I follow you more to learn about tech than for any other reason. I am not exactly tech-savvy as you know by now. I am more of a “passive blogger”…Oh, wait…that would be a lie. There are so many ways to communicate these days.

Twitter is one I have no interest in, as you are limited by the number of characters you can use. I usually put some thought into posts that I respond to, whether it is my own research and I always read the embedded source material. There is one author on here that I notified that her embedded source material didn’t work. Eventually, I posted my comments anyhow and was lambasted because I missed her point entirely. If she had fixed the embedded source material, that would have never happened. I kind of felt had. The next time I was presented with a similar situation, I notified the author and she fixed it and thanked me. Then, I felt comfortable commenting. A lesson you only have to learn once.

You and Ryan Sager I follow as I learn things. I know that there are other products and forms of communication that are out there that may work for me. The others that I follow cover topics that I am usually well versed on or have to do little research to engage their post. If I read others’ comments, it is usually accidental. I don’t miss the nastiness of The Political Machine. I prefer to engage the author and their topic without having it tainted by strong personalities just looking for an argument.

Which reminds me that I have an abandoned account on here that I made under a different screen name that I should delete. Which means I can get rid of the extra screen name as well. I like only having one. I’ll delete that today in the hopes it doesn’t screw this one up somehow.

So, as you can see, Twitter and I are not a good fit. I’m pretty sure I have used more than 140 characters. How frustrating that would be for someone like me? I’m glad I never set up an account with them. Damn, I’ll bet I am up to at least 150 characters.

Sandy