Lessons learned on Twitter

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Jesse Liberty

This week I posted a new podcast with Scott Hunter of Microsoft, along with Jon Galloway of Microsoft and Ward Bell of IdeaBlade. I was pretty excited about what Scott had to say shutterstock_152928911about Angular and ASP.NET, and tried to convey that on Twitter.  Oops. 

I learned (again) what I should have known

  • It is better to understate than to overstate
  • It is better to check with your source before interpreting what he said
  • It is better to let the podcast stand on its own
  • e-conversations are very difficult

I ended up having to make “clarifications” of my comments – felt like a hack politician. I forgot that 140 characters is just enough to sound like a jerk. 

Live and learn and move on. 

About Jesse Liberty

Jesse Liberty has three decades of experience writing and delivering software projects and is the author of 2 dozen books and a couple dozen online courses. His latest book, Building APIs with .NET will be released early in 2025. Liberty is a Senior SW Engineer for CNH and he was a Senior Technical Evangelist for Microsoft, a Distinguished Software Engineer for AT&T, a VP for Information Services for Citibank and a Software Architect for PBS. He is a Microsoft MVP.
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