Publisher's Notebook

Random tweets from Twitter, collected during the past week:

Notes on domestic relations, from @qwertying:
I just read last year 4,153,237 ppl got married. I don’t want to start any trouble, but shouldn’t that be an even number?

Deep thoughts, provided by @rolldiggity:
It’s sad how Wile E. Coyote is remembered for his violence, and not for his brilliantly realistic paintings of tunnels.

Helpful hints, not from @heloise, but from @ablanchard519:
Dropped ipod in the sink last night, so i dried it off and thought it was toast. Put it in a bag of rice overnight and the thing works fine!

Technology updates, courtesy of @rfelty:
Leaf blower finally gave out. Picking up a new model. Think they’ve improved in 5 yrs. This one is also a WiFi hotspot.

And a fair-warning tweet to pull out on a no-good, very bad day, from @PubChick:
Today’s bad mood was brought to you by the letters F & U.

Larry Bodine, a well-known and well-respected law firm consultant, doesn’t like Twitter. He recently kicked up a storm on the Internet, essentially arguing that the social media outlet has little value for law firms.

He was in Richmond earlier this week, talking to the Virginias Legal Marketing Association. I didn’t go, but all my sales staff did and I got a report: Larry remains unconvinced about the service.

Twitter, Bodine said, is like the Macarena (the arm-folding, bouncing dance craze of 1996, for those who somehow have forgotten). Here today, popular today, likely to pass.

I must admit I tweet (@paulfletcher, if you want to follow me), but not all too often.

I logged on today and there was a comment defending Twitter: “Twittering is like hugging. Just because it’s hard to measure the return on investment doesn’t mean there isn’t value there.”

Hmm. Okay, so Larry won that round.