Twitter use among legal professionals is growing : I'm meeting a lot of folks
The more I use Twitter, the more of you in the legal community follow me via Twitter. Guess that's not surprising in that Twitter's set up to work that way.
But what it is surprising, at least to me, is the growing number of legal professionals beginning to use Twitter. Lawyers, paralegals, marketing/business development/communications folks, legal services vendors, what have you. I'm getting multiple emails a day saying you're following me on Twitter.
Like a lot of things we've come to use on the net, the first time you look at Twitter you'll think it's the stupidest thing that's come down the pike, 'I'll never use it.' But Twitter grows on you - in a good way.
As in social conversation offline, and like Shel Israel says, small talk leads to big things. Something as innocuous as my tweet (definition of text into Twitter) from Wrigley Field can lead to a business call (and new business) the next week. Why? Because the person following me and I had a common interest in the Cubs.
I'm getting to know a lot of you a lot better than was ever before possible through Twitter. I think that's good. And I'll get to meet many of you in my travels around the country - some by tweeting that we're getting to getting together for beers somewhere close by.
For those of you new to Twitter who can't figure it all out. That's okay. Like all the other stuff on the net, it's like skiing or riding a bike for the first time, it requires going out and 'doing it' for you to pick it up and begin to enjoy Twitter.
I'll confess that I thought Twitter was the lamest thing I ever saw 3 or 4 months ago. 'Who cares if your cat rolled over?' But finding the 'Tweets' were at a different level, many sharing interesting news and information, and the breaking of the China earthquake news on Twitter before the media broke the story had me looking closer at Twitter.
I'm not looking to brag about having a 1,000 or more folks following me on Twitter. But if you want to follow me on Twitter, you can follow me here. It'll be good to get to know you better.
PS - If you're going to test Twitter, I suggest downloading Twhirl, a desktop application that allows you to use Twitter much much more effectively than with your Twitter home page.
Tweetdeck is another good one that's up and coming. I dropped Twhirl in favour of it. http://www.tweetdeck.com/beta/
Way to go Geeklawyer.
I'm sitting here at Gnomedex, a large tech/bloggers conference in Seattle, and wondering what's that screen I can see on people's desktops in front me that looks like it's a dashboard of Twitter feeds of people twittering here at conference. I'm looking all over the Gnomedex site for a link.
Then you comment about Tweetdeck. I download and install and that's the dam dashboard the guys in front of me are using. I am using it right now and like it.
Good use may may be on separate monitor to left or right of your main display in the office.
There are a growing number of Twitter services that provide links to breaking legal news. Try @InternetLaw, @CopyrightLaw and @PrivacyLaw.
Okay, I am going to take another look at Twitter this time with Twirl or Tweetdeck. I tried it for a couple weeks at the start of law school--but, no magic.
By the way, is there an app out there that let's you "tweet" to LinkedIn, FaceBook, Twitter, etc. at a single go?
"tweet" to LinkedIn, FaceBook, Twitter, etc. at a single go:
http://www.ping.fm
I am one of those of attorneys who have not engaged in all the "Twitter". I have been slow in engaging in the social media .I was just challenged to start blogging. However, there is a lot of chatter among lawyers about this social media. In terms of business for lawyers and employers it could be a minefield for new litgation and those tweets could be "twisted" to be considered evidence.
Read my blog instanter.wordpress.com
I am one of those of attorneys who have not engaged in all the "Twitter". I have been slow in engaging in the social media .I was just challenged to start blogging. However, there is a lot of chatter among lawyers about this social media. In terms of business for lawyers and employers it could be a minefield for new litgation and those tweets could be "twisted" to be considered evidence.
Read my blog instanter.wordpress.com