Comments on: How I Use Twitter http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/07/16/how-i-use-twitter/ Thoughts on Startups, Entrepreneurs and the Web Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:25:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/07/16/how-i-use-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-190245 Chris Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:53:55 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4925#comment-190245 I still actually *prefer* Google Reader for most blog following. I think Twitter is good when you are doing some digging into a very specific area and need to find very recent results, with people's personal spins on them. That's what I find Twitter good for. I still actually *prefer* Google Reader for most blog following. I think Twitter is good when you are doing some digging into a very specific area and need to find very recent results, with people's personal spins on them. That's what I find Twitter good for.

]]> By: Chris_Schmitt http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/07/16/how-i-use-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-190059 Chris_Schmitt Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:28:41 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4925#comment-190059 I use Twitter much as you describe: as an access to "content curators" (a great term). Twitter is great at getting interesting tidbits of information that you would never have seen via a news reader. Learning about the interesting things that other people are doing is a great motivator. I tweet or re-tweet any items that I think will be of interest to my followers. I follow anyone that has similar interests to myself and I'll unfollow anyone that consistently tweets about things that are trivial or depressing. Sometimes there's too much information to read and lately I've been using Favorites to tag them for review later. I shut down Twitter whenever I need to focus on my work otherwise it's too distracting. Twitter is becoming a great way to get in contact with like-minded people in my locality. I've met some new and interesting people through Twitter many of which have become good friends. I've also been using Twitter to plan and manage meet-ups. It's a great way to let your followers know about events and it tends to attract interest from others as well. I use Twitter much as you describe: as an access to "content curators" (a great term). Twitter is great at getting interesting tidbits of information that you would never have seen via a news reader. Learning about the interesting things that other people are doing is a great motivator.

I tweet or re-tweet any items that I think will be of interest to my followers. I follow anyone that has similar interests to myself and I'll unfollow anyone that consistently tweets about things that are trivial or depressing.

Sometimes there's too much information to read and lately I've been using Favorites to tag them for review later. I shut down Twitter whenever I need to focus on my work otherwise it's too distracting.

Twitter is becoming a great way to get in contact with like-minded people in my locality. I've met some new and interesting people through Twitter many of which have become good friends.

I've also been using Twitter to plan and manage meet-ups. It's a great way to let your followers know about events and it tends to attract interest from others as well.

]]> By: @Anita_Lobo http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/07/16/how-i-use-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-189937 @Anita_Lobo Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:38:22 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4925#comment-189937 I use twitter to connect with 'content curators' [love that term] across - a diverse set of topics: social media, sport, art & literature, etc - across geographies, time zones, languages etc - esp like the bite sized format so I can read now/ later or move to the next item I also make it a point to stop following people who use twitter like a giant megaphone i.e. broadcast only and don't engage/ respond, even if they are twitterati! If you're going after numbers, create the capacity to deal with them. Really appreciate the few who reach out, engage and have the courtesy to thank their followers and get to know them. Good to see your post - relevant, clear and brief! Cheers Anita Lobo I use twitter to connect with 'content curators' [love that term] across
- a diverse set of topics: social media, sport, art & literature, etc
- across geographies, time zones, languages etc
- esp like the bite sized format so I can read now/ later or move to the next item

I also make it a point to stop following people who use twitter like a giant megaphone i.e. broadcast only and don't engage/ respond, even if they are twitterati!

If you're going after numbers, create the capacity to deal with them.

Really appreciate the few who reach out, engage and have the courtesy to thank their followers and get to know them.

Good to see your post – relevant, clear and brief!

Cheers

Anita Lobo

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