Comments on: A City Councilman Follows Me on Twitter…Awesome! http://fourpointreport.com/blog/?p=1086 Four Point Report Blog Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:51:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: New York Limousine http://fourpointreport.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-290 New York Limousine Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:06:38 +0000 http://fourpointreport.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-290 This is very nice story that every person is following on twitter. Thanks a lot This is very nice story that every person is following on twitter. Thanks a lot

]]> By: Doug Phillips http://fourpointreport.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-287 Doug Phillips Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:37:41 +0000 http://fourpointreport.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-287 Being the aforementioned councilman, I thought I'd chime in... In my "other" life I am an IT professional. In my 20 year career I've seen a lot of the really good and really bad in tech innovation. Twitter is one of those things that is in the really good category.<br><br>As an elected official, one of the big challenges is keeping up with the mind set of the people I represent, and with the buzz about the city. Twitter is one of the tools that I can use to help me with that challenge. I found you on Twitter while searching for comments about Rowlett. <br><br>You bring up some good points about being smart about what you post online. For everybody, these online comments become a part of the "permanent record" and can be viewed and reviewed by anybody. You do a good job maintaining a clean public image while still letting the reader get sense of who you are. Everyone has multiple facets to their identity. Even though I hold elected office, I like cupcakes, and have fond childhood memories of the muppets... Being the aforementioned councilman, I thought I'd chime in… In my “other” life I am an IT professional. In my 20 year career I've seen a lot of the really good and really bad in tech innovation. Twitter is one of those things that is in the really good category.

As an elected official, one of the big challenges is keeping up with the mind set of the people I represent, and with the buzz about the city. Twitter is one of the tools that I can use to help me with that challenge. I found you on Twitter while searching for comments about Rowlett.

You bring up some good points about being smart about what you post online. For everybody, these online comments become a part of the “permanent record” and can be viewed and reviewed by anybody. You do a good job maintaining a clean public image while still letting the reader get sense of who you are. Everyone has multiple facets to their identity. Even though I hold elected office, I like cupcakes, and have fond childhood memories of the muppets…

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