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Elmer would never leave Bugs Bunny alone, he was always chasing that “wascally wabbit”.
Do you struggle leaving your Twitter account “alone”?
I think Twitter is my Elmer Fudd, I just get settled down to work and some Tweet, DM or @ reply needs my attention. Good problem to have you might muse, I get that however, [...]

Do you remember the fairytale with the line…
“…and the dish ran away with the spoon.”?
I was wondering, “Did the spoon have a choice?” We always have a choice.
Somedays, I wonder if the dish ran off with my attention!
Are We Prisoners of Our Thoughts?
We don’t have to go to jail to experience captivity and have our [...]

I was thinking about how Twitter has replaced my RSS reader, among other things as I was reading 80 Ways To Use Twitter As A SMB Owner over at Small Business Trends. I got inspired and decided to make my own list, with a twist! I decided to provide a list of writing ideas (with a B2B [...]

I was on Twitter and it was one of those “Are You Paying Attention” moments.

In the midst of my busy day I come across a Retweet from Tim Berry of Brent Leary that caught my eye. It was interesting and it seemed innocent enough. I had a bit of an inkling that I should know put some attention [...]

Depending on your perspective, my “marketing lesson” was either a learning experience or a failure. I’ll leave it up to you to decide. I’ve made peace with it myself, which I hope you’ll be able to observe out how I’ve dealt with this less than desired result.
When I launched the Ultra Blog Makeover & Headway [...]

When I came across “10 tips to build meaningful relationships on twitter” I was impressed with the article.
I am not a naturally outgoing guy. At parties I sit back and observe before engaging people. Using Twitter has been a great learning experience.
I began to think about how much good content I was reading everyday on [...]

On this video I discuss how and why I tune my Social Graph/Network. There is just too much noise in Twitter that if I do not recognize your name, if you do not use a real name, use a pet photo, are a DJ, or your user name is a concept, theme, or business that [...]

Chris Brogan calls social media a Serendipity Engine. I think of social media as a synchronicity engine. Where unexpected and wonderful gifts arrive daily.
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Here are the notes I made from Chris Brogan’s video:

How do we share?
How do we extend experiences and relationships?
How do we bring them outside of where we are now?
How do we collaborate?
How [...]

You’ll enjoy this thought provoking article. I can’t remember where I found the original link to this article but I think it really points to the growth and maturing of social media and online social networking.
I think Chris Brogan gets this–he articulated it today in an article entitled 

What Human Business and the Social Web Are [...]

Analysts say Twitter may well find ways other than search to make money from the huge amounts of data that flow through its system.
But Twitter’s chief executive, Evan Williams, said revenue was “not the focus” of its agreements with Google and Microsoft.
What’s more, neither of those companies has immediate plans to put ads on its [...]