PAUL MERRILL
I follow people I actually know.
I usually don’t follow companies I don’t know.
I follow those who follow me who seem to have interesting tweets.
I follow a few who I don’t know who have interesting tweets.
I like to tweet when I have something interesting to say.
And I like to discover new people!
You can follow me here. Or not.
Ignite Boulder 7 was last Thursday, December 10th. This was the second Ignite Boulder event I went to and the third Ignite. (Denver was my first.)
In short, this one wasn’t as good as it could have been. No bad reflection on Andrew Hyde, the host. He was trying his hardest to keep things on track. But that was an impossible task.
The bad? Expletives were the main meal rather than the spice. And this time, the crowd had a little too much to drink at the pre-party. Many would yell whenever they felt like it — whether their contribution was helpful or not. The yellers must have been used to the Twitter environment, where it is OK to comment on everything. They forgot the basic difference... Twitter allows people the option to listen. At Ignite Boulder 7, there was no option.
The good? Still a great way to experience some new ideas in a fast-moving, live format.
One morning recently I went into my Twitter account and discovered that there were about 20 new spam followers. I spent about 3 minutes blocking them — 3 minutes that I would have enjoyed spending in almost any other way.
Twitter is a great tool. It’s sad that the people behind these “people” don’t have anything better to do with their time. I’m sure they make money out of it somehow, like many spammers do.
I’d be truly happy if all spammers were locked in a room with each other for a month — and their punishment would be to spam each other until their fingers wore out.
I’ll point you here. And also remind you that this site has a small but growing social media section.
