Heads up: this is going to a short riff. I realized the other day that I'm feeling muzzled in my blogging. Too often recently I find myself thinking in short, 140 character bursts. It's not enough to articulate full thoughts. Seth Godin makes the point that microblogging sets you up to be misunderstood. I agree. So... after turkey I'll be back with some longer-form thoughts. In the meantime, take a look at TweetsGiving and consider a donation. And if you're in the US, have a wonderful holiday with family and friends.

P.S. That said, I invite you to sign up for Twitter and follow me.

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Michelle / chelpixie said on November 26, 2008 at 11:44 AM

All I can say here is that you aren’t alone and I’m not really sure what to do about it just yet.

Russell said on November 26, 2008 at 01:39 PM

Gosh, is half a thought better than no thoughts tho?

Urs E. Gattiker said on November 27, 2008 at 05:47 PM

Debbie, happy Thanksgiving, to make Twitter a bit more efficient we have published some FAQs and today, 2 FREE tools to save you time and protect your Twitter account better (easy data backup) here:

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So Michelle and Debbie ... check out these tools, they might help and even after you had some turkey, Twitter is still difficult to use properly

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Michael Daugherty said on November 30, 2008 at 11:42 PM

I think you’re right about how micro-blogging can curb your thought patterns. It’s as if we learn to anticipate everyone else’s short attention spans and tailor our writing accordingly. Usually I think the act of writing helps me think, but if you’re trying to make your writing so concise… or perhaps just quick, it would follow that our thought patterns might change accordingly. Of course, when I see a long, wordy blog, I don’t even begin to read it.

Erin said on March 17, 2009 at 12:27 PM

Hey I saw that you posted a blog about Tweetsgiving for Epic Change and I just wanted to drop you a note to let you know about TWEETLUCK! This time we are spreading luck and asking people to donate $7.77 for St. Patrick’s Day.  Check out Tweetluck.org to see the new spin on Tweetsgiving!!


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