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Perhaps Twitter will not revolutionize how we communicate after all.  From a Harvard study…
On a typical online social network, he said, the top 10% of users accounted for 30% of all production.
“This implies that Twitter’s resembles more of a one-way, one-to-many publishing service more than a two-way, peer-to-peer communication network,” the team wrote in a [...]

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I gotta be honest…I am still not convinced about Twitter, but this article gave me a little bit more of a glimpse as to what it may mean.  Here is one part of it…
Put those three elements together — social networks, live searching and link-sharing — and you have a cocktail that poses [...]

I was reading the blog of Mark Waltz (Even though I found out via Qwitter he stopped following me yesterday….was it something I said??) and saw this tweet from actor Ashton Kutcher.  It was in response to some thoughts he shared on the book, The Shack.

Interesting huh?  People were more concerned with his theology than [...]

1.  Need to save some money?
The “Dumb Little Man” on 16 Easy Ways To Slash Unnecessary Spending and save up to $12,410 a year.
2.  Another byproduct of Divorce
It can make you look older than you are.
3.  Do you own a laptop?
Makeuseof.com has a very helpful piece up on their web site that teaches us how [...]

1.  On teenage drinking
First, the closer teens live to where alcohol is sold, the greater the risk of binge drinking and driving under the influence.  Second, negative advertising about drinking does not seem to discourage underage drinking.
2.  No really, my dog ate it.
The top twenty items ingested by dogs.

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3.  An inside [...]

1.  Wrapping up 2008
Not only did I recap 2008, but do did Dave Barry in his annual amusing look at the year that was.
2.  Great Leadership Blogs
Check out HR World’s Top 100 Management and Leadership Blogs That All Managers Should Bookmark.  Looks like some good finds.
3.  A couple of twitter related items
First, if you text [...]

This is very creative.
JosephOfGalilee: AFK for a bit w/@MaryofNazareth. Headed to Bethlehem. #caesartax
JosephOfGalilee:@MaryofNazareth says no baby tonight. But can’t be long now.
MaryofNazareth: Off to Bethlehem! Hope we find a good inn. @JosephOfGalilee waited until last minute. #caesartax
MaryofNazareth: Bethlehem is a zoo. @JosephOfGalilee says @InnKeeper1 claimed “no room”. Uh-oh.
JosephOfGalilee: No room at the inn. @InnKeeper1 [...]

I loved Osborne’s last book. You can read my thoughts about it, here.

Twitter, the microblogging service, is moving from the realm of geeks to the mainstream.  Still, many people don’t seem to see the implications for our lives.
Fast Company posted a good piece that talks about what Twitter can teach about leadership.  Basically, if you can’t communicate something important in 140 characters, you will have trouble leading.
Leadership [...]