Twitter

[Michele Martin]

We'll use this forum to discuss any questions, comments, etc. you have about using Twitter, either at the DevLearn conference or in general. If you've used Twitter before, we'd love to hear your thoughts on best practices, challenges, how to manage updates, who to follow, etc. More information on using Twitter is available here.

[EricWilbanks]

My name is Eric and I am TWITTER-PATED. If you have a Twitter account, look me up: twitter.com/ericwilbanks

Personally, I resisted using Twitter for a long time as it seemed like a complete waste of motion. Then I saw Lee LeFever's Twitter in Plain English and immediately changed my mind. I've never looked back. Here are some of the ways I use Twitter:

1. Status Updates. This is how it was designed, so I do tweet about what's going on, mostly nights and weekends. Along those same lines, I have my Twitter updates synced up with Facebook, so all my Facebook friends get regular status updates from me.
2. Asking Questions. Twitter is a great place to get quick answers to quick questions. But it is also an interesting place to pose deeper or even rhetorical questions that get people thinking and responding. I do this quite regulary.
3. "Connecting." As a former Pastor, I have a community of folks that I stay connected to and we attempt to walk out our faith together in uncommon ways. If I've read something that I think we'll be helpful or thought-provoking, I may Tweet it. If I hear of a need or prayer request, I Tweet it.
4. Communicating Info. Whether it's eLearning, design, marketing or even sports info, I use Twitter to broadcast info that I find interesting or that I think my "followers" (sounds odd saying that) may find interesting. I also have my blog feed tied into Twitter, so whenever I post a new blog it shows up as a Tweet.

Looking forward to hearing how others use Twitter...

[Lore Reß]

As Eric, I have been skeptic at first, but now I use Twitter and Jaiku for
- put informations on the website : http://www.dd-learn.de
- supporting courses

but no private use till now :-)

and every activities are collectet on the public netvibes page: http://www.netvibes.com/lress

[Collin Kromke]

Darren Rowse from ProBlogger.com just launched http://www.twitip.com/. Looks like it could be useful to those who are interested in best practices for Twitter.

[Michele Martin]

Thanks, Collin--great and timely resource!

[Tony Karrer]

Hi All,

Brent and I have established a GroupTweet for the conference on the @dl08 twitter account. This means that you follow:

twitter.com/dl08

and then will get messages from anyone who sends a direct twitter message to dl08, e.g.,

d dl08 Hi Everyone

I'll be using this to stay in touch with folks at the conference. There's a bit of a delay - so it's not good for true backchannel chat, but still good to do things like getting together for beers.