by Matthew Rehrl MD | Twitter, Writing
From a writer’s perspective, I am curious about my use of emojis. When I use them—which mostly on Twitter—is it as a shortcut, a writing crutch, a tool to use because I am either too lazy or too craft-deficient to write with more nuance and elegance? Or do they expand...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Twitter, Writing
Last week was my #MyTwitterAnniversary! 13,400 tweets over 9 years. That’s roughly 4 tweets a day. But have I ever written one great tweet? One real tweet? One true tweet? Or, quoting Hemingway (rather than JRR Tolkien, and “one tweet to rule them all!”), have I done...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Social Media, Twitter
Healthcare organizations: take a hard look at the CDC’s Twitter growth during “Times of Covid. ” Although some social media growth from the governmental branch—which is a nexus in fighting this pandemic—should be expected, going from 1 1/4 million to 3 1/2 million in...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Twitter, Twitter Ethics
I am not a big fan of flags. To me, flags are often less about unifying people, as they are about unifying people against “the other.” I suspect this utility of being a tool against the other is based on their first use as a military tool, 5000 years ago, on the...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Twitter, Writing
In the November/December 2020 Writer’s Digest interview with the writing power couple Zadie Smith and Nick Laird—both who are well known to shun social media and smartphones—Mr. Laird said: Twitter is certainly an interesting experiment, but unfortunately, it’s an...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Twitter
Last week I nearly did something I try my best not to do. Tweeting angry. I’ve done it before, “calling out” a company who had an employee who was rude to my wife, and I still—years later— feel guilty about it. (Why guilty? Because I had momentarily...
