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My 5,000th Tweet – Why it Took 2 Years to Get There

Posted on 22 July 2009 (8)

Hello, my name is Brian Wallace, and I’m a Twitterholic.  I’ve been on Twitter as @nowsourcing nearly 2 years now.

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So if I’ve been on Twitter so long, you might be skeptical that I only have 5,000 updates and not even 5,000 followers. Other people are flying by in follower counts.  And that’s fine.  [...]

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My 2 Minute Blog Post Beat Up Your Tweet

Posted on 18 May 2009 (5)

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Twitter, while excellent, short circuits the full potential of the thoughts that we seed into it. I’m putting a clock to the amount of time that it takes to write this blog post from start to finish, and will have it take no longer than 2 minutes.
Why? Because I’d like to get [...]

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Upcoming Blog Changes

Posted on 09 February 2009 (2)

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You’ve probably noticed the new change of clothes around here.  Why just have a change of clothes when you can have a whole ensemble though?  Here is a list of things to come:
Social media case studies – enough buzzwords already.  Let’s get into the meat and potatoes.  We’ll cover some [...]

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How to Keep up Your Blogging Momentum

Posted on 03 February 2009 (8)

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A few days ago, you might have seen my claim that I would begin blogging daily.
I’ve been thinking that while this site is a great resource, many might miss it due to infrequent or unexpected updates.
Regardless of our past update frequency, blogging daily sounds like a tall order.  Here are some steps I plan [...]

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New: Daily Blogging Format

Posted on 30 January 2009 (3)

Ever since being immersed in microblogging – Twitter and to a lesser extent Plurk – I’ve noticed that I have been blogging way too infrequently.  That’s just not fair to the readers.  While I may have a good Tweet or two, what’s the chance that you caught it? You are probably more likely going to [...]

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