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For today’s Works For Me Wednesday I wanted to share a tip that’s not very homeschooly. but that homeschooling moms could use anyway. Those of you who are already a little techie might already know about this, but for those who don’t pay attention to all the gadgets and widgets and such online this could be something new.

It’s a site called Twitter. Yes that’s a weird name but it’s still worth visiting. You see Twitter is the online version of the office water cooler. Or for stay at home moms it’s the online version of the back fence. You can chat and share snippits of your thoughts with your friends for free all day long. Unlike instant messenger services where you are only chatting with one person, using Twitter you are chatting with everyone at once. Whatever you say is seen by all of your followers at once.

I’ve been actively using Twitter for a bit now and fell madly in love with it. I never thought I would like the service, now I’m addicted. You’re only allowed a small 140 character sound bite to say what you want, but it is broadcast to all of your friends. Everyone can chat, share, ask questions, and get some adult conversation in between the house and the kids. You can update friends and family if you’re running late or if you need something, ask for tips or suggestions, or share something you found online with everyone. It’s become one of my favorite tools for chatting and sharing with friends.

You can update what you’re up to online from the site or from your mobile phone. If you use iGoogle you can add Twitter to your page here. I use Twhirl, a desktop client that I can keep running in the background on my computer. I can check what my friends are doing, update, and even reply without needed to go to the site or even open a web browser.

If you take the plunge or you’re already a fan you can check out my profile and send me a quick hi when you’re on.

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Posted in General on March 18th, 2008

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2 Responses to “Get Twittered”

  1. Shannon Says:
    March 19th, 2008 at 5:47 pm

    You KNOW I’m with you on this one. Totally addicted to Twitter!

  2. Fairly Odd Mother Says:
    March 19th, 2008 at 8:18 pm

    Thank you for explaining this—-I must have signed up for this b/c I keep getting emails saying that someone is following me on Twitter. But, honestly, I had no idea what the heck the site was! So, I’ll check it out and see if I get hooked too.

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