Connecting the dots of life and business

Twitter has been referenced as a waste of time, pithy non-sense and a time suck.  However, it’s best description for my use is drinking from a fire hose.  There are so many people typing so much information and even with just 140 characters it can be hard to manage.  I’ve written before about my struggles [...]

I was invited to speak today to the 200 folks who make up the E.On US IT department. The venue was Claudia Sanders Dinner House and I was slated to talk just after lunch. Speaking after a meal can be tough and if you’ve ever been to this fine establishment of country cookin’ you can [...]

Continental Flight 1404 passenger Mike Wilson (@2drinksbehind) used Twitter to communicate first-hand news of last night’s plane crash. I took screen shots of his tweets to show what Twitter can do for immediate access to information. I broke them down into the summary (shown below), the most recent and all of Mike’s related tweets. It’s [...]

Today marks my 650th day using Twitter. Rob and I first signed up for Twitter at SXSW in March 2007. At the time, we both didn’t “get it” which remains the same for most new Twitter users. However, today I continually find great links to information I’d probably miss, insightful input on questions I need [...]

I’m starting to get overloaded by Twitter. I really enjoy their service, but I struggle to see what my friends say because my feed is too crowded with my web contacts. Sometimes I get asked did you see what some local person says on Twitter and usually, I’ve missed it. I started using Twitter in [...]

Earlier today, I presented the Do’s And Don’ts of Social Media to the Louisville chapter of the American Marketing Association. The crowd was around 40-50 (I think) and I appreciate their attentiveness and solid questions at the end. Amazingly, they already (3 hours later) sent me the survey results with comments. I appreciate the positive [...]