I saw a press release today that talked about the establishment of Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear’s blog. Of course, he has a Twitter account as well. It caused me to think about this phenomenon and the various folks in the public eye that are creating blogs, Twitter accounts, etc to get their ‘message’ out:
UK President Lee Todd addressed our STLP state championship event. Apparently he has a blog. I believe he mentioned during his speech that he had a Twitter account, but it may have been deleted.
KY Attorney General Jack Conway has a Twitter account and a blog. He’s been at the forefront of many cybersafety discussions and his office is part of the CyberSafeKY initiative.
Of course, most people in Kentucky have heard of John Calipari’s Twitter account, at over 160,000 followers as of this posting. That’s in the top 300, per this site.
What does it all mean? It does NOT mean that you’re some kind of failure if you aren’t blogging or Twittering. I think it DOES mean that you need some basic awareness of what a blog or Twitter account can do and why others might choose to engage in the use of these tools.