Micro-resume: selling yourself in 140 characters

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As someone who gets almost all of my work through social networking of one kind or another, I don't necessarily think this is a "dumb fad." In my field, if you aren't participating in the community and putting your thoughts and ideas out into the world for others to see, comment on, and even argue with, you will quite simply be overlooked for the truly interesting work.

That said, other than posting if/when I have windows of time available for new projects, I've never tried to craft a "micro-resume." So for fun, I just wrote one. This is a modification of what is posted as the bio/user info on the Twitter account I use for professional purposes. (Which is not the same as the accounts I use for personal tweets or for totally anonymous whiny/angsty tweets.)

Here it is, in 125 characters:
Information Architect. Relentless Researcher. User Experience Nerd. Marketing Cynic. Making experiences suck less since 1998.

Edited to add: The point of this kind of thing wouldn't be as the primary communication method of your professional history and qualifications. It's to get the attention of a recruiter, hiring manager, or decision maker. It's just another communication channel, and for some fields, participating isn't optional if you want to keep working.