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Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:29:30 +0000

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By: jeffrutherford

jeffrutherford — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:32:18 +0000

Hi Ron,

Glad you like the new look. This redesign of my blog - business website
launched last week.

It's just interesting to me the vehemence of some of these comments re:
Twitter. For some reason, it's really striking a negative chord with some
folks.

At the same time, I'm not one of these folks who thinks that the planet will
never be the same because of Twitter. It's just the latest in a very long
line of communication tools - smoke signals, Pony Express, telegraph, etc.,
etc..

Jeff

Jeff Rutherford
413 475-0087
www.jeffrutherford.com

http://www.youtube.com/greeneyedworld

By: ron_miller

ron_miller — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:16:30 +0000

Is this a new look for the blog? I love it. What you say is so true. People who scoff at Twitter don't understand. Look for a post coming up from me on my first thoughts about Twitter, (which really surprised me when I read my own words). Like any other form of communication, Twitter is what you make of it. If you participate, give and take, share good information, let the world know a little about who you are, good things follow. People can and do make real business connections on Twitter all the time. People who scoff at it really haven't taken the time to understand it. Once you get it, it's hard not to think it's a great way to communicate with people.

By: jeffrutherford

jeffrutherford — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:32:18 +0000

By: Ron Miller

Ron Miller — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:16:30 +0000

By: Val Nelson

Val Nelson — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:38:41 +0000

I'm not surprised at all by the vitriolic comments. I hear it a lot.

It's like someone going to a party, sitting in the corner listening to someone they don't like, and then complaining that the whole party was terrible, instead of realizing they created their own bad experience. People with a bad experience on social media are following the wrong people.

Of course any do-it-yourself media can be abused and turned into navel gazing or worse, but saying social media is not valuable is like saying the web is not valuable. You pick and choose and find what adds value to your life.

Ironically those folks making comments on the blog post are participating in social media by leaving a comment. So, are they navel gazing? Do they work for a living? Hmm.

Oh, and it's scary to think those folks are reading Ad Age. If they're in marketing, they better catch up fast or be out of a job soon.