Category Archives: Social Media

Listening for Opportunities

A few minutes ago, I tweeted a line of “geek rap” that referenced Comcast dropping packets. I did this because I am a dork, and because Cory and James were talking about it.
Within two minutes of sending the tweet, I got an @ from Bonnie at Comcast asking if there was anything she could do [...]

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Inertia of a Tweet

A conversation with a co-worker today exposed a great analogy.  A single tweet may have little inertia, but a stream of them can build a lot of momentum.
Twitter limits users to messages of 140 characters or less. Short messages. So short, in fact, that it would seem to preclude robust discussions, complicated thoughts, or mature [...]

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Why I value social media

A discussion I had with James today got me thinking about why I value social media, specifically twitter. After thinking about how best to express what we talked about, I realized that our conversation did a pretty good job.
Admittedly, I kind of got on a tangent and dominated the conversation, but I have been thinking [...]

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