Twitter Took Time to Tackle

This blog post is written in blocks of text each under 140 characters because that’s how #twitter works

When I first signed on with @oreillymedia, they had me work with a young social media gal and insisted I open a #twitter and #Facebook account

When I told them I’m busy, they said that @timoreilly uses #twitter on the toilet. Gads! I can’t use “I have no time” as an excuse

I was frustrated at first and didn’t understand the value of it but stuck with it and after about a month I was hooked

It’s like a news feed for me. I found interesting people to #follow and I enjoy reading what they are reading

Garr @presentationzen pointed me to posterous.com where I twitter pics from my phone

Scott @ethos3 told me to get tweetdeck.com to manage the entire #twitter process

I thought I was competent, but I got a peek at @timoreilly ‘s new book #twitterbook
and it gave valuable context

The book used the phrase “ambient intimacy” to describe twitter’s effect. You get to know people well by observing what they do

I got a bit freaked out once when I was intro’d to a stranger and they said “hey, how was your chiropractic appointment today?”

I enjoy following other CEO’s and learning what they read and care about. Most are caring and have a very human twitter persona

My fettish #follow is @BOTeleprompter. It’s witty soundbits from the perspective of the hard drive that runs Obama’s teleprompter. Funny

http://www.prschroeder.com Patricia Schroeder

Hi Nancy. I’m a big fan. Love your post with the Twitter sentences. Tweet phrases would be great inside presentations. Getting presenters to think with this limitation could help do away with endless bullet points (a.k.a.speaker’s script on the screen).
http://edbrenegar.typepad.com Ed Brenegar

Ambient Intimacy – if that doesn’t describe both the power and limitations of social media.
It was Guy Kawasaki who convinced me to work with Twitter. He said it is how we build trust. I agree.
I find the projected personalities of people quite interesting. Some can only speak through other people’s quotes. Some are silly and superficial. Some plain mercenary. And others try to create a genuine conversation. Those are the people I’m interested in. There is exploration and discovery. We ask questions, and seek answers. I can’t imagine why someone who sign up for Twitter and use a business name. It is about people, and less about selling me or you something.
And the last thing I like about it is that it allows me a way to connect people who should know each other but don’t.
Thanks for sharing your experience. I’ll tweet on it in a moment.