Twitter > Blogger

For those of you who loyally follow my blog (there are not many), I would like to apologize for having not posted in almost a month. The reason? I haven't felt compelled to. Probably because I've gotten a lot of good stuff off my chest already in previous posts, but also because I am an avid Tweeter.

Tweeter [twee-ter]: a person who utilizes the Twitter social network.

The best description I ever heard of Twitter is that "it's a blog where your entries are limited to 140 characters." So every day my twitter feed is full of thought-provoking ideas, statements, observations, and rants. So please please please, if you like my blog, you should really get on Twitter and follow my updates there.

Twitter lingo (for the newbies)

@Replies - These are used when you are directing your update to a specific person. For example, if you wanted to respond to something I had written, you would begin your update with "@danielfowler Blah blah blah! You're a dirty dirty boy and I hate your guts."

#Hashtag - These are used for referencing an event or organization. They are helpful for search engines and Twitter-searches for updates related to certain topics. Usually, organizations or event coordinators will designate what specific hashtag should be used when posting on Twitter other social networks. For example, if you attended the South By Southwest conference in Austin last week, you would tweet something like "So many coffee drinkers in this panel discussion! #sxsw" because "#sxsw" was the universal hashtag used for that event. Just tack it onto the end of your updates. :-)

If you have any questions or need help setting up your account, just let me know!