By Barry Garbarino
As a former employee of AOL and a few other hi-tech companies, I have always felt the need to be on top of whatever new technology that comes my way. It could be said that I wanted to be an early adopter from an early age (well, as early as I could get, considering that I typed my last senior high school English paper on an IBM Selectric typewriter, but I digress.) Social media and user generated content seems to be all the rage now. I will fully admit that I do the occasional status update on Facebook and give a peak (to my friends) on what is happening in my life at that point in time. From time to time I will also post the lyrics to certain songs (or YouTube videos) that I know will get stuck in people’s heads – it’s a public service that a few of us started a few years back and believe me, there are some whoppers that will take weeks to get out of your head.
For example the following was posted some time back on my Facebook page. See if it gets stuck in your head (you got to love digital technology!)
That brings me to Twitter. Some people absolutely love it and others have no idea why people would want to share all this information. Many companies are jumping on the Twitter band wagon and are utilizing this tool to inform, entertain and connect to their consumers. Consumers are utilizing Twitter to stay informed and to connect with a larger audience then they may have on other social media sites like Facebook and MySpace.
I came across the following videos on YouTube and thought that anyone who has an opinion about Twitter would get a kick out of them. Let us know what you think!
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