I have recently joined http://www.twitter.com/. It is described as a site for 'microblogging' and a social network service. I am joining every new web based social forum I can at the moment, as an experiment of their usefulness and worth!
For anyone who is on Facebook, you will understand that it is basically the updates application enhanced- you can tell the world what you are doing in an instant, and it is also a way of having a regular conversation with others. I believe its just taking off over here, but young people, marketing companies and Politicians alike have been using twitter for some time over in America. Its useful if you are out and about because you can update what you are doing from your phone. You can 'follow' different people's updates on the site, and you can also be 'followed' so that if someone is interested in you, you are reachable in an instant!
According to the Wikipedia site on twitter, it was started in San Francisco in 2006 as an internal company communication exercise, but it was launched officially later that year due to its instant success. People are now conducting interviews on twitter with renowned bloggers, and investigative Journalists are using it as a means of updating people on what they are doing for people who are interested in their work.
It is seen to be mre natural than a blog, which is often constructed with much thought and analysis, and can be amended constantly. Lets see how twitter takes off, and what will be the next new web phenomenon....
For anyone who is on Facebook, you will understand that it is basically the updates application enhanced- you can tell the world what you are doing in an instant, and it is also a way of having a regular conversation with others. I believe its just taking off over here, but young people, marketing companies and Politicians alike have been using twitter for some time over in America. Its useful if you are out and about because you can update what you are doing from your phone. You can 'follow' different people's updates on the site, and you can also be 'followed' so that if someone is interested in you, you are reachable in an instant!
According to the Wikipedia site on twitter, it was started in San Francisco in 2006 as an internal company communication exercise, but it was launched officially later that year due to its instant success. People are now conducting interviews on twitter with renowned bloggers, and investigative Journalists are using it as a means of updating people on what they are doing for people who are interested in their work.
It is seen to be mre natural than a blog, which is often constructed with much thought and analysis, and can be amended constantly. Lets see how twitter takes off, and what will be the next new web phenomenon....
2 comments:
Make sure you set Twitter up correctly though. It can be set to text you everytime someone you're following makes a post.. and if you are following 100 people then you'd have your phone "twittering" constantly. You can set it to update your Facebook status with your twitter, using the Twittersync app in Facebook.
Other similar apps to try are Jaiku and Pownce.
My advice would be to find the service you like the best, which fits into your way of working, and stick to just that. Otherwise you'll spend more time updating your presence than you will working.
yes i am only going to join twitter. there are other similar sites and I can't spend all my time on them as you note!
I haven't set it to my phone yet, as I'm not sure about that. I have my blackberry on me to access the internet wherever I go regardless.
thanks for the tips though.
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