… Stop laughing.

In February, I was introduced in Fortune Small Business as a “social media veteran”, which brought chuckles to pretty much everyone I know, myself included. Sure, I have spent the majority of my career at companies specializing in social media but I can think of maybe two people that could claim the title of “veteran” as it applies to social media and I’m not one of them (you have to be at least 40 to be a veteran of anything right?).

So, even though I have been involved in podcasting and blogging for a number of years now, I must confess that until Sunday, using Twitter was just a passing fancy in my life away from work. However, since I set up the Twitter feed for eBay Ink (http://twitter.com/ebayinkblog), I’ve been able to blog (or “tweet”) from every session, panel and keynote I have attended here at eBay DevCon08. I’ve been able to engage in real-time conversations with Ink readers and other bloggers as I sit in presentations. I’ve been able to ask questions at the end of presentations that were posed to me just moments before. I’ve even linked to the conference agenda and asked where readers wanted me to go next.

Although the Twitter feed is going to be used primarily when I’m on the road, when I get back to the office, I’m going to try and integrate into my daily work routine. A lot of readers have said they wonder what the heck I do when I’m not physically blogging at the office so I think I’ll use Twitter to give them an insight into what a typical day is like being the corporate blogger for eBay. Maybe I’ll put together a standalone post for Ink readers that covers that day but for those of you interested in the real-time, you’ll be able to follow on Twitter.

If you were wondering, I made 85 “tweets” during eBay DevCon08; let’s see how many come out of eBay Live! 08.

Cheers,
RBH