Yeah. So I’m on twitter. Big whoop, wanna fight about it?
Big Whoop. Wanna fight about it?
Twitter could really change the way we communicate. Writing snippets of text in 140 characters could move us in the same direction it moved the Japanese to communicate through their i-mode handsets and later on cause the bestselling novels to be written on and for mobile phones. Perhaps we will see a best selling/followed twitter novel yet. (A twovel?)
So what have I done so far?
- Spammers found me
- Tweeted about nonsense
- Ranted about stuff that is of no interest to my followers but I’ll whine about anyway
- Tweeted about interesting links
- Retweeted interesting links
- Used a desktop client.
- Used a mobile client.
- Hooked up my tumblr account to it
- Made an account for my company and use it for talking to other professionals in the same industry. Which has been really useful.
Type of people I follow and follow back if they follow me: witty, tech savvy and generally interesting people.
Type of people I don’t follow back: mlm-ers, make money fast-ers, wealth builders, ah bengs/townies/bogans/etc, people peddling crap, people who don’t have any updates or updates that I can’t read in order to figure out who you are (sorry!).
Most interesting twitter by-product so far? http://cursebird.com/ which is a website that captures and aggregates people cursing on twitter. Although I’ve yet to think of the value of such a site, other than it being an excellent tool for those learning non-native English learners who want to take their language skills to the next level.
Scary insights about Singaporean society? The fact that out of the 100 highest graded tweeters in Singapore, there are FAR TOO MANY mlm-ers, get rich quick pushers & financial freedom peddlers. Yawn.
The best value that twitter has given me? Found that it is an excellent place for learning about events, news, interesting links, technology, etc, etc, etc, increased my knowledge of the world tenfold. I hope it is hear to stay and will not get destroyed by spammers and Aston Kutcher.
