I use Twitter, using @dougcornelius as my username, as a great way to keep in touch with friends, colleagues, interesting people and “weak ties.”

What Do I Twitter About?

I send tweets on a potpourri of topics: compliance, fraud, securities, knowledge management, enterprise 2.0, social networking, real estate, GeekDad, cycling and my paddling trips.

Feel free to browse my list of tweets. (They are public after all.)

Who am I?

You can read more about me on the About page here at Compliance Building or for a more personal side, the “About” page over at DougCornelius.com. To sum up my story, I am former lawyer at a big law firm, who worked in real estate, moved to knowledge management and now hold a job as Chief Compliance Officer at a real estate private equity firm based in Boston. I am also a contributor to Wired magazine’s parenting blog, GeekDad.

Will I follow You back?

Maybe. Are these true about your Twitter account?:

• Did you fail to upload a picture or avatar?
• Do you fail to put any information about yourself in your bio, location and website?
• Do you have more than two updates?
• Do you follow many more people than those that follow you?
• Do any of your recent updates make references to the need to achieve more followers?
• Are you going to send me an automatic message “thanks for the follow. . .”?
• Do you post updates only about your product or service?
• Are you a social media expert?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then I am unlikely to follow you. From FOLLOW FAIL: The Top 10 Reasons I Will Not Follow You in Return on Twitter.

Is there a Disclaimer

I am a lawyer, so of course there is a disclaimer. Please read my disclaimer.

Do I Use Other Twitter Accounts?

I also use @ComplianceBuild in Twitter to automatically publish blog posts into the Twitter stream. Twitter has become a powerful tool for searching on topics. I want to inject my blog posts into that pool of information.

How Can I Found Out More About Twitter

You may also be interested in some of these pieces on Twitter:

• Why I Love Twitter
• Twitter and Lawyers (and Legal Professionals)
• Lawyers and Twitter
• Lawyer Marketing with Twitter by Steve Matthews of Stem Legal
• Lawyer marketing with Twitter has arrived by Kevin O’Keefe of Lexblog
• Twitter in Plain English by CommonCraft
• Sixteen Reasons to Tweet on Twitter by Bob Ambrogi
• Twitter? It’s What You make of It by David Pogue in the New York Times