One of the most exciting recent developments on the Internet has been the explosion of social networking sites. Some of the pioneers in this new trend include Myspace.com and Facebook.com. Both of these sites have quickly become one of the main ways people stay in touch with friends, family, colleagues and classmates. Paralleling this development is the rapid rise in the popularity of blogging. Sites such as Blogspot.com and Blogger.com allow users to post lengthy updates on events in their lives and share opinions on a wide variety of topics.
Building off the popularity of these sites is a mini-blogger that is taking the net by storm. It combines the interaction of social networking sites with the insight into daily life provided by blogs. The site is Twitter.com, and it allows users to constantly keep in touch with the people around them by providing up-to-the-minute updates on activities in their daily lives. Since posts are limited to only 140 characters, and cell phones can be used, even the busiest users can find the time to send quick updates between tasks.
Brief posts allow friends and family to see just how your day is going and receive updates on your current projects. For example, a quick post reading, "Leaving work, be home soon." alerts the family to prepare for dinner and gives friends a timeline for phone calls. One of the additional benefits of having Twitter in your daily life includes saving overall time by updating everyone at once without the need for individual contacts. This allows users to stay connected on a very personal level throughout the day.
Registration and use are quite simple - just head to Twitter.com, register your e-mail address, and Twitter walks you through adding contacts for users that are already registered. In addition, you can send an invite to anyone you would like to see sign up. After that, just click "Add Device" and follow the directions if you would prefer to Tweet (slang for using Twitter) via your cell phone or favorite IM program. Twitter.com/downloads also has a wide variety of applications to add Twitter Update features to your favorite Web Browsers and your cell phone.
Building off the popularity of these sites is a mini-blogger that is taking the net by storm. It combines the interaction of social networking sites with the insight into daily life provided by blogs. The site is Twitter.com, and it allows users to constantly keep in touch with the people around them by providing up-to-the-minute updates on activities in their daily lives. Since posts are limited to only 140 characters, and cell phones can be used, even the busiest users can find the time to send quick updates between tasks.
Brief posts allow friends and family to see just how your day is going and receive updates on your current projects. For example, a quick post reading, "Leaving work, be home soon." alerts the family to prepare for dinner and gives friends a timeline for phone calls. One of the additional benefits of having Twitter in your daily life includes saving overall time by updating everyone at once without the need for individual contacts. This allows users to stay connected on a very personal level throughout the day.
Registration and use are quite simple - just head to Twitter.com, register your e-mail address, and Twitter walks you through adding contacts for users that are already registered. In addition, you can send an invite to anyone you would like to see sign up. After that, just click "Add Device" and follow the directions if you would prefer to Tweet (slang for using Twitter) via your cell phone or favorite IM program. Twitter.com/downloads also has a wide variety of applications to add Twitter Update features to your favorite Web Browsers and your cell phone.
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I read this in a magazine called "Hip Hop." It showed his Atlanta home that was robbed. It's a give or take. You can promote your events and risk crazy folks checking you out or not prevent them, lose the crowd, and avoid the crazies. I use Twitter more for moods and thoughts than my whereabouts though. I don't even like using the MySpace calendar.
I had no idea about this site until a couple of months ago when someone called me at work telling me that the newspaper, Chicago Defender, that I work for should use Twitter. I checked it out, started using it, and bam! I'm addicted. The only thing that concerns me now is putting actual locations in my update. Souljah Boy did the same thing in either his MySpace page or his Twitter page to let someone know what club he'd be at only to get robbed. He added an update stating what the guys looked like and how many, but the information was all wrong. In other words, he put way too much information up to be so famous, but it was necessary to get a crowd, so there are drawbacks.
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