lol. so misinformed, so so misinformed. i find that it really enriches my life. in ways that many other media do not.
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > Exactly my point: Twitter is useless. > > > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 2:11 PM, PT <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I am late to the party wheeeeee >> >> I am also late to the whole twitter thing. I knew how useful it is, but >> I never took the time to get into it. >> >> I created a twitter account for my book projects. I intended to just >> use it to provide status updates on my progress and toss out some >> tidbits now and then .. get my name out there. Then I thought, "How >> could this be useful for someone besides me, while helping me at the >> same time?" So, I am also updating my feeds with progress on the >> loooong tedious process of getting published and sharing any wisdom >> gained along the way. >> >> Within 2 days, 3 publishers and 2 agents started following me, including >> Penguin Books. Now I have somewhat of a direct line to these people and >> they can see what I am doing. Like Ras said, the level of access is >> unprecedented. >> >> I also started following other authors, like Neil Gaimen. He is pretty >> active. Then there are the publishers and agents I started following. I >> am getting some personal insight into an industry I know almost nothing >> about just by watching what these people say and how they think. This >> is a big thing, as Erika pointed out. For example, I found out there is >> a general consensus that if your book opens with some "dark and stormy >> night" scene, or you use the first chapter to introduce all of the >> characters, in the trash it goes. Some feeds also constantly throw out >> tips and topics, and information about seminars and other author related >> events, some local to me. It is so much easier having it dumped on me >> than weeding through Google searches to find it. >> >> I am also loosely affiliated with an online game company. The artists >> and developers are constantly tweeting about what they are working on >> and giving an almost real time status on things when problems arise. >> The tweets about what is coming and the teasers they put out keep the >> players excited. Excited players spend money. Letting the players know >> what is going on when technical problems pop up prevents pissed-off >> players. People will tolerate a lot when they are kept informed. >> Non-pissed-off players don't take their money elsewhere. They also >> don't spam the forums and harass us in-game mods. A 30 second tweet by >> one person saves hours of work for one or more others. >> >> Twitter is like any other tool or technology; It's value depends on how >> you use it. >> >> Oh! Also, how many of us here get news or topics we might not have >> otherwise known about? How much do we benefit from having personal >> opinions attached to that? Twitter is kind of like a CF-Community >> digest, digest. >> >> That was longer than I planned. Now to lurk until I am called forth >> once more. >> >> On 4/4/2011 1:00 PM, G Money wrote: >> > >> > On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Tony Weeg<[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> I'd love to hear why. I really would. >> >> >> > >> > I dunno....I'm just anti-social I guess. >> > >> > Other people just don't hold much interest for me......which is probably >> why >> > I don't understand the fascination with reality TV...or even cell phones. >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:335963 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
