Tag Archive: Twitter

Things I think I’ve been thinking about

Please excuse the lack of posting here lately. As my friend Amy Mengel recently wrote, blogging isn’t high priority for me. I could give a list of reasons why, but it simply isn’t something I find as enjoyable as it once was. I work all day, so coming home and blogging is the last thing…

Twitter Lists – Not exactly a game changer

So all the hype on Twitter right now is the debut of Twitter Lists. Basically, Lists is exactly what it says – a grouping of Twitter users created by other Twitter users. Robert Scoble thinks it’s a game changer – I disagree. It’s a neat addition, but it doesn’t add any true value to Twitter….

Get off the hype teat

Adam Kmiec posted a link to this graph: My response, was a link to this graph: I can’t speak for Adam, but I think both of us were getting at the same thing – don’t buy into all the hype. The “this is hot, that is not” and the “fancy item A is going to…

Bias getting in way of critical thinking

This morning Lauren Fernandez tweeted a link to a Newsweek article by Daniel Lyons titled “Don’t Tweet on Me” that basically said Twitter is for idiots, c-level marketers and those selling “stupid stuff”.  Unfortunately, Mr. Lyons’ article lacked any useful information – sad, considering it was published by a reputable publication. It’s clear that Lyons’…

Social trending toward confrontation

The last few days on Twitter have been quite interesting. Lauren Fernandez and I wrote a post that created some passionate debate, Danny Brown was the unfortunate target of a misguided post and we had some debate about the credibility of the so-called social media country club. All of this got me thinking and I…

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