First off, yes, I am alive. New jobs will do that. Earlier today, the ever-wise CK noted that Twitter considers itself an “information network”, and that she agrees with that idea, in the grand sense. She also mentioned that many of us primarily use Twitter as a social tool, which is probably true too. I [...]

The amount of events that are being live-tweeted is steadily rising, although it was a fairly common practice with the early adopters/nerds back in the day. Now, you’ll find people live tweeting church, surgeries, births, all kinds of wild stuff. While I completely support everyone’s right to share whats going on, I’m not as much [...]

Probably more. While it’s not as long as some of the die-hard early adopters, I’ve been on Twitter for almost a year and a half. And in that time it seems like every few months there’s some sort of Earth-shattering, life-altering, mind-blowing change that SHAKES THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE WAY WE USE TWITTER FOREVER. Seriously… [...]

(jumping the shark…?)

Some of my rules for Twitter. I’m pretty sure I’m not alone. If you don’t fit the bill, you can follow me here.

A bold claim, I know. But let’s look at the facts. Here’s the Twitter DM stacked up against some communication rivals. Twitter DM Pro: Short. Good signal/noise ratio (except auto DMs). Not real time. Easy introduction medium. Good for cutting through the clutter of email. Con: The Auto DM Verdict: Best Communication Medium in The [...]

Twitter, at this moment, is not very different from a charity or non-profit. They’re providing a (great) service for no cost, and are not generating any revenue. Seeing as the dot-com bubble has already burst, this obviously won’t be able to continue forever. Here’s some ideas I had, in no particular order, on ways that [...]

Note: This is a continuation of my “Twitter Principles” series. So, last week we talked about the importance of being patient when building a Twitter profile. This week we’re going to work on letting people know who you are. This week’s Twitter Principle is: Secrets, Secrets Are No Fun. Besides the follower/following numbers, the first [...]