people are really helpful.

Twitter is brilliant for bringing people together like that. I suppose its why its once of my favourite platforms.