Long-Distance Relationships Can Work
Twitter may be proof that long-distance relationships can work.
Recently, I've made some new friends. Right here at my desk at work. People I wouldn't have met anywhere else. Folks I wouldn't have bumped into at all on the street. That would be impossible because most of these interesting people live hundreds of miles or more away from me.
We've been listening to each other for a long time, without saying too much. We have short, pithy comments for each other from time to time but we don't feel the need to say too much. The fact that we're connected already tells us a lot about what we have in common.
These people have some really interesting things to say about the business of CLE, about social media and legal news, and even about the practice of law in Illinois and about some of our IICLE prdoucts. These are my "tweeps." They follow me on Twitter and I follow them.
One of them (Tim Baran, aka @uMCLE) recently wrote a really gracious blog post about the new IICLE web site and about our use of social media to connect with and educate lawyers and legal professionals. I hope you'll read this post and take some time to read more of his work. He's got a lot of interesting and innovative things to say about how CLE is provided in this new century and he's a true advocate for the use of social media in that regard.