It was November 2008 when I started using Twitter. About 120 days of Twittering. Hmmm.
Feels like years.
I've sent 233 tweets (about 2 a day). I have 256 followers. I follow 66.
I first blogged about Twitter on November 14 2008. See my first thoughts on Twitter.
Here is a mosaic of my followers:
You can get your own twitter mosaic here.
My twitter experiment continues.
It's some good, some bad.
One key is to develop strategies not to be too distracted.
I've certainly learned about some cool stuff I wouldn't otherwise know about.
What I don't know — and can't know — is what I've lost while I'm Twittering or following the paths that start on Twitter.
If you haven't Twittered, I recommend giving it a try for 2 or 3 months.
- Get a twitter account.
- Enable everyone to read your tweets (otherwise you look like a paranoid).
- Look to see what others are writing (me for example at WillWorkLearn)
- DON'T follow too many people yet (less than 5).
Why? b/c following begets followers, and you will want a community (later). - Create some tweets each day.
- Try to provide (a) some value (links to good info) and (b) some insight into your true self.
- AFTER, you've done the above for a week or so, begin following others.
- See what happens.
- The <5 folks you originally followed (who aren't yet your followers), send them an @ message to let them know you exist…so that they may join your community (and become a follower).
- Build some strategies to avoid too much time loss.
- See what happens.