So every once in a while I go to Twitter.com and put in some innocuous statement of 140 words or less and hope that someone will find me stunningly interesting.
Yesterday I learned that someone was going to lunch with Dave. Dave rocks.
I was going to respond that it was, in fact, I who was having lunch with Dave Rocks. But I restrained myself.
Twitter really wants me to set my cell phone so I can truly be in touch, no matter what. So I, too, can say I was earlier at the laundromat.
But hey, someone from Flint is now "following" me (as I picked a few people from MA to "follow"). So far, all I've learned is what Ari has been up to the last 2 days ... oh, and that Skye went to Mad Martha's for lunch!
I suspect that this might go the same way as LinkedIn ... never go on there anymore.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
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Yesterday on Twitter I asked someone for a recipe. That was about it.
If the day comes where I hook up my cell phone to Twitter, I give you permission to publicly humiliate me.
Oh, Mary, may I follow you on Twitter?
Ari, aren't you supposed to respond when people tweet you, or whatever it's called? You never respond to me! How social is that???? :)
I know, I know, Gillian - you can't resist the lure of the gold that flows from my tweets. My handle is maryeliz - it should come up if you search. (I'm not HTML savvy like Ari and don't know how to imbed the link...)
OK, Mary, now I'm following you like ... like ... a mosquito on steroids!
At the risk of dragging this on for too long...here's a funny (and useful!) article on Twitter etiquette:
http://tinyurl.com/5lcrqr
Thanks, Mary. How does one respond to direct messages, according to etiquette? And what the hell is tinyurl.com? lol
hhaha...tinyurl.com is a site where you can plug in a really long URL and make it tiny. It's helpful when you're sending a link to someone, especiall over Twitter.
As for Direct Messages, you can reply to those directly within Twitter...and think of them as an e-mail to you. Sometimes you need to reply, but not always, depending on the subject. Sometimes I'll reply to a DM directly within Twitter; other times, with an e-mail, if I can't be confined by 140 characters!
Thanks, guys! Ari - Me read instructions/help sections? Are you nuts? lol
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