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 [...]

(Inspired by a conversation this morning w/ @tjeffrey at Hook) So if you’re reading this blog, I’m pretty damn positive that you noticed that Twitter and Facebook went down the other day. Funny how many forget (or just don’t know) that something just like the “Social Media Apocalypse” of 8/09 used to happen literally every [...]

1) Facebook and Twitter are like hammers and screwdrivers. We need less posts/books on how to swing a hammer and more on how to build a house. 2) User Experience Design is both extremely intriguing and intimidating at the same time. While most types of design are concrete and finite, i.e. a the Mona Lisa [...]

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 [...]