Twittering

Some readers have suggested that I "Twitter.'

So I'm trying it. Under "maggiemahar." First Twitters were from the blog. Now I'm branching out.

Advice welcomed.

Comments

[Maggie Mahar]

Thanks Jaan!

[Maggie Mahar]

Thanks Jaan!

[Jaan Sidorov]

Hi Maggie - Disease Management Care Blog here. I 'tweet' a link to each new blog posting, essentially notifying followers each time there is a new post. To compress the link and save tweet space for your important prose, you need to use a "URL shortener."

I'd suggest that you break up your regular posts into back to back to back serial tweets, but would probably crash the Twitter
server and end the internet as we know it. ;)

Jaan

[John Ballard]

Just kidding!
I Twitter from the desktop, following more than I tweet. It's better than the aggregator for keeping current to the minute, but if you follow too many people the information flow has the velocity of a fire hose. The twitterverse is a maelstrom of information and an individual follower is in a canoe.
Watch out for hashtags (#)and @ signs.
Pay little attention to "trends" in the sidebar. Those you follow will keep you informed.
Twitter is in bad need of more quality and less quantity. I will trade one good tweet with a link any day for a hundred nutty opinions with no links.
And if you don't already know, get familiar with bit.ly or whatever url abbreviator you like.
Seeking quality in the Twitterverse is like trying to discuss Dostoevsky with a random collection of strangers from the sidewalk of Times Square on New Years Eve.

[John Ballard]

The day Maggie Mahar says something in 140 characters the earth will tremble.

[Maggie Mahar]

Sharon, Robert, Mike C--

Thank you all! good advice.
And I'll start using #hcr.

[Sharon MD]

Don't forget your hashtags! #hcr will show up for those interested in health care reform

[Robert]

Here's my advice: Twitter is addictive, so BEWARE! Before you know it you'll be spending hours on end on it.

[Mike C.]

Maggie, you probably read tons of great articles or reports that you don't have time to write a full blog post about but think we should read. If you did nothing on twitter but forward links to those articles, you'd be a smashing success.

If you interspersed it with some quick wit about beltway idiocy on healthcare, that would be a bonus.

[Dr. Florida]

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