[Cialug] OT: Twitter users?

[Bryan Baker]

If it's too loud you're too old. :-)
(this reeks of irony, gotta love it!)

On May 19, 2008, at 4:16 PM, David Champion wrote:
> Old Man Champion's views on Twitter:
>
> Darn kids! Too much signal-to-noise ratio! Attention whoring!  
> *shakes fist*
>
> :p
>
> I can see how some people might like it, but it's not my thing.
>
> -dc
>
> Bryan Baker wrote:
>> Late to the conversation here. I started using it this spring when  
>> I got an invite from DMMC. As a musician I can see some utility  
>> here as it's possible to get people out to shows or call their  
>> attention to other things of interest.
>>
>> I know it at least resulted in one of the Nadas (whichever one runs  
>> their twitter account) listening to the stream of one of my Second  
>> Life shows - I know this because they @ messaged me and said they  
>> were confused as to "where" this was but they were listening.
>>
>> I think the instant (ADD) nature of it lend itself pretty well to  
>> music and other social activities - the "tweetups" I also just  
>> manage my access by usually viewing it via rss and only using the  
>> regular site (and sms) to send. If I end up on a better data plan I  
>> might experiment with turning on the "firehose"
>>
>> http://twitter.com/ka_klick/
>>
>> On May 19, 2008, at 7:07 AM, Matt Millard wrote:
>>> Just curious if there were any Twitter users out there on the  
>>> list.  I
>>> know that at lease one  person that has interacted with the LUG is  
>>> on
>>> Brett Trout http://twitter.com/bretttrout.  There is actually a  
>>> great
>>> group of people using the hashtag #dmtweetup (http:// 
>>> dmwteetup.org) if
>>> your interested.
>>>
>>> I'm most interested to see how well it works while at the Red Hat  
>>> Summit
>>> conference next month.
>>>
>>> http://twitter.com/gocyclones
>>>
>>> Matt
>>> ---
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>>> gocyclones at eml.cc
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Bryan "ka-klick" Baker
Singer/Songwriter
With 2 New CDs!!! See my website for details
kaklick_martin at mac.com
http://ka-klick.com