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A handy guide to Twitter, the hot new messaging service everyone is using! Previously the domain of the uber-geek, Twitter has been growing into a legitimate communication tool and this guide will introduce you to the new ultimate time waster.

What Is Twitter?

Somewhere between a blog post and an instant message, a ‘Tweet’ is a short, 140 character posting that lets your friends (also called ‘followers’, which makes you seem much more important than you really are) know what you are doing, thinking, feeling or excreting at any given moment.

Why Should I Care?

On the surface you might ask, “Why would I want to know all of the mundane things my friends are doing?”. Good question, but there is more to it than that:

  • For people who use instant messaging a lot, its a great way to send that YouTube video of a ‘fat man riding a unicycle’ to all your friends at once.
  • As a blogger, its also a nice way to share something you are working on or an interesting article without feeling obliged to write several paragraphs rehashing the material.
  • For text messagers, its handy to post a tweet about a good band playing down the street or that you’ll be out at the pub later to all of your friends instead of spamming them with text messages.

What Can I Tweet?

You can add plain text of course, links to other websites, pictures using services like Twinkle and BrightKite, and you can also direct messages to other users with ’@<user>’ and tag posts with ’#<tag>’.

How Do I Use It?

Using Twitter through the web is just the first step towards really getting the most from it. You can send and receive messages through your mobile phone (and pictures too), or using a host of desktop and iPhone clients such as Twhirl, Twinkle or Twitterific. You can also add the Twitter Facebook Application so your updates are shown on your profile.

What Are You Doing?

So now that you have the gist of how Twitter works, go try it out!

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http://twitter.com/shalin

Updates of my technology ramblings

added by shalin about 1 month ago

Nick Cobb

Follow me!

added by Nick Cobb about 1 month ago

Freeandflawed is on Twitter, too!

Hi, my name is Freeandflawed and I’m a tweet-a-holic.

added by freeandflawed about 1 month ago

Jay's on Twitter too!

140 characters hasn’t been this sexy since the moon landing.

added by JayFerris about 1 month ago
 
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Who Should I Follow?

Now that you know the basics, who should you start following? Here are some folks I would recommend:

http://twitter.com/freshguides

FreshGuides will keep you updated on all the latest guides created on GuideSpot. Follow him so you don’t miss the next Bob Muntz sighting!

http://twitter.com/MarsPhoenix

Constant updates from the Phoenix Mars Lander for all you space geeks out there.

http://twitter.com/wii

Handy way to keep track of your friends Wii codes, post them like this: ’@wii Mario Kart 1234-1234-1234’ then go to http://wiitransfer.com/codes/ to see a list of codes from your friends (and everyone else).

Guide Spotters Unite

Feel free to add your own Twitter ID below to join in on the revolution!

The Author: djbriane

http://twitter.com/helenahandbskt

added by HelenaHandbasket 2 months ago

Susie's Twitter!

added by Susie about 1 month ago

GillianS is on Twitter, too!

Though, most of my tweets are about Guidespot…but sometimes they are not! Check it out!

added by GillianS about 1 month ago

Follow ME (JessicaJoy) on twitter!

It’ll be a good time…

added by JessicaJoy about 1 month ago

Follow aliciak!!!

added by aliciak about 1 month ago

THE funniest tweeter

is Fireland! Excerpts:

You ever feel kinda lazy and call in sick and not shower or shave or talk to anyone or accomplish anything for like 6-8 years? High five.

I’m eating McDonald’s yogurt in my basement and I’m not sure where to even BEGIN putting the quotation marks in this sentence.

Judging from which keys are the dirtiest on my keyboard, I must type “NORP” a lot. Weird! Is that even a word?

added by aliciak about 1 month ago
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