Comments on: I, Twit(ter)

By: Armando Alves

Armando Alves — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:15:19 +0000

Hi John. Welcome to Twitter. A great start would be sharing your regular link digest o Twitter, with a shot commentary, instead of posting it on the blog.
Quality posts are hard to find, but when the link is almost self explanatory, a tweet will do.
ReTweets are also heavily value if done with restraint, as it allows those who follow to find other interesting users. And maybe one day you’ll even RT @armandoalves
Tweet.

By: sidney davenport

sidney davenport — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:37:10 +0000

These (below) represent my views– and, oh definately–let’s have toddlers and bacon!
Dane Boren — I enjoy the format as is. I would love more … tips in photoshop that makes me want to option-tab over to PS to play….
Jamin — Think of twitter as a massive conference coffee-room. Share cool stuff you find or know … tell us a little about yourself.

By: Richard Earney

Richard Earney — Sun, 10 May 2009 01:31:28 +0000

Nice to see you there! It would be a good place for your quick links perhaps?

By: Tommi Luhtanen

Tommi Luhtanen — Sat, 09 May 2009 10:15:25 +0000

I believe the current phrase goes:
“I blog, therefore I tweet.”
Go, John, go!
-Tommi

By: Greg Barnett

Greg Barnett — Sat, 09 May 2009 07:53:13 +0000

Oh John… You caved…. The social networking Luddites of the world (like me…) will welcome you back into the fold once you grow tired of the latest gotta do it fad… I have read endless postings on the pros and cons and just don’t see the point of one more distraction in the already overcrowded (your blog being an exception of course!) information space. And now I will surely suffer the wrath of the “twitterati…” for having blasphemed…

By: Jack Tanksley

Jack Tanksley — Sat, 09 May 2009 07:08:49 +0000

I’m still not over the Major ManCandy thing, which was tweeted to me by RC.

By: Steve Howard

Steve Howard — Sat, 09 May 2009 06:29:50 +0000

Follow some of your friends and colleagues. See what they post. See what you find useful and interesting. As you see what others post you’ll get a better feel for what YOU WANT to post.
It should be a mixture of “John Nack at home” and “John Nack at work” for maximum interest, but exactly what and when and how you post is your decision.
People will like it, or not. They will follow, or not. No hard feelings, It’s Twitter ;-)
Enjoy!

By: Maciej

Maciej — Sat, 09 May 2009 05:09:47 +0000

… you can always telegraph secret code words to arrange a fight with quark…
Anyways if I want see mr Nack I go here…
If you think about what else is out there: facebook, twitter… bla, bla, bla… you’ll be stuck with keyboard forever and you’ll die like one of these teenagers whom forgot to eat for 2 weeks.
Take your kid for a walk instead…:-)
My real friends have my phone number…
I’m also an sms hater and I am proud of it.

By: Ian Hill

Ian Hill — Sat, 09 May 2009 03:04:37 +0000

Blogs are good for more refined articles, Twitter is good for thoughts on a whim, so just let it run it’s natural course.
There’ll be snippets of ideas that don’t make for a blog post, but are still worth sharing.
Tweet away :) Even if it’s about your toddler celebrating bacon.
I’m sure there are lots of little gems of ideas that haven’t made it onto your blog that people would love to hear about.
(I’m using Tweetie for both iPhone and Desktop)

By: Cannon Pearson

Cannon Pearson — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:46:11 +0000

There’s not enough bacon on the internet. I say all bacon, all the time.

By: Carol

Carol — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:44:23 +0000

Don’t do it!

By: Andrew T Trembley

Andrew T Trembley — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:19:32 +0000

Think of twitter as broadcast instant message for your phone. It’s great at conferences and events where you want to post something short and quick but don’t have the time or equipment to write a full blog post.
Combine that with hashtags, and you’ve got an instant “back channel” without needing the event-provided chat infrastructure.

By: Alan Valek

Alan Valek — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:14:32 +0000

Tweetie for the iPhone and desktop are the way to go, I guess Twitterific 2 is coming, but for now Tweetie is the hands down champ.

By: Daniele Di Stanio

Daniele Di Stanio — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:57:49 +0000

Hi, usefull, to me, has many meaning.. Resources are very good, but I do appreciate to “know” someone and the way he/she works. Small things, but in these days reading about so many people at Adobe, like John, Rachel, Stacy and Julieanne changed a bit the way I look at such a big company. Especially if you live in a foreign country (Italia).
Other than this, the best approach is probably the one that satisfy you more, it just gets easier to be managed..
I use tweetie both on Mac and iPhone, but I’ll try a little hack by Guy Kawasaki, he’s using NetNewsWire, link in his blog.
Hi everyone!

By: Jamin

Jamin — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:30:45 +0000

Think of twitter as a massive conference coffee-room. Share cool stuff you find or know, ask questions about what you don’t, and SOMETIMES tell us a little about yourself.
Check out Twitip.com for anything you want to know about twitter. If you want to keep topics seperate, you should look into using #hashtags (putting a # in front of a word).
Tweetdeck is a one-stop application–it’s all you’ll really need. You group your friends however you want (I have a column for just family & friends, & another for designers). You can also have columns for following keywords (ex: “Church Design” will show you anything that gets tweeted about designing stuff for churches)