What is #the5 and what does it mean?

It’s no secret that I read a great deal. The first hour or so of every workday (the quiet time before other SHIFT employees arrive) is spent reading, researching, learning, whether it’s social media, email marketing, search engine optimization, or just what’s new and notable.

Using the hashtag #the5, I’ll let you know about 5 things that caught my eye in the morning news. It might be marketing, search, social media, amusing silly fun, or heck, even big World of Warcraft news. Whatever’s interesting and of note in the morning reading, it’ll get tagged #the5.

Obviously, this would be a great deal more interesting if you participated, too. Yes, there’s Google+. Yes, there’s all different ways of sharing stuff. #the5 is just a more casual way of doing it, and it’s focused on the start of the workday, interesting things that catch your mind and eye before the day gets busy. It might be a photo, a tweet, a video, whatever.

I look forward to seeing what catches your eye as you start your day.


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  • http://thelostjacket.com Stuart Foster

    Interesting idea…

    Like it Chris. Will stay tuned.

  • http://djsteen.com/wp djsteen

    Giddy idea, Chris!

    I'm going to add a #the5 column to my TweetDeck and I look forward to participating from time to time, too. :)

  • http://thelostjacket.com Stuart Foster

    Interesting idea…

    Like it Chris. Will stay tuned.

  • http://djsteen.com/wp djsteen

    Giddy idea, Chris!

    I'm going to add a #the5 column to my TweetDeck and I look forward to participating from time to time, too. :)

  • http://twitter.com/rdlynch Reagan Lynch

    What an awesome idea.

  • http://www.reaganlynch.com/disqus Reagan Lynch

    What an awesome idea.

  • apparelqueen1

    I like this idea and will be looking forward to your #the5 in 2010! Happy New Year!

  • apparelqueen1

    I like this idea and will be looking forward to your #the5 in 2010! Happy New Year!

  • http://thoughtbythought.net Tre

    Clever. Its a concise way to know when you're posting recommendeds and how much to expect. i like it. Thanks Chris.

  • http://thoughtbythought.net/ Tresha Thorsen

    Clever. Its a concise way to know when you're posting recommendeds and how much to expect. i like it. Thanks Chris.

  • Louise Forman

    Love this idea! Definitely what Twitter's about for me.

  • Louise Forman

    Love this idea! Definitely what Twitter's about for me.

  • http://stevegarfield.com stevegarfield

    Very cool idea. Better than the numbers that I never understood.

    This I get. :-)

  • http://stevegarfield.com stevegarfield

    Very cool idea. Better than the numbers that I never understood.

    This I get. :-)

  • http://twitter.com/bobledrew Bob LeDrew

    I like this idea and am gonna play along.

  • http://twitter.com/bobledrew Bob LeDrew

    I like this idea and am gonna play along.

  • http://www.ivanwalsh.com Ivan Walsh

    plz share the stats…seeing what catches your eye as you start your day. we're info junkies too…

  • http://www.ivanwalsh.com Ivan Walsh

    plz share the stats…seeing what catches your eye as you start your day. we're info junkies too…

  • http://www.ivanwalsh.com Ivan Walsh

    plz share the stats…seeing what catches your eye as you start your day. we're info junkies too…

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  • http://twitter.com/WebsterU_Biz Charla Lord

    Great insight and idea. I’m a life-long learner who really appreciates the information. http://blogs.webster.edu/sbt/

  • http://paulgailey.com Paul Gailey

     why not 3? @cspenncspenn