On Thursday March 19, the 12for12k Challenge supporters raised more than $13,000 in 12 hours via a charity tweet-a-thon. This was for Share Our Strength, which combats child hunger in the US.

Put that into context:

* Enough meals to feed almost 14,000 pre-school kids
* Enough funds to allow more than 500,000 families to feed their kids during the school summer break.

I hope Leonard Pitts is reading this, because I'd like to ask him when was the last time he fed 14,000 pre-schoolers or made a difference in the lives of over half a million families?

Guess it's tough coming to terms with being irrelevant…

On Thursday March 19, the 12for12k Challenge supporters raised more than $13,000 in 12 hours via a charity tweet-a-thon. This was for Share Our Strength, which combats child hunger in the US.

Put that into context:

* Enough meals to feed almost 14,000 pre-school kids
* Enough funds to allow more than 500,000 families to feed their kids during the school summer break.

I hope Leonard Pitts is reading this, because I'd like to ask him when was the last time he fed 14,000 pre-schoolers or made a difference in the lives of over half a million families?

Guess it's tough coming to terms with being irrelevant…

On Thursday March 19, the 12for12k Challenge supporters raised more than $13,000 in 12 hours via a charity tweet-a-thon. This was for Share Our Strength, which combats child hunger in the US.

Put that into context:

* Enough meals to feed almost 14,000 pre-school kids
* Enough funds to allow more than 500,000 families to feed their kids during the school summer break.

I hope Leonard Pitts is reading this, because I'd like to ask him when was the last time he fed 14,000 pre-schoolers or made a difference in the lives of over half a million families?

Guess it's tough coming to terms with being irrelevant…

And as for Twitter and what it “does,” all I can say is just that—it “does.” As in, unlike any other form of media I've experienced in my lifetime or career (ranging from journalist, snarky columnist (Hello, Pitt), blogger and copywriter), IT HAS AGENCY. It moves you places. It has a current. If you're not very, very careful, it will wash away all the jaded cynicism you've worked a lifetime to build up about “people.”

Steer clear, Pitt. It's not for you. Very dangerous stuff.

Thanks, Scott. Valiant.

Miss Ive

And as for Twitter and what it “does,” all I can say is just that—it “does.” As in, unlike any other form of media I've experienced in my lifetime or career (ranging from journalist, snarky columnist (Hello, Pitt), blogger and copywriter), IT HAS AGENCY. It moves you places. It has a current. If you're not very, very careful, it will wash away all the jaded cynicism you've worked a lifetime to build up about “people.”

Steer clear, Pitt. It's not for you. Very dangerous stuff.

Thanks, Scott. Valiant.

Miss Ive

It's like saying the New York Times is the same as Hustler because they're both print magazines. Tarring with the same brush is a dangerous approach to take and is just the Pitts… (see what I did there? No? Okay, I'm going home…) :)

It's like saying the New York Times is the same as Hustler because they're both print magazines. Tarring with the same brush is a dangerous approach to take and is just the Pitts… (see what I did there? No? Okay, I'm going home…) :)