Introduction to Twitter
A coworker shared this link with me from New York Times writer, David Pogue.
Pogue is one of my favorite podcasters because he shows off new technology in such a quick and humorous way. I highly recommend you visit iTunes to subscribe to his podcasts.’
The article is titled “Twittering Tips for Beginners” and it comes from David’s column in the NYT for January 15, 2009.
In his brief outline of the program, David provides some tips for the new user:
1) Don’t just go to the site. Use an app to monitor your Tweets (and yes, he explains what Tweets are!) or feed them to your phone.
2) There are public and private Tweets.
3) Don’t feel you must respond to every Tweet. Nor do you have to subscribe to everyone.
4) Don’t Tweet about what you are doing right now! Use this resource to post interesting questions, links, articles, discussions. People don’t care about the mundane experiences you are experiencing because they are experiencing their own. (Amen!)
He also relates some insight into how Twitter has been used for even some basic troubleshooting help on a computer.
It is a good article and it can be helpful to explain to the use of Twitter to a broader audience than just technology geeks. A good addition to this may be to also share the Common Craft video on Twitter.
