<p>I try to get a blog post off every Wednesday, and today will be a busy one.</p> <p>The day started early, reading up an what is happening in the world and the business arena in general.&nbsp; It used to be that I had a pile of newspapers to plow through.&nbsp; Today, tools like <a href="http://my.alltop.com/joankw" target="_blank">AllTop</a>, Woodstock Wire, and&nbsp; RSS subscriptions to the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, bring the information to my laptop.&nbsp; It's a big time saver, but&nbsp; you still <a href="http://new.corepurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/koerber-walker-021.jpg"><img style="border-width:0;margin:5px;" height="244" alt="Koerber-Walker-021" src="http://new.corepurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/koerber-walker-021_thumb.jpg" width="195" align="right" border="0"></a>have to read the articles.</p> <p>With a big day ahead of me, I check the fridge for some breakfast.&nbsp; Hmm.&nbsp; What to choose?&nbsp; There's milk and cereal, or chocolate pudding.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Let's see. Both are about the same calories but chocolate pudding is a lot more fun.&nbsp; Guess that breakfast turned out to be?</p> <p>Breakfast with the laptop by the pool and a quick check in on Facebook and Twitter to see what folks are thinking about and tweeting.&nbsp; Some good stuff from Twitter friends <a href="http://twitter.com/amilya" target="_blank">@Amilya</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/csmetro" target="_blank">@CSmetro</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/hardaway" target="_blank">@Hardaway</a>, and <a href="http://twitter.com/GuyKawasaki" target="_blank">@GuyKawasaki</a>, gets tweeted out along with a few articles I found of interest from my morning reading on line.&nbsp; I use <a href="http://jkw.typepad.com/corepurpose_joan_koerberw/2009/04/why-going-multi-profile-on-twitter-makes-sense.html" target="_blank">multiple Twitter profiles</a> so that the right information goes out to the right friends and I don't clog up everyone's stream. </p> <p>A comment on Facebook pops up in my <a href="http://desktop.seesmic.com/" target="_blank">Seesmic DeskTop</a> telling me that my friend Gloria <a href="http://twitter.com/heartfeldt" target="_blank">(@heartfeldt)</a> thinks my breakfast choice was 'sensible'.&nbsp; :-) A little validation never hurts.</p> <p>Social Media is all well and good, but the most important part of it is what you do with the connections you make on it.&nbsp; Today, I have five items on the agenda, all that are connected though my social media or online networks.&nbsp; </p> <ul> <li>Lunch with a friend and possible future business partner I got to know&nbsp; through Linked In.  <li>Some work on the laptop - probably at Wildflower at 101 and Frank Lloyd Wright to put the finishing touches on a business plan for one of my dearest Twitter friends.  <li>Check in with <a href="http://www.ribomed.com" target="_blank">RiboMed'</a>s CEO on the latest developments with the companies we are talking to about international distribution.&nbsp; And yes, they found us online too.  <li>4PM at Starbucks Keirland with <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/ronaldbell" target="_blank">Ron Bell</a> - and yes - we confirmed the meeting yesterday via Twitter.  <li>6PM dinner on the patio at Sol Y Sombra with <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/brian-callahan/0/118/803" target="_blank">Brian Callahan</a> and a group of entrepreneurs and investors I have not seen in a while.&nbsp; Oh and how did I meet Brian - who lives in California?&nbsp; He found <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/joankoerberwalker" target="_blank">me on Linked In</a>.</li></ul> <p>So for those of you who are wondering if Social Media is a game or just a major time-sink when it comes to business.&nbsp; Here's your answer.&nbsp; </p> <p>Whoops, got to run!&nbsp; Thanks for stopping by and please... Stay Tuned...</p> <blockquote> <p>- Joan Koerber-Walker</p></blockquote> <div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:59e6ae1d-343e-4739-a70c-0aa75bc48bbc" style="display:inline;margin:0;padding:0;">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/joan%20koerber-walker" rel="tag">joan koerber-walker</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/corepurpose" rel="tag">corepurpose</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/social%20media" rel="tag">social media</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/business" rel="tag">business</a></div>