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title: "Twittering Tips for Beginners - Pogue’s Posts Blog - NYTimes.com"
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# Twittering Tips for Beginners - Pogue’s Posts Blog - NYTimes.com

[Twittering Tips for Beginners - Pogue's Posts Blog - NYTimes.com](http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/twittering-tips-for-beginners/).

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.