Twitter Making Me Happy
I love any tool that helps build a community and helps me connect with people. Twitter has become a very active tool in my superhero belt. Every day I can check in at any time and see what people are up to and what is sparking their interest. It’s my #1 way I discover hot new videos, links to important articles and even breaking news from time to time.
Here is a picture of the people I follow that I took the other day.
Now, I have more people following me then I follow. I’ve talked about this before and the reason is that I only follow people who:
- I know personally
- I have some sort of connection with
- That post continual good links, content and other pieces of information that I want to know about
- Is someone that I want to see what they are using Twitter for
But, when I look at this picture of little avatars faces pop out at me. I recognize them. I know them. It makes me wonder what they are up to and the great thing is that I can find out.
Twitter can be time consuming. Many times I won’t leave it up while I do other things because it distracts me. I will pop in every so often and see what is up. I don’t worry about missing things. If it is truly important then someone will either direct message me, use the @cc_chapman prefix so I see it in my replies tab (a huge thanks for that one twitter!) or drop me an e-mail. The fire hose of information that I miss I don’t worry about. If I miss a link that is really cool you can bet I’ll see it somewhere else later in the day from another Twitter or on someone’s blog.
Between Bloglines and Twitter I get all the information I need in one day.It’s a constant stream of information that I can consume and react to when I need to. I like the passive approach very much.
I also love that I can throw out a question like I did the other night of “what is the best desktop cooling stand option for my MacBook Pro” and within minutes get tons of answers to the question. Sure, I was out using Google looking for the same answer, but I like real world recommendations better when I can get them. I also love that I can passively “watch” the Red Sox game through their Twitter as well.
The concept behind Twitter, Jaiku and all the other applications like this is a powerful one and I’m looking forward
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Comments(5)
OK, let’s assume you have lots of time C.C., stick that pic in facebook and tag everyone!
You know what happens when you “assume” right? Time? Huh? Not quite.
Plus, I’m not that big of a Facebook fan since they opened the flood gates. But, perhaps I’ll upload it and let everyone tag it. People started doing that on the Flickr version like I figured they would.
This post is a cool idea, CC. I often wonder how people use Twitter. Your criteria for following people are about the same as mine.
[...] I recently wrote about how I personally use Twitter and am hoping other people will share their angles as well because I know when I talk to other people they use it slightly different from everyone else I talk to. That is one of the great things about new media is that people can take any tool and use it how best benefits them. [...]
I looked for my picture… but then I realized I wasn’t twitting back in June… what took me so long?
Twitter tracking is a good new feature too.