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stc09 – Twitter Search. Follow what’s going on at STC here.

Alltop – Top Breaking Tweets News. This is certainly a different approach to news — interesting.

Jane recently changed her voicemail message to the following: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (20 second voicemail) I nearly choked while laughing the first time I heard this. What she says is true. I usually end up listening to her voicemail messages for her. The proliferation of communication formats provides more possibilities for how we communicate. With all these format possibilities, we need … more »

I know Twitter isn’t for everyone (even though David Pogue on the New York Times recently praised Twitter’s ability to quickly gather information from your followers.) But if you have a blog, you’d be crazy not to provide a Twitter feed for it. On my blog, I give people three main subscription options: RSS, e-mail, or Twitter. Granted, with Twitter they also get other microthoughts, … more »

Twitter: The New Adventures of Mr Stephen Fry. I love the way this guy writes.

Twittering Tips for Beginners – Pogue’s Posts Blog – NYTimes.com. Best part: I found one rule, though, that answered a long-standing question I had about Twitter: “Don’t tweet about what you’re doing right now.” Which is weird, since that’s precisely how the typing box at Twitter.com is labeled: “What are you doing?” David Pogue is one of the speakers at the upcoming STC Summit.

Writer River Now on Twitter

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download MP3 (to download, right-click and select Save Target As) Length: 12 min. In this podcast, I cover the top 10 technical communication news items during the past month. This is a different type of podcast than I’ve normally done. The show notes below are excerpts of what I cover, but without any commentary.

I’m tweeting – Mardahl.dk

Top 10 List of People to Unfollow on Twitter | Shannon Whitley. (Thanks to Ellis Pratt for the link.)

I occasionally write for LDS Tech, a blog/forum site for the LDS Church’s IT department, where I work. My latest article is titled “Twitter and LDS General Conference.” Here’s an excerpt: When participants add hashtags to their tweets, such as #ldsconf, Twitter enables a community of people to gather virtually during an event. Through the hashtag, you can connect to a community of all other … more »

Earlier this week I asked how others are using Twitter in their documentation and branding strategies. Alan Porter at WebWorks wrote me with details, saying: As you know we have a branded Twitter account (webworks_com) that we use for product announcements, information on speaking engagements, webinars and just general company updates. We also have a hashtag set up for information related to our annual RoundUp … more »

fav.or.it – How to start a Twitter event hashtag (thanks Rahel for the link)

Twitter, often referred to as the water cooler of the Internet, teaches us the art of brevity by limiting communication to 140 characters or less. But unless you can compress instructional content in ingenious ways, you’ll find Twitter limiting as a method for delivering documentation. Instead, Twitter is better used for the following: Eavesdropping on customer conversations Putting a personal face on your company Increasing … more »