My 2000th Tweet

jguadagno — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:12:45 GMT

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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My 2000th Tweet

Some Twitter Lingo