Twitter Marathon Day

Good Morning! Today's Twitter Day here on the BulletBlocker Blog. And you're asking, What does Twitter have to do with BulletBlocker? That's not a bad question. Now, I could say it is a marketing ploy and that would be mostly honest. Where do you get honesty these days? But that's not the only reason why we're focusing on Twitter today. There are other questions to answer, too - like, How is Twitter of relevance to you It's a social media tool, it works for business, for law enforcement, for mainstream media at the G-20 conference in London in early April, and for protesters in Moldova.

I've been part of the Twitter Club at Ecademy run by Mark Shaw for a few months, participated in an extended review of Twitter, but personally the nature of my work and projects is usually more discreet. One of the things echoed by several high placed businessmen who also participated in the review were along the lines of, "Do I need to know when someone is getting on a bus or eating a triple chili cheeseburger with extra chili? No, I don't need to know that, so why waste my time?" Another line echoed was, "Social media like Twitter can be an enormous distraction from work."

These are valid points, but like every tool you need to learn how to use it in a manner that supports your work. Not 25 years ago, a lot of business were like, "Why do we need a computer? Those are for IBM and NASA, what possible relevance could they have to my business?" And, then just 12 years ago, we were asking the same things about the Internet. Now, we're asking about specific functions of the Internet.

Twitter is one system, but it is supported by a number of third party applications that really help bring out its true usefulness. It takes some effort to work through all of this - may involve time you don't have. My intention today is to learn everything I can about Twitter and its third party applications that I can. Then I want to share it with you in a manner where it will take you mere minutes to an hour so you can more easily make it work better for you. This will involve several posts throughout the day for those who wish to follow along. At the end, I'm going to do a summary to consolidate all of the best information into one super-valuable post...so you can skip all of my other ramblings.

Forget the salad. Forget the soup. I don't want any veggies. Keep the fries. All I want is a great big steak. Charbroiled. Medium-rare. Some A-1 Steak Sauce. And... a Cheesecake. Heh...

That's all I want.