My 2000th Tweet
I almost let the milestone of my 2000th tweet go by without saying anything profound other than ‘yea 2000…’’. I thought I would make a more productive tweet and that is the purpose of this post.
In reality this post should be labeled “What I have learned from Twitter”
I have learned that Twitter can:
- May you more productive and at the same time less productive (Gotta close TweetDeck once in a while)
- Can help find you find new friends or colleagues and the same time you can make new enemies. Sometimes you have to be careful what you Tweet
- You can learn stuff. There are tons of people that post blog entries, articles and news stories.
- You can get support for products, there are companies like Telerik, DevExpress, and others on Twitter
- You can find out about local events, crime and more in your area.
- You can even get Spammed (in case you missed the spam from your email)
- OH, and you can even get “free laptops" for following people :)
Overall, I think, if used properly, Twitter can be an effective tool for networking, marketing and learning.
Some Twitter Lingo
RT: ReTweet, give credit where credit is due
DM: Direct Message
D: Used to direct message someone
@<username> : indicates the tweet is for or about a person
#<hashtag> : a hash tag is used to group items together for easier searching an stuff. Like #TechLunchSouth or #MVP09.
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