Must. Be. AWESOME!!!

So I decided to do it: I applied for Twitter’s Government Liaison job.

Despite how much I’ve shat on government in the past, I’m really excited about the prospect of being “the Twitter guy” in DC. I have a lot of fun on Twitter. I like the short, true-to-life conversational aspect of the form. Twitter is such an ideal, simple cannon for quick, bite-sized bombs of AWESOME. All of us peeps in DC need a little more AWESOME, and I see Twitter as an objective delivery device more and more every day.

Now, this is a public policy position. It’s obvious from the job description that Twitter wants to develop an influential presence amongst policymakers in our fair government. There is a huge opportunity here to build some connective tissue between legislators, policymakers, commercial folks, a host of non-governmental organizations, state and local government, and citizens. I want to show Congress how AWESOME we can make our global communities. I want to show people some of the AWESOME things happening in government they never get to see or hear about. I want to connect with more people, more often, mo’ bettah.

Can Twitter provide that connective tissue? You bet your ass. And for those of you following me on Twitter, you know how much I love it. Twitter is AWESOME. It is insanely great, to use Umair Haque‘s manifesto. I want to show more people how to use it to help them achieve great things. That’s why I’ve put my hat into the ring for Twitter’s Government Liaison job.

But who just applies for a job and leaves it to fate? Not this guy.

I would LOVE having people’s support on this. If this isn’t worth doing big and AWESOME, it ain’t worth doing. So I’m asking for YOUR HELP. Here’s what we’ve gotta do:

• First, get a Twitter handle if you don’t have one.
• Show your support by tweeting “@Du4 for Twitter Government Liaison!” or something like that.
• Tag all your tweets with this hash: #Du4TwitterGov
• Link back to http://mustbeawesome.com.
• Participate in the coming discussions on Must. Be. AWESOME!!! about the job.
• Tell your friends and family on other social networks.

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I’ll start churning out thoughts, discussion, pingbacks, and other commentary that’s beginning to surface about Twitter’s entry into the gov arena here at Must. Be. AWESOME!!! Campaign Headquarters. To start, check out Andrew Wilson’s Top 10 Request for the New Twitter Gov Liaison. I’ll comment specifically on Andrew’s call to action in a subsequent post. Wouldn’t it be SUPERCOOL if this started as a simple job application but BLEW UP into a movement of some kind?

There’s probably someone insanely more qualified for this job, but I WANT IT. I want it like I want OASIS TO GET BACK TOGETHER. Like I want JOHN LENNON TO COME BACK FROM THE DEAD AND DO BATTLE WITH SARAH PALIN. This could be SO. COOL.

I hope you’re as excited about it as I am.

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