Random follow #124 - @missaimeejean

Today @missaimeejean managed to post her 2,000th tweet.  To some people a milestone such as this may appear to be not that big a deal but for those of us in the know every time you clock up another 1,000 tweets that is some hard work right there.

Evert tweet we share, every comment we make, every time we hit the post button we share a little bit more of ourselves with the world.  And as you start clocking up the tweets you begin to feel more and more part of the social media world.

Aimee is one really lovely young lady.  She is sweet and kind and likes to let her friends know that she is there for them.  She is also someone who is keen to grab an opportunity and go for it.  Being a google ambassador is certainly a step in the right direction for someone who is aspiring to achieve bigger, better and greater things in her life.  And what we don't always realize or have a knowledge of is how much what we do affects and influences the lives of others.

Aimee is a keen television watcher and has a keen eye for talent -

"Was wary of @1stanwalker decision to take @IamAnnaWilson 2live shows- BUT oh my goodness what a gd choice! Amazing song #fabulous #xfactornz"

She is also someone who takes great pride in her personal appearance.  Especially with a favorite color of pink - 

"Gym time"

She is a smart cookie - 

"Marking a students work for a 100 level paper at Otago University who spelt Dunedin as Dunedinnd throughout their assessment #mustbeajoke"

She is a dedicated student - 

"I want to listen to my iPod, but I have to listen to my law lecture recordings #dilemma #lawstudent #lawstudentproblems"

An optimist - 

"Just found an old lotto ticket in one of my jacket pockets .. I wonder if its one of the million $ ones tht has nvr been claimed #hopeful"

Just so you know this law student doesn't have time to fluff around with frivolous tweets, not nice tweets or other tweets that just generally aren't nice.  Aimee is someone (so it appears tp me) to be someone who is dedicated to both improving herself and being an example for others to follow.  From that starting point she creates an example others can follow.

And with a combination of studies including - law, politics and commerce - you'd best be keeping your eyes on this young lass 'cos in the future she may just end up running the country.

Random folow #109 - @JCELaw

There have been a number of attempts to write a profile on @JCELaw.  Three or four in the last few months but we have never quite been able to nail down the approach to it.  Ladies and gentlemen I think we may have just broken through that barrier.  Watch this.

J is for John.  That's is first name.  Everybody say "Hello John!"

C is for Copyright.  Which is a large part of his profession and his practice.  So what he does is make sure that the people who come up with the good ideas or who create original material get the rewards they deserve for their brilliance.

E is for Entertaining.  Which are what a majority of his tweets are.  Such as -

"In the last few years I've cringed through more and more versions of Leonard Cohen's magnificent "Hallelujah". But #TenTenors? #ENOUGH!"

"Twitter confirms that arrested Boston Bomber is Rolf Harris"

"To be fair - a kiwi did split the atom first, so technically its "our technology""

L is for Law.  *insert stereo typical bad lawyer joke here*.  To be honest I haven't found or noticed that many lawyers who do tweet.  What @JCELaw has done is carve out a niche offering of services that he calls 'Information Law'.  Smart move!

A is for Advice.  John gets to go on the wireless from time to time and tell New Zealand how he thinks the law should be applied to various situations and cases.  Recently he did this for the GCSB issues that the NZ Government has struggled to communicate.  Every lawyer, somewhere deep inside them, has a calling to assist and help with the greater good.  For @JCELaw that is no different.  Its just that he sees peoples rights in a different way and in different contexts.

W is for (all sorts of things but we won't be saying those things here) Wellington.  The center of most things domestic law focused in New Zealand.  More commercial and international law is based out of Auckland (given the bigger multinational companies are based there).  But if one wants to be a mover and a shaker then Wellington is the shizz.  And to be honest Auckland is only an hour away be plane anyway.

He is also a man of many anecdotes and ineresting stories.  One in particular that is well worth noting is this one which was published on ANZAC day -

"My dad chilled in Fiji during WWII - with the Metservice. Saw no action - was not hero. Once invented a cyclone which delayed things tho."

Mr Edwards does not beat around the bush with his tweets and neither does he fluff around too much with the uninteresting, unimportant and cats.  (Those things may be one and the same but I leave that judgement up to you to make).  And that ladies and gentlemen is a very brief introduction to one of twitter New Zealand's hidden gems.