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 [...]

Yesterday, I attended the local chamber‘s structured networking event. I reference the format because it wasn’t your average social/business gathering. Instead, we had 20 minutes at a table with six attendees and a facilitator to discuss three business topics. We completed this cycle two more times, so I chatted with 15 attendees and three facilitators [...]

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 very thankful I’m able to enjoy holidays with my family, but truthfully I’m not very big on turkey for Thanksgiving. Luckily, my Mother prepares a ham (ok, Heavenly Ham actually prepares it), but I digress. This year while others slept, I caught up on some reading and enjoyed a little time on Twitter. Needless [...]

Hi there again! I’ve taken a healthy hiatus away from blogging for the past eighteen days. I find my personality is very passionate and I tend to immerse myself into my latest interests. My break has been not only enjoyable, but highly productive. I have been able to dive deeper into a few focused areas. [...]