Mobile Musings

I work in a building with about 400 people in it that is a corporate headquarters for a national chain. My company subleases space from that company. Aside from the my colleagues, I seem to run into the same dozen or so people on a regular basis. What are the chances of that? Granted, the people I normally see are people on the same floor I’m on (it’s a 3 story building), but even then, you’d think I would run into more of the 50-75 people that are on my floor, wouldn’t... (more...)

This discussion about Generation Y was originally part of my Subconcious Motivation post, but as I was writing, I determined it was really a subject on its own, so I pulled it out to a separate post. If you didn’t read that post (why didn’t you?), it put forth the theory that tweeters and bloggers have two subconscious motivations: they want to make an impact on the world, and they have a need to belong. About two months ago, I read an article that said that Generation Y (kids in their... (more...)

As I was preparing to write my Why I Tweet post, I had a discussion with my wife about my thoughts on the subject. While she didn’t really understand what I was talking about, or understand Twitter in general, she understood enough to have her own theory about why people tweet. While she doesn’t like to take credit for it, she has a lot of insight into the human psyche. While my Why I Tweet post dealt mostly with the conscious thought processes of why I tweet, my wife offered a deeper,... (more...)

This is an interesting image posted by manolith.com: Original post at http://www.manolith.com/2009/06/21/the-story-so-far-of-twitter/.  Read More →

The simple answer is, “yes.” Ever talk to that guy or girl that just goes on and on and on?  And worse yet, they’re not really saying anything?  The great thing about 140 characters is that you have to get to the point.  You can say a lot in 140 characters.  More than I expected when I first started tweeting. I certainly have those moments where I’m squeezing words, using funky abbreviations, and chopping sentences to make things fit, but that’s when it gets really... (more...)

I recently read an article about how Twitter employees use Twitter. They don’t tweet very often and they don’t follow very many people. They appear to be using Twitter in the manner it was intended rather than in the manner it has become. Twitter was intended to let people–a small group of friends and family, perhaps–know what you are doing. That’s fine, but Twitter has evolved into something much more than that. Unless you’re a personal friend of the person... (more...)

I first started tweeting for business.  Our company uses social media to turn traditional media ad campaigns into viral ones.  Our corporate Twitter account, which has excess of 18,000 followers will be used to help kick start some of those campaigns.  A few months ago, I decided to bolster my own Twitter account with followers to help the cause.  After all, two accounts with 18,000 followers each is better than just one, right? I had already been a member of Twitter for a number of months, but... (more...)