Weekend read: My weekly share on Twitter, with favorites and a job

Twitter's up to 200 million tweets per day, or more when the President holds a Twitter town hall. But once a week, I try to pare it down for you. This weekly read excludes tweets about my blogs and offers a selection of tweets from others I shared, usually good reads, smart data, and trends I'm watching. Find me on Twitter as @dontgetcaught and check out these items that caught my eye this week:

• Turned tables: The New York Times finally told tech reporter David Pogue to stop doing paid speaking gigs in which he tells PR people how to successfully pitch the paper, something he has been widely criticized for doing.
• Whoa, there: Businesses jumped right in to start making profiles on Google+, which launched this week--but Google warns you should wait, or face deletion. Business entities can join a test group for organizational profiles, however.
• We must be getting smarter: One in three mobile phones is now a smartphone, says new data.
• How to get creative? Stop, says this executive.   I loved this: "I think about work the same way I think about the weather. Sometimes it's snowy or rainy or foggy at work. When that happens, I stay 'inside'—and take care of the busy work, the boring stuff, the small things that need to get done. But when things warm up, it's time to head 'outside,' to get creative, focus on the interesting problems, and ride the wave of creativity as long as it lasts." Thoughtful read, and encouraging.
• Power tools? These are tools for Twitter power users, 3 creative options to try. Are you using these? What do you think?
• QR codes you can really use: Boxmeup uses QR codes to help you remember, quickly, what's in storage boxes. I wish I could hire someone to do this for me...
• The job: The German Marshall Fund is seeking an online communications specialist, based in Washington, DC. A great communications shop!

Some items I favorited to read later:

• An opp for your experts: Scientific American is launching a blog network, including some that are looking for submissions from scientists and students.
• Creativity drives my work, so I'm looking forward to digging into this look at creative leadership by Ken Robinson.

Thanks again for reading!

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