The NYT has an interesting article this morning about celebrities and others who hire assistants to tweet for them.

[S]omeone has to do all that writing, even if each entry is barely a sentence long. In many cases, celebrities and their handlers have turned to outside writers — ghost Twitterers, if you will — who keep fans updated on the latest twists and turns, often in the star’s own voice.

Ghost tweeting is not currently a part of Prequent’s EQ service, and I’m not sure I endorse the idea, even for companies.  (Comments I’ve read on the article often distinguished between individuals and companies, arguing that it is somehow more acceptable for companies to hire third-party tweeters.)

Via http://tinyurl.com/cged6h

Critical thinker George Rebane has an insightful post about the fact that the Stimulus Package “isn’t denominated in real money.”  He goes on to propose, in lieu of a more-radical return to asset-backed currency, a business practice to simulate the same:

I propose that we start writing into our contracts, loan agreements, purchase agreements, etc. that the accounts will be cleared in dollar amounts based on the spot price of, say, gold (or another suitable commodity) on the date the account is due.

This is the second time in a week that smart people I know have been discussing alternative currencies….

via Rebane’s Ruminations