We’ll it’s half way through the year and one of my resolutions for the year was write how I was wrong about Twitter which I now seemingly can’t live without.
Here is pre Twitter me asking questions to post Twitter me, weird I know but let’s give it a go…
Q: “Why would I want to hear about people’s dull lives?”
A: “If you hear about dull lives if you follow dull people.”
Q: “Why do I need Twitter when I have Facebook”
A: “Because ‘that’ London creative director isn’t your mate and won’t accept a FB friend request. Yet knowing what he and another bunch of worldwide CD’s and creative people are up to and being influenced by on a daily basis is a pretty decent thing.”
Q: “Why do I need Twitter when I have a blog”
A: “Blogs take time to write, twitter is an instant fix. I’ve been writing this fucking blog for the past three years and still no ones reading the fucking thing apart from you, did I mention you have amazing eyes.”
Q: “Won’t it slightly take over my life?”
A: “Yes a little, it’s hard but sometime you just have to put it down and not read the constant stream of inspiration and creative goodness being thrown upon you.”
Q: What’s the best part of Twitter?”
A: “That is let’s me be a big fat advertising geek and now I can send out my thoughts to other like minded people. All my Facebook friends and people I used to know who I don’t have the heart to delete don’t want to hear me rambling on about advertising all day long, Twitter people hoover that shit up, and if they don’t like my drivel, they ‘unfollow’ me, no questions asked.
Q; “Is that it, you’re boring me?”
A: “Yeah, just give it a go, it’ll be weird at first but just give it 1 week and it all fits into place, oh and follow me at twitter.com/adamjrichardson”
If any of that did manage to sink in and you fancy giving it a go, here’s a few people you should start off with…
Dave Trott… Mostly tweets links to his blog posts but that’s enough really.
Ben Kay… Writer of IFIABWC, award winning creative and seems like a bloddy nice chap.
Lee Clows Beard… Strange name but words of wisdom from the TBWA guru.
Peter Hough… What he doesn’t know about the internet isn’t worth knowing, he’s a fine purveyor of ‘cool links’.
Jam Sponge… weird name but behind it is one of my best mates Matt. Works in PR, but don’t hold that against him, he’s a good laugh and always has something funny to say.
Jayde Nicole… Playboy Playmate of the year. Complete bitch but often post pics of herself in small dresses/bikinis.
