I'm Gone...I'm Back!

Well, that was quick. This morning I woke up to the worst Twitter sight there is (no, not an ugly home page), the dreaded "ACCOUNT SUSPENDED" banner (again)! If you'll recall, I had this one other time as well. It seems that very active accounts tend to trigger alarm bells at Twitter, and somehow the bell tolled for thee...I mean...me. Luckily, an emotioned plea to my favorite sysadmin (and a few tears) had my account up and running again within the day. Thanks (again) @delbius! You're the best!

It just goes to show how fragile this online world is. What if you spent months (years?) building your online presence and ....poof... it was gone? Your online Rolodex reduced to nothing. Starting from scratch. It's one of the concerns that enterprises have with 'cloud computing' services. If I can't feel it, and protect it, how do I know it will be safe? Should I really rely on it for mission critical applications? It's a tough call. But it's likely a call you'll be forced to make as the world shifts to online services. Time to get friendly with your local sysadmin! :-)

Followers: 24,367
Following: 23,795
Tweets: 316
Rank: 2,201st

Is anyone impressed by these numbers? Is it just me? We set out to try and reach 10,000 within a year and now, three and a half months later, we're over 24,000! Either we're REALLY good at accumulating followers, or REALLY bad at guessing how long it takes.

If you look at the rank, it tells an important story. Being in the top 2,200 in the Twitterverse (okay 2,201...so shoot me for 1 stinking position) is an awesome feat! Given an estimated 45,000,000 accounts on Twitter (I got this number from a respected tech guru), that puts me in the top 0.005% and that's pretty lofty ground if I do say so myself. And I'm sure you know exactly what I should do with such a lofty status. Unfortunately, I haven't a clue! So feel free to post a comment and let me know what you think. Speaking of comments, special thanks to Udi and Tony for commenting on the last blog entry.

And most of all....don't forget to follow me on Twitter! twitter.com/campbed

Don