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the distracting power of twitter

Posted by Perry on September 5th, 2008
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Back in April, 2007, I first blogged about the early emergence of Twitter.  It’s since become a fundamental “must have” tool to the media and silicon valley crowd.  Not using Twitter is akin to carrying a Motorola Razr phone at Web 2.0!

Following my innate tendency to pick up shiny new objects, I joined Twitter a few months ago.  I was a reluctant laggard by silicon valley standards - the advertised premise of telling everyone “what are you doing?” didn’t sit well with me. Broadcasting to the world where I stop for a drink, or when I’m waiting for a plane seemed to be on the time-wasting side of social media, not to mention feeling a tad narcissistic.

And now I’m hooked.

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