>> Remember, you only see the tweets of those you choose to follow; I think of >> 'twitter' as short for 'twit filter' sometimes!<<
Should I be worried that I had the same exact thought? <g> >> I have always enjoyed learning about new stuff. Twitter, IMO, is an >> excellent way to get exposed to new stuff that is likely to be interesting and relevant. Oh, and sometimes fun, too.<< Well put Ed. I agree. I was skeptical when I started out. It is the nuggets of information and the ability of my mind to look at both sides of any discussion that have helped Twitter bring value to my life. You also might get a different perspective of people you know. For instance, Rick Strahl struggles with development like regular developers. Who would a thought? Phil Sherwood was microblogging the Business of Software conference. I was very jealous because I wanted to go, but my schedule was not allowing it to happen. His tweets made me look up some stuff and I have it tucked away in the WLC KB. One silly example of something where Twitter helped me out in a big way. I was tweeting about some problems with the USPS screwing up my snail mail in a big way. Not long after this I got an email with some suggestions on where to go and how to present my case to get some resolution. I was venting/ranting, yet I got solutions. My suggestion is to try something like Twitter for 2 weeks. Worst case scenario, you dump it and lose a few minutes a day reading the dribble of the people you follow. I have a Facebook account, LinkedIn account, a new Plaxo account too (other "social networking" venues). I am not sure the value these bring yet, except the LinkedIn account allowed me to search down some former co-workers that I lost touch with. Not sure that would have happened another way. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
