Twitter Comment Thread

Twitter log from the previous week.

# It is interesting how many of those who offer guidance to the DoD regarding new media demonstrate no connectivity w/ DoD new media & blogs 3 minutes ago from web

# How important is it that the military services implement social media technologies? 6 minutes ago from web

# @cheeky_geeky The special sauce is the bureaucracy one finds in large technology projects in government. You confuse progress with crisis about 11 hours ago from web

# @cheeky_geeky your "clay layer creates crisis" analogy is like lifting the bun of a big mac and discovering the special sauce. about 11 hours ago from web

# @cheeky_geeky Most SM consultants are movers whose clients are small budget, nimble organizations that adopt tech quickly for promotions. about 11 hours ago from web in reply to cheeky_geeky

# @mountainrunner Matt you have earned any endorsements you get from people. You're the best kept secret in Government Communications IMO. 3:45 PM Mar 6th from web in reply to mountainrunner

# @nimblebooks Thank you very much. I'm sorry I do not have time to write a book right now though. 3:34 PM Mar 6th from web in reply to nimblebooks

# @kmadams85 Yep. I posted on the subject with a picture of USS Freedom. 3:33 PM Mar 6th from web in reply to kmadams85

# Recruiting 2 Blog Authors for Information Dissemination. Write for the largest Navy social media community online. http://tinyurl.com/d55o5e 2:48 PM Mar 6th from web

# @AFPAA: Tell Gen Chilton new media works for him, via your tweet. Collaborate at http://tinyurl.com/cu6vjw or http://blog.usni.org/?p=1575 1:33 PM Mar 6th from web in reply to AFPAA

# Democracy 2.0 is an example why assumptions in social media are not a substitute for the science of social media. http://tinyurl.com/b9ybfj 1:10 AM Mar 6th from web

# WashingtonTechnology: Navy Web 2.0 For Internal Use http://tinyurl.com/dhsmb7 I think Wiki is the right collaboration model for the Navy. 10:42 PM Mar 5th from web

# @davewiner That's what I get for going open source, I just realized MTC should read MTS. 10:26 PM Mar 5th from web in reply to davewiner

# @davewiner RT: March 1998 - and I was b!tching to anyone who would listen that MTC was the bane of transaction applications. Good times. 10:24 PM Mar 5th from web in reply to davewiner

# @cheeky_geeky where is the "wait list." I just happen to be in DC on those specific days, I'd like to nw w/ the mil/dod folks who show 4:12 PM Mar 5th from web in reply to cheeky_geeky

# @cheeky_geeky is the Gov2.0 barcamp sold out? 3:32 PM Mar 5th from web in reply to cheeky_geeky

# @ChrisAlbon RT: Why You Should Crowdfund David Axe. - Excellent, my thoughts go up tonight and yours fit right in 12:26 PM Mar 5th from web in reply to ChrisAlbon

# @drewconway I would phrase it - PhD is a necessary condition for getting a job as a professional researcher. 11:14 AM Mar 5th from web in reply to drewconway

# @cheeky_geeky SWJ is good. Matt Armstrong=ASIG is incredible in exploiting social media space for new ideas. 10:32 AM Mar 5th from web in reply to cheeky_geeky

# @cheeky_geeky CSBA and CNAS. Several other random individuals. 10:31 AM Mar 5th from web in reply to cheeky_geeky

# @ChrisAlbon RT:Destroyermen. Chris is a natural, but CENTCOM rules make it tough to blog at sea. Chris is great on ID though. 10:29 AM Mar 5th from web in reply to ChrisAlbon

# Bertholf completes Combat System Ship Qualification Trials http://tinyurl.com/ca4v54 2:27 AM Mar 5th from web

# @US_EUCOM When Dr. Martin Cooper called Dr. Joel Engel in April 1973, a NY Times reporter called cell phones a fad unlikely to ever catch on 2:25 AM Mar 5th from web in reply to US_EUCOM

# Observing the Sea Centric Strategic View of Russia http://tinyurl.com/cn6ms7 2:21 AM Mar 5th from web

# @southcomwatch Stavridis is easily the best blogger of the 4 major services. The only blogger outside the CG who is interesting to read. 11:09 PM Mar 4th from web in reply to southcomwatch

# The moral piety of social media comes of age. Terrible argument, Forrester is wrong, but not for this reason. http://tinyurl.com/cpzr3d 4:04 PM Mar 4th from web

# Funny. Forrester promotes "pay per post" profit model for blogging. There are better ways for business to connect http://tinyurl.com/ag4kjt 4:03 PM Mar 4th from web

# @vk999 it was the inability of the rest of their economy to work that made that happen. A lot of reforms since 91 have helped that issue 12:39 PM Mar 4th from web

# @vk999 Military spending did not have a significant impact on the crash of the Soviet Union, that is a popular myth. 12:38 PM Mar 4th from web in reply to vk999

