The bosses want us to step up our Twitter game. My initial
reaction was how could my pearls of wisdom and award-winning writing possibly
be cut down to 140 characters? Do you ask Emeril to cook with only three
ingredients? Do you ask Roger Clemens to only throw one type of pitch? Do you
ask Miley Cyrus to only write one annoying song?
And by “initial reaction” I mean the reaction that never actually
got verbalized to the bosses. In this economic climate you would be an idiot to
fight that battle. Instead, I got onboard with some fake enthusiasm about the
task at hand. But a funny thing happened along the way - I found it to be an
informative and engaging form of communication.
So, I ask theNEWS’ readers to give it a shot. Join us at
twitter.com/achrnews. You will be able to read breaking news, interesting links
and commentary, - and in the interest of full discloser - a few uninteresting
posts. Not all of them can be winners.
I have decided to help launch our new Twitter plans by having my
first Live Tweet Diary. Actually, that sounds like something that would appear
on late night Cinemax. Well, regardless of what we name it, hear me out. On
Sunday, May 2 on NBC, Clockwork Home Service and One Hour Heating & Air
Conditioning will be an important part of Donald Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice
show.The NEWSwill use this opportunity to watch the show and live
tweet during the two hour broadcast. So please follow along and feel free to
reply with your own comments. The Donald’s hair should give us plenty of
material.
Here is hoping the powers-that-be are not reading this
blog. I guess I did not think that one through. Join us May 2 at
twitter.com/achrnews.