With all due respect to you and Rick, Chuck you guys just don't get it. There are more and more lawyers getting on twitter every day. Not so much to find out if someone's 2 year old pooped in the potty. But to network. Twitter if used right is a great place to interact and learn from those you follow and who follow you. Imagine having instant access to 800 thought leaders in your field and asking them a quick question and in a matter of a few minutes getting a quick, down and dirty answer. Imagine the power of interacting with some of those same thought leaders in planning a conference. And imagine feeding your blog post to this group of people who are following you to see what you have to say. It is like having 800 subscribers to your RSS feed. I am using 800 as only an example. You don't have to follow any more than you want.

Yes twitter can be overwhelming if you allow it to me. Just as email, faxes, phone calls and blogging can. But used correctly, twitter can be one of the greatest marketing and networking tools one can use.

Don't discount it because someone is not progressive to see it benefits. After all, Rick is not progressive enough to use a Mac in his law office either. And like a TV or email or phone or heck the kids, you can shut it off and leave the room.

I am happy to visit with any attorney thinking about using twitter and how it can be used right.

Is the idea that you could put together a group of experts in a field that could give you a quick answer to a legal question?

How does that differ from using the features at linked, facebook or other social networks?

Twitter is really just like everyday life. Sometimes we talk about serious matters and sometimes we don't. I have been fortunate to meet some successful entrepreneurs in my area through Twitter. A couple are now clients and another has made it a real point to refer me business. You just never know where the next case will come from. Blogs and Twitter have been effective tools in getting business.

Lawyers on Twitter should be sure to reach out to those in your home areas.

I think Twitter is the best thing since sliced bread, and like you, did not "get it" when it first hit the circuit.

However, after reading a post at this blog, I followed your lead and signed up and have not looked back since.

In my opinion, it's an invaluable tool-for professional networking, for a sense of community, for getting a true sense of "virtual" colleagues' personalities, for personal branding and for personal expression.

Twitter is, by far, my favorite social media resource right now. Thanks for encouraging me to join the club;)