# Russian Economic Stimulus Plan: Nuclear Aircraft Carriers. Amazing, they really are going to do this. http://tinyurl.com/aqgf6p 10:21 AM Mar 4th from web

# Follow the money in Somalia piracy. Really good article. http://tinyurl.com/d6o27e 4:59 PM Mar 3rd from web

# Funny. Chinese Navy tells world, Gulf of Aden is dangerous. Thanks for the tip! http://tinyurl.com/ahxma7 4:54 PM Mar 3rd from web

# Ike Skelton tells the Navy to get screwing around and produce a plan already. http://tinyurl.com/aj9emo 4:52 PM Mar 3rd from web

# @US_EUCOM Thank you. Tip: When the names are there, it is easier to blog the news article because names carry appeal to observers. 9:50 AM Mar 3rd from web in reply to US_EUCOM

# @NavyCS Domestically: Infrastructure recapitalization. Politically: to be a great power again. 9:49 AM Mar 3rd from web in reply to NavyCS

# @chucksimmins I think to building capability is part of the point of sending a ship for them. 8:56 AM Mar 3rd from web in reply to chucksimmins

# @US_EUCOM Re:Noble Manta 09, Why doesn't EUCOM list all the ships and subs by name that participated? 8:54 AM Mar 3rd from web in reply to US_EUCOM

# Update on upcoming South Korean deployment to fight piracy. http://tinyurl.com/bqw6nw 8:53 AM Mar 3rd from web

# @NavyCS Yep, stimulus through defense isn't unique to Russia, the US did it in the 80s. 8:50 AM Mar 3rd from web in reply to NavyCS

# @joshmull They are focused on nuclear capabilities, not UAVs 8:49 AM Mar 3rd from web in reply to joshmull

# @zenpundit They appear to have a pretty smart plan. They know exports to China are gone, but other markets for arms are yet tapped 11:58 PM Mar 2nd from web in reply to zenpundit

# @zenpundit Well, part of the increase is to rebuild their shipbuilding capacity, nuclear ice breakers for oil in arctic, and new warships 11:57 PM Mar 2nd from web in reply to zenpundit

# @ChrisAlbon Yep. Soviet style too. I think manufacturing jobs stimulus is smarter than our own service jobs approach though in this economy 11:39 PM Mar 2nd from web in reply to ChrisAlbon

# 2009 increase is due to weak dollar 11:30 PM Mar 2nd from web

# $29 billion (959 billion rubles) in 2008, $32.5 billion (1.06 trillion rubles) in 2009, and $58.8 billion (1.92 billion rubles) in 2010. 11:30 PM Mar 2nd from web

# Russia Defense Budget: $31 billion (1 trillion rubles) for arms in 2009 compared with less than $3 billion in 1998 11:29 PM Mar 2nd from web

# Putin: Russia will spend over $125 billion (4 trillion rubles) for additional military armaments by 2011 to stimulate economy 11:28 PM Mar 2nd from web

# Russian stimulus plan: manufacture its way out of its economic depression with defense, instead of relying on the financial sector. 11:26 PM Mar 2nd from web

# CNAS is poised to exploit "New Media" in ways other Think Tanks and the DoD aren't ready for. http://tinyurl.com/dbr8rc 12:42 AM Mar 2nd from web

# @jayrosen_nyu This is a topic that you should weigh in on. Your next speaking engagement waiting to happen IMO http://tinyurl.com/c5m9zx 7:54 PM Mar 1st from web

# The Small Wars Journal has a new media must read up, the PDF in this post. http://tinyurl.com/c5m9zx 6:26 PM Mar 1st from web

# @xanderf We need better battery power R&D and Innovation before AIP makes sense for the US. Collins replacement in AUS will give us some exp 6:19 PM Mar 1st from web in reply to xanderf

# @ChrisAlbon The Indian Ocean is the Navy's new map. The Pacific is important, but every maritime problem exists in the Indian Ocean today 11:34 AM Feb 28th from web in reply to ChrisAlbon

# Save money with conventional submarines? http://tinyurl.com/d276kz Yea right, can I see a cost analysis of logistics please? 11:33 AM Feb 28th from web

# This is actually kindof funny. Royal Navy may have to protect Iraqi Navy from pirates? http://tinyurl.com/apazl8 11:29 AM Feb 28th from web

# Norway pondering whether to fight pirates, could send Navy to Somalia http://tinyurl.com/a9tsnv 11:25 AM Feb 28th from web

# India begins building their first aircraft carrier http://tinyurl.com/adnauc 11:25 AM Feb 28th from web

# What Russian Navy wishful thinking looks like http://tinyurl.com/cqxq5t 11:24 AM Feb 28th from web

# Jordan looking to buy small motherships as OPV. http://tinyurl.com/aweyx9 9:58 AM Feb 28th from web

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