I’ve been thinking a lot about how I interact with social media. What am I giving and what am I taking? How, and what, am I sharing? How am I supporting the efforts of others? To that end, I started doing something on Twitter earlier this month called Smart People / Smart Ideas. Every day on Twitter I saw links from people that I thought were great and found helpful. So, instead of a non-stop stream of me plugging my own stuff, I decided to really focus on highlighting good information from other people.
Turns out I did 65 of them in December. Here they are:
Smart People / Smart Ideas #65 @mikeauraz says http://bit.ly/97RH
Smart People / Smart Ideas #64 @douglaskarr says http://tinyurl.com/9npx52
Smart People / Smart Ideas #63 @JimMacMillan says http://is.gd/dGty
Smart People / Smart Ideas #62 dbrazeal says http://tinyurl.com/6wkao4
Smart People / Smart Ideas #61 @jshuey says http://tinyurl.com/83llbx
Smart People / Smart Ideas #60 @drewkerr says: http://tinyurl.com/7nxncv
Smart People / Smart Ideas #59 @gregverdino says http://tinyurl.com/3rw3ka
Smart People / Smart Ideas #58 @jasonfalls says http://twurl.nl/zh61sc
Smart People / Smart Ideas #57 @ScottHepburn says http://cli.gs/gqYURb
Smart People / Smart Ideas #56 @justinlevy says http://bit.ly/11Gwn
Smart People / Smart Ideas #55 @bmorrissey Q&A w/ @zappos CEO http://tinyurl.com/a7pgoe
Smart People / Smart Ideas #54 @geoffliving says http://is.gd/c9rS
Smart People / Smart Ideas #53 (I love lists edition) @SeanMcColgan http://tinyurl.com/5fqblh
Smart People / Smart Ideas #52 @benmcconnell says http://tinyurl.com/5z5wzh
Smart People / Smart Ideas #51 @shannonpaul says http://tinyurl.com/5eoojp
Smart People / Smart Ideas #50 @smeis says http://tinyurl.com/6hpmdc
Smart People / Smart Ideas #49 @dmullen says http://is.gd/58r2
Smart People / Smart Ideas #48 @DougH says http://tinyurl.com/647xl9
Smart People / Smart Ideas #47 @swoodruff says http://short.to/c64
Smart People / Smart Ideas #46 @lisahoffmann says http://tinyurl.com/6gqm85
Smart People / Smart Ideas #45 @jpostman (courtesy @TDefren) says http://tinyurl.com/6fn4he
Smart People / Smart Ideas #44 @gleonhard says http://tinyurl.com/68ohcc
Smart People / Smart Ideas #43 Tim Devin (via @psfk) http://tinyurl.com/6nm84g
Smart People / Smart ideas #42 @MarketingProfs says http://tinyurl.com/6n4ng7
Smart People / Smart Ideas #41 @gregverdino says http://tinyurl.com/6eb5xb
Smart People / Smart Ideas #40 @adamsinger says http://tinyurl.com/62fkfl
Smart People / Smart Ideas #39 @Jonathan_Trenn says http://tinyurl.com/557p6v
Smart People / Smart Ideas #38 @michaelSurtees says http://designnotes.info/?p=1610
Smart People / Smart Ideas #37 @timoreilly says http://tinyurl.com/66buku
Smart People / Smart Ideas #36 @kenburbary says http://twurl.nl/r45ouq
Smart People / Smart Ideas #35 @juntajoe says http://tinyurl.com/64e55d
Smart People / Smart Ideas #34 @jessestay says http://tinyurl.com/5j9yc9
Smart People / Smart Ideas #33 @mzkagan says http://tinyurl.com/64j4xe
Smart People / Smart Ideas #32 @jowyang says http://is.gd/aQ4o
Smart People / Smart Ideas #31 Michael Rubin says http://is.gd/aGps
Smart People / Smart Ideas #30 @exitcreative says http://tinyurl.com/57vufn
Smart People / Smart Ideas #29 @sernovitz says http://tinyurl.com/6acwut
Smart People / Smart Ideas #28 Mark McGuinness http://tinyurl.com/5mnm78
Smart People / Smart Ideas #27 @sartorialist shoots http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/
Smart People / Smart Ideas #26 @daveknox says http://tinyurl.com/55me9x
Smart (fictional) People / Smart Ideas #25 @bud_melman says http://wearesterlingcooper.com/
Smart People / Smart Ideas #24 @mhames says http://tinyurl.com/6zmajc
Smart People / Smart Ideas #23 @prblog says http://tinyurl.com/68fdez
Smart People / Smart Ideas #22 @rohitbhargava says http://tinyurl.com/6pyaxd
Smart People / Smart Ideas #21 James Chartrand says http://tinyurl.com/5v2pbd
Smart People / Smart Ideas #20 Paul Williams [@IdeaSandbox] says http://tinyurl.com/55cq43
Smart People / Smart Ideas #19 @swoodruff says http://tinyurl.com/6dpmun
Smart People / Smart Ideas #18 @shannonpaul says http://tinyurl.com/6r7df3
Smart People / Smart Ideas #17 @ckieff says http://blog.ripple6.com/?p=189
Smart People / Smart Ideas #16 @marketerblog says http://tinyurl.com/6eulxg
Smart People / Smart Ideas # 15 @guykawasaki says http://tinyurl.com/6fxmj9
Smart People / Smart ideas #14 @bud_caddell says http://tinyurl.com/6hlh3n
Smart People / Smart ideas #13 @CBWhittemore says http://tinyurl.com/5f84e9
Smart People / Smart Ideas #12 @warrenss says http://tinyurl.com/6hfn5l
Smart People / Smart Ideas #11 @weatherpattern says http://tinyurl.com/5hk6ta
Smart People / Smart Ideas #10 @MarketerBlog says: http://tinyurl.com/57gfjp
Smart People / Smart Ideas #9 @chrisbrogan says http://tinyurl.com/5vqzu9
Smart People / Smart Ideas #8 @juntajoe says http://tinyurl.com/6s39xp
Smart People / Smart Ideas #7 @leighhouse says http://tinyurl.com/5rlro3
Smart People / Smart Ideas #6 @mikearauz says http://tinyurl.com/5kqx6e
Smart People / Smart Ideas #5 @generalist says: http://tinyurl.com/5ehynb 
Smart People / Smart Ideas #4 Seth Godin says http://tinyurl.com/ak2fa
Smart People / Smart Ideas #3 @TDefren says http://tinyurl.com/5wvztk
Smart People / Smart Ideas #2 @mitchjoel says http://tinyurl.com/6brqp8
Smart People / Smart Ideas #1 @BrianReich says http://tinyurl.com/5qrsa7
Found this thanks to @Twitter_Tips. Sorry the first comment on this may feel like criticism.
I appreciate the sharing mentality–it’s one of the things I look for in the tweets of people I consider following. Personally, I would be a lot more likely to click on links if I had some clue as to what topic each link addressed, rather than following 65 mystery links. I follow quite a few of these same folks & would rather click on new resources than on things I’ve already seen.
Some may really like the teaser element, and you know what works for you. Just a thought, FWIW. Keep sharing!
@BarbChamberlain
That kind of sums up my feelings as well. Neat idea, though.
Thanks very much for the feedback. I had originally thought of adding more info, but was somewhat restricted by the Twitter 140 character limitations. I did a cut and paste from my Twitter feed straight to this post. I’ll look to incorporate your suggestions moving forward.
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