Getting Off the Twitter Offramp

After two months of blogging, my best lesson is ENGAGE on Twitter.

So many others have done a better job explaining all the ins and outs but the gist of it is spend the time to engage people on Twitter.

While you can write posts and comment wherever you like, the reality is those are the rest stops of the highway that that is Twitter.

Everyone is driving fast on Twitter and it can be difficult to have REAL conversations. Just as hard as it would be to talk to someone driving 80 mph on the interstate, you have to slow down using DM or blog commenting to have real conversations.

Great example happened this week-

I've been following @damondnollan on Twitter and his blog (still done on Blogger, big props)- I tweeted that I saw his blog was done on Blogger- he acknowledged it on Twitter.

The following night I'm checking out Twitter and he is on testing out Livestream. I jumped on board to see the test and a fullout discussion of my wife's band, Reverbnation and other such merriment occurred. All documented here.

That's what Twitter is about. Connecting you to things you may never have known about. If you actually watch the video, you will see that we both got some great takeaways from what in the real world would have been just another networking event where we just happened to bump into each other and exchanged business cards and some conversation.

Twitter: the networking conversation that occurs at 80mph, if you let it.

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Slow Death or Rebirth for Myspace?

Are we really watching the slow inevitable death of Myspace? With the integration with Facebook complete and the push towards what appears to be a mobile only function , isn't it time to call this one? One report says that Myspace is making $200 million less this year. They are functionally giving up on Myspace Music , which was always their bread and butter. Without the music tie in, why would people BOTHER with Myspace? I'm talking about it because my wife's band has used every medium known to mankind to promote themselves online and Myspace has been nothing but dead weight from the very beginning. Only bands and their most ardent fans go there. The rest are on Facebook. There is talk of selling Myspace, but who in their right mind would consider it? This will have some interesting implications for bands down the road. Many use Myspace as their de facto website, just pushing their domain name onto the customizable site. Now apparently, Reverbnation , a North Carolin

Being a Parent

While back, I wrote a post on Father's day about being a father and how being a parent is a job. I wistfully look back as I look forward to another school year quickly approaching and the evidence of my "work" is becoming less and less my handiwork. Our youngest has just moved on to middle school. Josh has moved into high school and the oldest has graduated from high school and about "start" her life. We've had a tacit arrangement with the kids. We do NOT want boomerang kids coming back to haunt us. So they have always been told, they are staying with us until they are REALLY ready to go out and that includes the joke that college has become. Sadly, despite the fact that I have spent a good chunk of my career working in higher education, I know that it is a folly to think that sending a child off to college is preparing them for much other than to have a lifetime of loans. Thankfully, Amanda has gotten the message. She has a plan to go to local c

Check out my appearance on the The Toddcast Podcast

Click and watch the podcast recording of my appearance on the Toddcast Podcast Such a fun time!

Todd Lyden

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