{"id":429,"date":"2009-02-05T14:20:58","date_gmt":"2009-02-05T14:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mjtnet.com\/blog\/?p=429"},"modified":"2009-02-05T14:20:58","modified_gmt":"2009-02-05T14:20:58","slug":"twitter-what-why-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mjtnet.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/05\/twitter-what-why-how\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter – What, Why, How?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re one of those who has heard of Twitter<\/a> but just doesn’t quite “get it” yet you should find Scott Hanselman’s How To Twitter – First Steps and a Twitter Glossary<\/a> useful. It explains what Twitter is, why it’s useful and how to tweet.<\/p>\n

I didn’t get it at first. I wasn’t quite sure what I would get out of it. Most people who now use Twitter regularly were probably the same to begin with. Now I realise how useful it is. I follow friends, people and companies that I find interesting and I want to stay up to date with. I follow news sites like the BBC and CNN. I probably get most of my news via Twitter now (In our house the TV seems to be permanently tuned to Nick Jr these days!). Most of the bloggers I read now tweet their blog updates, so I no longer need to monitor their RSS feeds. <\/p>\n

It’s useful. It’s fun too. Even if you don’t have anything to say, you can get a lot out of following people that interest you. And, as Scott says, the nice thing is if you want to respond you can just jump in and reply to anyone. <\/p>\n

So if you’ve been wondering what all the fuss is about, read Scott’s blog post<\/a>, jump in and join the conversation. You can start by following me<\/a>. My twitter ID is http:\/\/twitter.com\/marcustettmar<\/a> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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