I admittedly have been struggling this week with the sheer amount of information coming my way. Work emails, emails from friends, songs to learn for recording sessions, trying to keep up with maintaining a couple of websites, Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr accounts. Throw in that Pinterest account that I just created and it adds up to a lot of information to keep on top of. Sometimes I struggle with trying to decide where to find a balance with it all.

I certainly don’t spend nearly as much time on Twitter as I used to. And I’m finding Facebook less and less valuable. As a newbie to a company that has fully adopted Tumblr, I am still trying to discover a manageable way to follow people and get content I might enjoy. It seems like everyone I know is clamoring this week for a Google+ invitation. And I have a friend who has been practically begging me to sign on to turntable.fm, and now he’s sending me emails about Spotify coming to the US soon. Well, you know what? One of our employee perks is a paid Rdio.com account, and I have fallen hopelessly in love with it. So … I don’t really have the time or the inclination for turntable.fm or Spotify at the moment, even if there features are quite different. And as far as Google+? Sorry, but I just don’t have the time or the bandwidth for another social network at the moment. If it reaches critical mass and it makes more sense for me to use that than to use Facebook, sure … but until then I’m just fine, thank you.

As a software developer, I know this isn’t quite a standard position on technology. Many of us are early adopters, tinkerers, and experimenters. Well, I’m making a stand and saying that at this time in my life, it’s getting to be too much. I’m trying to find ways to simplify in all areas of my life. I’ve recent downsized the guitar amp I use for gigs, cleaned out my closet of clothes I don’t wear, and am trying to learn to say yes only to projects I truly want to be involved in. And this goes for technology as well. If I find myself logging on to a social media site every day and not getting much out of i t— bye. If there is a tool I’m using at work that doesn’t make me more productive or at least make the work easier — see ya.

Posted by Brian Chenault, developer for Business Bullpen. You can follow Brian on Tumblr or Twitter.