I’ve tried several times to get into using Twitter, because I wanted to see what the buzz is about. Well, I think the trick is that you have to have friends to follow. I have a few people from work and from the MMO blogosphere now as my followers, and it makes “tweeting” a lot more fun. I think I have a horrible addiction now. (I promise, I’m not going to be that person who tells everyone what they have for dinner and when they have to go to the bathroom).
I encourage you all to check it out, and while you’re at it, download Twhirl as well. It’s a nice Adobe Air application that makes managing and posting status updates really fun and easy.
So, feel free to follow me and I’ll follow you back =) Also, Twitter pros, recommend me some good people to follow (celebrities, websites, etc.). And friends, GET ON TWITTER SO I CAN STALK YOU!
All the cool kids are doing it….
Tami Baribeau is the Associate Producer for Metaplace, Inc, currently working on Island Life. She is also the Lead Editor of feminist gaming blog The Border House, and the National Facebook Games Examiner for Examiner.com. She can be reached on Twitter or by email.
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I think you want twhirl.org instead of what you have linked.
I’ve found that I like TwitterFox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5081) more than any of the standalone apps I’ve tried… because I just have too dang many apps for stuff like this.
Thanks Ethic, fixed. =)
Patrick, I tried TwitterFox too, and I am partial to Twhirl right now. But I also use Digsby as my IM client which has the Twitter stuff built right in too…
It’s EVERYWHERE!
FriendFeed > Twitter. I’ll follow you there – since that also gets your Tweets.
Yeah, I use Twitteriffic on the Mac & iPhone which is pretty nifty. Oh the Twitter, such an addictive service. But you are right, you really have to have friends on Twitter to make it useful.
…it’s not spam, it’s twitter!