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Posts Tagged → Twitter

Is Twitter a waste of time?

posted in Think on March 8, 2011 by Rajesh Setty 2 Comments

That was one of the questions on Quora recently. Of course there were so many answers – for and against but the summary was the same – it all DEPENDS on how you use it. Rather than reiterating what has been said, I thought I will share my own journey with Twitter and how (accidentally)… Continue reading →

Seasons – a Haiku from Sumukh

posted in General on January 20, 2011 by Rajesh Setty 7 Comments

I had heard of Haikus but had never read one until Sumukh (my 12 year old son) had to write one for his class assignment. Being fond of mini sagas, I could relate to the power of a Haiku. The time has come for Haikus and Mini Sagas and in a way Twitter has played… Continue reading →

99Tribes – Are you discoverable on Twitter?

posted in Think on April 23, 2010 by Rajesh Setty 9 Comments

Yesterday was the launch of our pet project 99Tribes. 99Tribes is a discovery engine for people on Twitter. Some background first. Search vs Discovery There is a big debate about what’s the big deal about discovery when we have search engines that do the job.Here is a quick explanation. We always search within the circle… Continue reading →

The Only Miletsone That Matters…

posted in General on April 4, 2009 by Rajesh Setty 0 Comment

Milestones or the pursuit of them can mess you up big time, especially if you are going after the wrong ones. Social networks can blur the line, really. Take any social network and one of the easy metrics to measure is “quantitative” rather than “qualitative.” On LinkedIn, it it is the total number of contacts… Continue reading →

Twitter Digest – Feb 2009

posted in General on February 28, 2009 by Rajesh Setty 0 Comment

Here are some of my tweets (Twitter Id: @UpbeatNow) in the month of February 2009 Feb 2: ThinkTweet: If you are the “signal” you don’t have to complain about the noise. It’s what will amplify your presence 🙂 (Twitter Link) Feb 3: ThinkTweet: You can never “win” in an argument. If you win, you lose… Continue reading →

140 characters to make you think…

posted in General, Imagine, Life on February 22, 2009 by Rajesh Setty 0 Comment

I am 75 days old on Twitter. I have a long way to go there but I know that I have to start somewhere. So, here is what I am doing on Twitter in the next two three weeks (starting Feb 23, 2009 to March 13, 2009): Everyday from Monday to Friday I will have… Continue reading →

Twitter Digest – Jan 2009

posted in General on February 16, 2009 by Rajesh Setty 0 Comment

Here are some of my tweets (Twitter Id: @UpbeatNow) in the month of January. Jan 2: A simple quote to remember in 2009: “Knowing is not doing. But doing is doing.” When times are tough, lead with execution! (Twitter Link) Jan 5: ThinkTweet: You wished “Happy New Year” to many people. What can you DO… Continue reading →

Twitter Digest – Networking 101

posted in General on January 14, 2009 by Rajesh Setty 0 Comment

My experiment on Twitter continues (Twitter Id: @UpbeatNow) I participated in a rapid fire session on Networking on #lion channel on Twitter (organized by @MariSmith and a few others) Here are a few tips from my side (in 140 characters each) 1. The #1 trait required for a good networker – “genuine caring” for the… Continue reading →

Twitter Digest – December 2008

posted in General on January 11, 2009 by Rajesh Setty 0 Comment

A partial list of my tweets (@UpbeatNow) in December 2008: A gem from Bobby Knight “Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.” [Dec 9, 2008] Statistics on an invitation-only social network: Most connected person has 3046 connections. 100th most connected person has 843 connections [Dec 10, 2008]… Continue reading →

A VERRRRY late entry to Twitter

posted in Life on January 5, 2009 by Rajesh Setty 0 Comment

I have to blame this on my friend Navin Nagiah (CEO fo DotNetNuke Corporation) We were on a long walk where I was explaining Navin  “Why Twitter won’t work for me.” Navin ( in his usual style ) asked back, “Why don’t you find a way to make it work?” I was not expecting that… Continue reading →

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