I have been resisting Twitter for a good year now, but finally had to give in.  When Oprah speaks, people listen.  Last year when she had Jeff Bezos from Amazon to talk about the Kindle, sales for the Kindle skyrocketed, and it was out of stock for months.  So when I walked in the room and saw my wife watching an Oprah episode with Evan Williams,the CEO of Twitter, it was obvious that it was about to blow up even more, if that is even possible.  Well, it sure was possible, as some are suggesting that maybe over 1,000,000 people have signed up for Twitter within days of the Oprah episode. and as much as 37% of visits to the home page in days following episode were new users.

I guess in my mind, I didn’t care too much to hear what Ashton Kutcher was eating for dinner, or that one of my random friends were ‘going to the gym’.  However, in this period of over informing everyone, I decided to jump in.  You can follow me on Twitter right here.  I plan on using it as a vehicle for random thoughts, really the same as this blog but on a much more condensed level.  I’ll be posting snippets on business, the economy, sports, and breakfast customs.  I will say, that in my life I have never seen just hype for a product or service that Twitter has had over the last two months.  The buzz has been incredible, especially for something that is not hot off the shelves, but there is no doubt that the “Oprah Effect” helps.

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