FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER

I've tried several different social networking sites, including Facebook, MySpace, and Ning.  Now, I'm branching out and "playing" with Twitter.  I know what you might be thinking--now Twitter?  You're just now discovering it?  Doesn't that put you light years behind most technology enthusiasts?  Well, you might be right.  In fact, I've avoided Twitter for quite some time, until I decided to make the leap in order to follow The Cultural Collaboratory, a professional group of educators that I belong to.  

I've actually had a Twitter account for a few months, but was strictly using my account to create screencasts using Screenr, which is a Twitter application that I absolutely LOVE!  I've posted lots of videos on this blog that were created using Screenr.  In my opinion, Screenr is the simplest and most intuitive screencasting application out there.  I also love that I don't have to download anything, it's completely free, and I can share my screencasts immediately... but I digress.  

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Twitter, it's a microblogging platform.  Like other blogs, you get to publish your thoughts to an audience of followers.  However, with Twitter, you can see who your followers are, and who they are following, allowing you to expand your network extensively.  Twitter posts--called tweets--are limited to a mere 140 characters, which means that all of your posts have to be clear and concise.

I initially hesitated to use Twitter for blogging  because I didn't want to get too wrapped up in one more blogging platform; after all, I've experience firsthand how much time can be swallowed up in one Facebook sitting.  However, I have to admit that I really do like a few aspects of Twitter.  I do like that tweets are brief.  Also, there seems to be less emotional purging going on with Twitter than with MySpace or Facebook.  Twitter seems like a better option for professional networking, where the people and organizations that I respect won't see pictures of me asleep on my sister's couch or my dogs wearing clothes.  (I mean, really, some things are  better left to the imagination.)  So, for personal rants and keeping in touch with old friends, I'm sticking with Facebook; but for professional networking, I'm tweeting.

Want to follow me on Twitter?  I'd love to have you as a follower!  Better yet, see who I'm following.  Or let me follow you...  http://twitter.com/#!/jepilgreenss

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