Twitter overload

It was bound to happen. Twitter got too big for its branches.

I just got this page logging onto my account.

Tweet memories

OK, so I thought Twitter was for the birds. Finally Dianna Huff (@diannahuff) convinced me to spread my wings and fly. (Acrophobia and all!)

So, now I find myself tweeting and retweeting. And, lo and behold, I soon found some of my posts retweeted!

At first, I responded in kind and got into a loop of retweeting retweets. Then  I noticed posts saying "Thanks for the RT." And I wondered if there was an official protocol for responding to a retweet. A Google (not Twitter) search, turned up an interesting dilemma. It seems that showing simple gratitude can be the road to hell paved with the best of intentions!

Thanking someone for a retweet also leads to your Twitter stream quickly filling up with thanks, which slowly push down the original, insightful and unique content that got you those retweets in the first place. If you thank everyone who retweets you, you’ll alienate those who are following your account closely and you’ll start to see fewer retweets… which means fewer thanks, and, ultimately fewer followers. Not usually a good Twitter goal.

See the whole article: When Should You Thank Someone for a Retweet? - AllTwitter

I'll thank you for your opinion. Might even retweet it....

Long John Silver and my new Twitter profile photo

Shiver me timbers....

For those of you who made an association between copywriters and pirates, shame on you. There's a simple story how my new Twitter photo came about.

A few years ago, I was spending the Sukkos holiday with my daughter in Israel. My son-in-law was pet-sitting his friend's parrot.

The parrot needed to exercise once a day. So they had to let it out of the cage to fly around the apartment. The funny thing is that the bird took a liking to me... probably because I fed it and talked to it. So when it got out of the cage it went right for me and sat on my shoulder. The other day, I remembered the photo and thought it would be perfect for my Twitter profile.

The rest of the story: A few days later, I was on the phone with my lawyer in NY about some legal issue and I was getting upset. All of a sudden the parrot landed on my yarmulke and started pecking on my forehead. I was about to freak out altogether. Then, another part of my psyche kicked in. I started cracking up laughing.

"Mordechai...What's the matter?!" The lawyer was getting worried.


I told him, "A little bird told me not to take this so seriously!"

Google in your Face and all a Twitter

I just went into my Gmail and got a notice to add "Buzz."

I just blogged this. I didn't post this to Facebook or Tweet it. I guess I'm just an old fashioned guy. Read all about it: Google to Add Social Feature to Gmail - WSJ.com

Next, Big G smashes Windows.