I resisted the Twitter for a long time, but no longer!
I'm no stranger to the social networks. (Remember Orkut? Friendster?) I've been using Plaxo for years as a way to keep up with people's address changes. (It's still good for that, even as they try and make it more of a social network.) Then there's LinkedIn, which is hugely helpful for work (and looking for work) in all kinds of ways. It's by far the best business networking tool since the Rolodex.
Enter Facebook. (Yeepers, I need a new photograph.) At first I thought, what do I need to join Facebook for? I've got a blog. (Which, of course, everyone in the world is reading, right?) But I eventually caved and signed up, although I refuse to superpoke or give out eggs or any of that silliness (any more). I mean, everyone has a Facebook account now, right? (Welcome aboard, Chris!)
But Twitter? Really? I mean, I have a blog and Facebook now -- do I really need another means of broadcasting my minutiae to the world at large? Kerim was the one who convinced me, with this post: Twitter for Facebook Users. He quotes: "Twitter does one small thing, and does it well." As I'm a sucker for simplicity 1 I thought I'd try it out. And yeah, it does do that one thing really well.
To keep myself sane, I'm using HelloTxt so I can update all my networks via email. (I still don't do SMS.) I have one account that will update my status on business networks (Plaxo and LinkedIn) and another for personal networks (Twitter and Facebook), because presumably my professional network does not really want to know what I'm having for breakfast.
If you want you can follow Ishbadiddle via twitter, at least if the plugin works. It should tweet the latest posts. (And this is me).
So, do you Tweet?
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"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." -- supposedly Einstein, but no source cited.
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I've used twitter for a month or two, and I like it. I tend to write really long stuff on my blog, so it fills a niche. I could really do without Facebook, I've decided. It mixes friends, family, coworkers, and acquaintances in a way I don't really like. It seems to do many thing in a kind of annoying way, more annoying at least than blogs, twitter, and Flickr.
The only downside of twitter that I've noticed so far is the rampantness of the xposting btw twitter, Facebook, and blogs. I don't need to see what anybody ate for lunch three times.
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