Twas the night before Christmas, when all through G+
All the circles were stirring, clicking their mice.
The profile photos had long since been done,
Creative Kit Santas replaced everyone.
Hangouts were hosted all snug from their beds,
While visions of antlers danced on their heads.
Talk to +Bobbi Jo Woods or get drawn by +Cliff Roth?
So I did my hair check and made sure my mic worked.
When in the background there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my hangout to see what was the matter.
To a backgrounded window I clicked like a flash,
New posts filled the stream so fast it might crash.
There were animated gifs of cats and calamities,
Pictures of quotes, words of wisdom, and vanities.
Many more than +Marcelo Almeida, it would appear,
But who'd caused such a ruckus with all of these shares?
With all of these postings, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment, this might be "his" shtick.
More rapid than eagles his call-outs they came,
Was it +matthew rappaport commenting and plusing by name?
"Now, +Tom Anderson from Myspace! Now, Shutterbugs +Trey Ratcliff and +Thomas Hawk! Now, +Dalai Lama, who's ranking neither photog has caught!
On, +Felicia Day, queen of geeks! On, +Guy Kawasaki, I think he writes books! On, +Scott Beale, always funny! On, +Robert Scoble, so serious, take a look!
To the top of the reshares! To the top of What's Hot! Share away! Plus away! Post away all!"
"Now, +Chris Pirillo the Geek! Now, +Amanda Blain Geek in Pink! Now, +Mike Elgan, lovable tech writer! And +Hillel Fuld, just as lovable if we could just pronounce his name! On, +Peter McDermott, "just a guy" (with 190,000+ friends)! On, +Robert Anderson, a polyglot guy! On +Florian Rohrweck, how to describe?! On +Michael Mozart, should be Santa's chief elf! +Morgan ABBOU, +stephanie wanamaker, +Ahmed Zeeshan, all of these names hard to spell yet added by more than a few!"
And then, in a twinkling, I saw in my header
My notifications advancing incredible.
It was Beetlejuice Tag and I was plus'd in,
+Carter Gibson, +Dan Soto, +M Monica, +Alyssa Milano, and +Wil Wheaton.
Then a profile I saw, dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
His clothes actually tarnished, not Photoshopped with ashes and soot.
This was no nym, his identity checked.
He looked like a peddler, but it was St. Nick!
He started a HIRL, filled with reindeer and elves, all so merry!
New features with cheeks just like roses, and noses like cherries!
On my screen his mouth was drawn up like a bow,
I adjusted my video to make it less so.
He held Google's new tablet (CES pictures were leaked),
And the glow it encircled his head like a wreath.
As he turned the screen to the cam with his red mittoned fist
+LaDonna Pride shouted out, "It's his Naughty & Nice List!"
He'd supercharged our streams, this jolly old elf,
Who looked a little like +William Shatner, I thought, in spite of myself.
But a wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
He spoke not a word, but was furiously typing,
Then he publicly posted, "This is better than Skyping!
On the naughty list, G Plusers, you have nothing to fear!
Except for +Mark Zuckerberg. Why is he here?"
Then he picked up his tablet, and to his HIRL gave a whistle,
And off camera they flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, 'ere he logged out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!"
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My apologies to all that were listed! To all that were not listed! And for the blatant use of the word "Skyping" just to get a rhyme. 😉
Tag +Keith Cramer +Dustin Cochran +Kristi Fahlsing +Rhonda Stewart +Emilio Boronali +Caroline Evebetty +Jake Marquart +Sheila Garl +Laurie Morrison
[EDIT 12/25] Apparently, as I should have already known by the state of my checkbook, numerical placeholders (and late night vision) are not my friends. I grossly exaggerated +Peter McDermott's followers on the scale of about, oh, a hundred thousand or so. I'll leave the original text as is, because (1) It's kind of funny now, after the comments I have read, (2) I can't change the shares, and (3) I have requested Peter, for the sake of my credibility to pick up another hundred thousand or so followers; so, I hope to be completely correct very soon. 😉
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