I have been online since Demon Internet sucked me in in the late 90s, but have never been an early adopter of anything much else. Well, apart from of things I should not have adopted early-on, like blonde 80s highlights, sandals and socks (how else to be warm and comfy between October and April?), toastie bags and an iPod pillow. That's it really, the rest of my life is made up of old stuff, second-hand things and ancient rituals. I even still wear Rimmel Heather Shimmer lipstick. Happy as I am comes to mind.
So Tweeting is like my mum and the words 'USB pen drive'. No relevance, or so I thought.
Anyway, I started in earnest (in my office) on Tuesday and have committed to Tweet once a day for the whole month of May and if I like it, for longer. The early signs are worrying, as Stephen Fry would say - and he is a famous Tweeter - it's quite interesting. I can definitely see how people in business find it useful.
Watch and learn. I have been Wiki-ing all the abbreviations. I now know what an RT is - Retweet, quoting another person's tweet to your followers, what #Follow Friday is - a day you recommend interesting people to your followers. I learned that you use @twittername to refer to another Tweeter. I found Twitpic and have another use for the lovely Tinyurl
Using Twitter, I have re-met some people I know and found that there are some nice projects online like this one, The Draw your Dad art project. It seems a good place to get fast answers, a colleague Tweeted that the car her daughter was in had broken down, a rescue was initiated via Twitter.
I have become a follower of a group of interesting souls including @helpsavebees a campaign run by Damien Grounds which I care about so much, I love bees. I have made a sign in the hope of attracting some more of these beautiful creatures in to my garden - I KNOW bees can read.
I am having a handful of these lovely signs made up as postcard size in acrylic. If you would like one of these for your garden let me know by email and I'll send you details.
I might be a late(ish) adopter but I do like a nice learning curve. Watch this slow gradient.
Help Save Bees website
Naughty Mutt Graphic Design
Carla Boulton - Artist
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