The Life of a Silicon Valley Rockstar

SheGeeks isn’t just for the fairer pronoun and they posted a great guide to twitter for beginners. I’m going to break one of the commandments (below) and post my twitter link, http://twitter.com/alexlewis. And in the wisdom that there’s a wiki for anything if you look hard enough, check out Chris Brogan’s “Twitterpack” wiki. It’s filled with good info on what to do if you’ve just joined Twitter. What are you waiting for?  …Andwhile you’re at it, check out my thoughts on Twitter from earlier today.

 For a little comic relief, Valleywag posted their 10 commandments on what not to use Twitter for:

• Don’t say anything that might just as well be said in an email, i.e. “I’m sorry Steve, it’s going to have to be $37.”
• Don’t forget how many people are listening. For example, do not say: “Oops, hope nobody notices the smell.”
• Don’t follow people you’ve never met. Exception: Diablo Cody.
• Don’t follow Jason Calacanis.
• Don’t add too many followers too fast. Like any dangerous recreational narcotic, one has to build one’s tolerance before ignoring the Surgeon General’s warnings.
• Don’t expect timely and informative responses to your Twittered queries. Or for anyone to read them. Twitter is a heat sink for the unexpressed ego.
• Don’t Twitter things that would be better said in person. Example: “@George, No, I won’t marry you. It’s the halitosis.”
• Don’t try share your political, religious or business views in 140 characters. It takes more words to obfuscate how simple and derivative they are.
• Don’t follow Robert Scoble.
• Don’t follow bloggers who write about Twitter just to have an excuse to include a link to their Twitter account. They will bombard you with links to their blog posts, because they are paid by pageviews.