Why Twitter?  What is the appeal of virtual stalking unless you're a celebrity or politician desperate for attention?  Other than Hunter S. Thompson, I'm not sure who'd I want to follow?  My problem is  Hunter S. Thompson is dead. 
     As professional realtors we're inundated with invitations from social networking sites like Facebook,  LinkedIn, Plaxo, Ning,  Twitter, Merchant's Circle, and that's just the tip of the iceburg. When is enough, enough?
     To participate on any of these sites takes time. But, is it time well spent?  These sites have been around for a couple of years.  Have these sites lived up to their promises or, as Wired Magazine reported in their June issue this year in an article called  "Chaos Theory"  Nicholas Carr argues that the riot of information from the Internet shatters our focus and rewires our brain. Carr suggests that,"the Internet is an interruption system. It seizes our attention only to scramble it, that media multitaskers are suckers for irrelevancy, and that we're training our brains to pay attention to the crap." Carr's book The Shallow; What the Internet is doing to our brains will be available later this year.
     For more information about myself, and the real estate services I provide visit me at Facebook  (email: MDLomas@gmail.com) or you can follow me on Twitter at  Twitter  (MarkLomas).  Ironic hunh?