Tag Archives: Twitter

Sep 23 2008

Amazing People

I wanted to take a moment to talk about Twitter and why I think it is such an amazing place. That’s right, it’s a place. It’s not just a social media application, it’s a community.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had a question or an issue, thrown it out on Twitter and received multiple responses, often from people that I have never even met, within seconds of Tweeting.
Aside from general questions about blogging or finding the best tools for managing multiple online identifies, people on blogger have come forward offering to help me find a job for my uncle. It’s unbelievable.
There are so many wonderful people on Twitter. I’ve made some great friends, many of whom I’d never have met without it.
If you don’t Twitter, I highly recommend you register. You’ll be amazed by the welcoming you’ll receive.
For those of you who do, thank you. Thank you for always being there for me. You are amazing.
PS> Have you seen this site: http://alphainventions.com/  I am interested to see if it works. It’s supposed to be a great way to find new blogs to read.
Aug 24 2008
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I’m a Loser…. Or At Least I Hope to Be

As you know, I’ve been a little down in the dumps about my weight lately. I’ve really been wanting to get my act together and start getting back in shape, but I wasn’t sure I could do it on my own. Well now that’s no longer an issue….. Last week via twitter, something magical happened – the Cincinnati Losers blog was born.

Starting tomorrow, myself, along with six other Cincinnati women (Amy from Amy in Ohio, Julie from Wine Me Dine Me, , Kate from Kate’s Random Musings, Laura from Laura’s Carbon Footprint, Monica at Such A REDKATBLONDE, and Michelle at Wine Girl ) will begin our weight loss journeys together. There are seven of us, each taking a different day of the week to report on our progress (I’m Mondays), our bumps in the road, our moments of weakness, of successes. It should be a great experience. Be sure to stop by and root us on!

Jul 9 2008

Is Twitter Killing My Blog?

I was over on the BlogHer site tonight when I stumbled across an article on Twitter that caught my eye.

The article is by a woman named SuperJive and it talks about her six month experience with Twitter. She writes about how she enjoyed using Twitter, but eventually started to realize that her blog was paying the price.

“I started losing some of these snapshots of my life because the energy needed to create them was being funneled into the Twittersuck. I was blogging much less, and I missed it. I think I realized I was getting to the breaking point with it sometime in February at about two in the morning. I am often sleepless here in Seattle in January and February because of the low levels of light (something, interestingly, I discovered about myself through blogging for several years about cleaning or writing papers at three a.m. in the winter months.) I was having a tweetversaion with this guy in New York who I only knew through Twitter. We were batting one-liners back and forth because he was up very early, I was up very late, and no one else was around. What was the point of all this?”

I have to say I am feeling the same way. I love Twitter and I really enjoy the people I have met because of it, but my blog is starting to feel the toll. If you scan down, or visit often, you’ve probably noticed that I haven’t been blogging as much. I think it’s because I’ve been sharing via Twitter, and then not blogging about it because I felt it was almost like duplication.

I need to find the right balance between the two. I miss blogging. I don’t think I could go cold turkey and give up Twitter like SuperJive, but I know I can’t let my blog suffer either.

If you are using Twitter (or Plurk) and you write a blog too, how are you handling it? Blogging more? Blogging less? Twittering only on certain topics?

Would love to hear your thoughts and advice.

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