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Chewie and I decided to take a stab at getting on television so we put together a pilot to try and get the Galactic Broadcast Network to fund a series. It was a space Odd Couple remake thing, but it turns out that Yoda and Luke were filming their own pilot which the network did make. A BJ and The Bear spinoff Luke? Really? No one wants to see you your little green wrinkly pal get into adventures. Chewie and I are where the money is. Needless to say GBN cancelled their show after only airing 2 episodes due to poor ratings. Suckers!!
I’m So Busy Tweet
February 13th, 2010 
socialmediahansolo Social Media Han Solo believes sending out Tweets telling folks about how busy you are at work just to brag about it so that you and your business look cool…well that’s just doesn’t sit well with my hyperdrive (which is currently broken and I’m busy working on…but that’s not important). Now before you start saying “Now wait just a minute Social Media Han Solo”, let me clarify this a little.
The occasional “Damn I’m totally Dagobah swamped here today. This sucks worse than that Mos Eisley Cantina house band” tweet is totally fine and expected. This however is not cool and should raise an immediate guru warning flag, “Busy at Smugglers Inc. today. Admiral Ackbar is here & loves his new ItsATrap.Com site, webinar for Trade Federation plus lunch with Palpatine and Jabba”.
Notice the difference? The first is natural conversation and is how you would talk to your buddies if you were sitting around together…the second is douchetastic name dropping and self promotion. Sure the occasional name drop tweet is fine…but gurus do this constantly…BIG difference. Let’s face facts…most folks are always going to be busy at work…ya know, cause it’s work. If work wasn’t busy…well they may not be tweeting about being at work much longer. Keep it real out there space travelers…you’re our only hope.
I’ll Be Right Back Tweeps
February 13th, 2010 socialmediahansolo “I’m boarding a Bantha II – Cargo Skiff taking me from Jabba the Hut’s palace out into the desert to drop me into the mouth of a Sarlacc inside the Great Pit of Carkoon so I’ll be off Twitter/Facebook for an hour”. That folks is a prime example of what you will never see Social Media Han Solo tweet out or post as a status update on Facebook. Just board your damn space cruiser or go fix that malfunctioning droid or whatever it is you need to go do away from your computer or smartphone…just don’t announce you’re stepping away like you need to prepare us for your departure. All because you think the digital social media world stops when you are away, doesn’t mean it actually does. Typical social media guru douchebaggyness.
Twitter Guru Name Dropping
February 13th, 2010 socialmediahansolo Social Media Han Solo is extremely against interacting with and buddying up with the lame self proclaimed Social Media gurus out there just on the outside chance they throw you a bone by mentioning your Twitter name in a post. Too often folks out there think they have to kiss the asses of these people by filling up the Twittersphere with mentions of their names, ReTweets of their nonsense, and commenting on their blog posts. Then to add more hot air they follow that up by Tweeting that they did comment in order to drop the guru’s name again just so they see it and tweet out a thanks. All you are is a follower number and a mindless drone to them that serve no other purpose in their mind than someone to spill their garbage out across the Interwebs like a leaky Imperial freighter.
Take my old buddy Lando as a prime example here. He was so brainwashed into thinking that Darth Vader and the Empire would get his back that he even tried to turn over your main man Han here and my buddies to them. He let himself get so caught up in what he thought these asshats were going to do for him, that he lost sight of his own true character and what he could do for himself. Let’s face fact, Lando is a charismatic Colt 45 drinking super pimp and he didnt need any help from the Empire or their ego-centric friends. He could have taken care of Cloud City on his own merit and would have ended up being a much better and stronger leader because of it.
Unplug Yourself
February 13th, 2010 socialmediahansolo Social Media Han Solo believes there is such a thing as being too connected to the Digital Media matrix too much of the time. Sometimes it is nice to step away from the computer and the iPhone screens so you can take a moment alone to relax where you don’t have to reply or retweet or comment on a blog. The bathroom is a prime escape pod to lock yourself in for those precious moments without interruption, but for most of us the days of reading a few pages of your favorite magazine or newspaper have long since passed and have now been replaced by checking Twitter and Facebook updates. I practice this checked out quiet time in the latrine on Port Corridor side of the Millenium Falcon all the time while out speeding thru the galaxy (don’t tell C3PO though cause if he knew where I was he would stand outside the door blabbing about something to me). Sure it can be hard as there is just so much more stuff going on around the internet to keep up with these days, but even if using your restroom break time is your only chance to unconnect from the electronic world you should just follow this Stormtrooper’s lead pictured below and simply unplug yourself.
