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Facebook is now the number one social networking site.
Twitter is taking the Internet by storm.
It seems everything in the media is about s
ocial networking, and how you can use it either in your personal or professional life. Just this past weekend I found stories about Twitter in 3 mainstream magazines, and “What The Tweet Are We Doing?” was a full page article in Sunday’s The Denver Post.
So with the sudden rage that’s exploding all around us, its natural for everyone to wonder what Facebook and Twitter are, and how they can use them.
But does it REALLY matter how to use Facebook and Twitter? Or is the more important question, “How is this technology going to impact me in the future?”
I have been speaking throughout Denver to PTCO groups on security issues for teens. And at the middle school level, a large amount of parents have no concept of Facebook, social networking, or what any of today’s top technology tools do.
Yet technology will have a huge impact on our children’s lives. And without the support of parents, many children today will become lost in the possibilities. Or worse, lost in the “wild west” and getting into all kinds of trouble.
Right now, the amount of new technical information is doubling every two years. So for students starting out today in a four year technical degree, by the time they hit their junior year, half of the information they’ve learned will be out of date and no longer apply.
It’s not important the specifics of what you’re learning today, so much as it’s important to learn why the technology exists and how to utilize it.
When we started out online in the early 90’s with a website, it wasn’t the website that was important. It was the ability to learn how to use the website as a marketing tool.
And with Facebook and Twitter at their heights, it’s not important to learn and become an expert at Facebook and Twitter. It’s important to learn how to use them as tools to get what you want. Whether it’s keeping in touch with friends, marketing a business, or finding a new restaurant for Saturday night.
When Facebook and Twitter have come and gone (or morphed into something else) what will be important is the reasoning why they grew so fast:
1. instantly communicating with multiple people at once
2. joining with like minded people
3. sharing ideas and opinions
4. using technology in many formats
And when the new rage surfaces, you can bet it will take these concepts, and put them on steroids. You’ll take everything you learned from these tools, and use them quicker, faster, and more effectively then ever before.
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There will always be new tools coming out that you can leverage to your advantage. Twitter and facebook are it right now but who knows what there will be in 10years.
I am not a facebook or twitter expert but I sure believe that I know how to use them to bring my business closer to its goals.
I am not sure if you saw my answer to LinkdIn but I thought I would post it in here since you are right this is very similar to my post. To me Twitter is just “another” tool. Albeit a great new tool and the honeymoon is not over. But like anything once spam and adverts show up I loose interest. I feel compelled to rebel against conformity. I hope I don’t sound too obnoxious but I guess experience sometimes makes us change.