does Twitter suck ?

Social media is what it is, you either love it or you hate it. Mark Horstman from Manager tools ranted on twitter in his most recent audio blog "Twitter, I hate it". I love the Manager Tools podcast (I am a regular listener) and I obviously am nowhere near a C-suit position (nor do I aspire to be), it provides me with some interesting tidbits I can use in my daily busi-business. If for nothing else but to understand my bosses better :-). On this I have to disagree however. Twitter in and of itself is not the problem Mark, it is how you use it. If used wisely, it is a tool that a C-suit can use to be closer to the workfloor and/or the customer. the EULA of Twitter doesn't say you have to be constantly connected nor do your 'friends' have to expect you are. twitter search provides you a tool that you can use to find users' comments on your company, brand, product name. You can just review private messages once in a while. For instance, Guy Kawasaki uses it, do you think he reads all messages from his 20k+ followers ? I don't think so. Lance Armstrong is on Twitter, he has 2k+ followers and is following 2 profiles himself.

let's say it like this, Twitter is the nail, you choose how you hold the hammer.

A new beginning

I've been blogging for a while now, back at www.remes-it.be. While it's fun to own and maintain my own site, it's also quite labor-intensive and it uses time that I'd rather spend on other things.

From here on of, I'll use this blogspace for my weekly musings on information security, what keeps me buzzing and life in general.

Be Secure,

Wim