My Flip-Flop on Twitter

Yesterday I was somewhat critical of Twitter and FaceBook and other social media applications. Then Robert Scoble’s and Shel Israel’s book arrived from Amazon: Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers.

I am not very far into yet, but it is invigorating me with regard to blogging and with regard to being more open-minded about social media in general. I remember when blogging came on the scene, I was critical of it and thought it would never amount to anything except a bunch of political gambits airing their views for a few to read. And now I am blogging myself, and I read tons of other blogs.

So I got to thinking about Twitter and decided to give it a spin. I signed up for it last night and found a plug-in that lets me show my latest “Tweets” on the sidebar. So far, one of our blog readers and fellow “Tweeter” has signed up to “follow me” on Twitter and I have reciprocated. Note that you can always view the sidebar to see what my current plans and actions are. Of course I am not going to tell you every boring little thing I do, but I may Tweet that I am working on such-and-such topic for the next blog entry, or may tell you other things that I think are at least semi-worthy of sharing.

One thing that convinced me to give Twitter a spin was TwitterVision. Spending a few minutes watching that will fascinate you. It shows Twitter posts going on all of the world. Absolutely fascinating to watch.

Anyway, I am glad Scoble and Israel reminded me to be a bit more open-minded. I always try to be open-minded, but sometimes I fall short at it.