chilohm
Jack Sloan
Anyone else on Twitter?
twitter.com/jacksloan
twitter.com/jacksloan
Thardy
Veteran
I haven't figured it out. How does it work? Is it similar to facebook?
35mmdelux
Veni, vidi, vici
They have a hard time scaling and accepting new registrants.
Thardy
Veteran
Apparently I have an account. Now following Jack Sloan. 
Pickett Wilson
Veteran
I have a hard enough time keeping up without constant tweets coming in. 
chilohm
Jack Sloan
Twitter is like a super pared-down version of Facebook. All you can do is update your profile, and you only have 140 characters. Your profile is public and anyone can "follow you" which means that they can read your updates. Likewise you can follow anyone else. It's great for following trends and news, but rubbish for detailing your trip to the psychiatrist... I find it useful in my work as a teacher as I am networked with similarly minded teachers across the world, and so it might be useful here too.
You can post hyperlinks too, which means if you wrote a post here (for example) you could let all of your followers know about it. They could follow the link from there to here.
Cheers,
Jack.
You can post hyperlinks too, which means if you wrote a post here (for example) you could let all of your followers know about it. They could follow the link from there to here.
Cheers,
Jack.
Yammerman
Well-known
Don't really get twitter but I'm a herd animal so I'll follow.
bmattock
Veteran
maddoc
... likes film again.
What is "twitter" / "facebook" ? 
dedmonds
Established
martin s
Well-known
What is "twitter" / "facebook" ?![]()
I wish I could go back. Just don't type those words into Google (search engine, to be found at www.google.com) and you'll live a happy, productive live.
martin
maddoc
... likes film again.
I wish I could go back. Just don't type those words into Google (search engine, to be found at www.google.com) and you'll live a happy, productive live.
martin
The good old times, when I had to write my emails on a IBM RS6000 (AIX system) using the ex-editor.
35mmdelux
Veni, vidi, vici
Back in the day when my complete exposure to computers was ferrying around a dolly full of index cards for the mainframe. I thought it was a dead-end job.
jarski
Veteran
Back in the day when my complete exposure to computers was ferrying around a dolly full of index cards for the mainframe. I thought it was a dead-end job.
when I started, world of computing had progressed to era of floppies
http://twitter.com/jarnonevala (but its pretty idle)
martin s
Well-known
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The good old times, when I had to write my emails on a IBM RS6000 (AIX system) using the ex-editor.![]()
martin
Pablito
coco frío
I don't get the appeal of Twitter, tried it. Facebook on the other hand has been very useful.
Joe Vitessa
Well-known
Facebook was fun for about three weeks, as old schoolmates came out of the woodwork. Twitter, unless you work for a news-dispersal organization, is completely ridiculous. "Social networking," in general, is another indication of how narcissistic our U.S. culture has become. Everybody has something to say and we expect others to be interested.
martin s
Well-known
Everybody has something to say and we expect others to be interested.
So your idea of 'social' involves a lot of silence, huh?
martin
chilohm
Jack Sloan
Facebook was fun for about three weeks, as old schoolmates came out of the woodwork. Twitter, unless you work for a news-dispersal organization, is completely ridiculous. "Social networking," in general, is another indication of how narcissistic our U.S. culture has become. Everybody has something to say and we expect others to be interested.
I don't think you should be interested in what I say. I might be interested in what you say though...
I use Twitter for very specific purposes, mainly to promote and develop my class blog (I am a teacher - class blog here) and to get news and advice on technical stuff. You may not be interested in using it, which is no problem.
I thought it might be an easy way to tell people about new photos on the web, to link to photographers and their websites, and to keep in touch in a less formal way than a forum.
I take your point about the consumer culture and about some peoples' need to feel listened to, but these things are tools which you can use (or not) as you wish. One does not have to use these things in the manner you describe.
Cheers,
Jack.
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
Twitter was cool until it got hyper-overhyped.
Larry King "uses" it. 'nuff said.
Larry King "uses" it. 'nuff said.
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