what an amazing gem of a service, it is everything to everyone. Even people that didn't 'get it' are now addicted, even though they probably still don't get it!
3.1 - Twinglish
One of the most noticeable things about Twitter is the the false prefix of TW to the beginning of words such that a 'meet-up' organised over Twitter becomes a 'Tweet-up', amongst many others - it is a sort of forced spoonerism or a clever attempt to engineer portmanteaus. Unfortunately, due to this endeavour by the founding users of Twitter, I recently committed the ultimate faux pas in a client meeting (nonetheless) - I was discussing Twitter along with their on-line chat service. I, in a rather Freudian spoonerism joined twitter and chat, and i didn't form Chitter!
3.2 - applying Twitter
Twitter can be applied to almost any situation, whether you just want to keep everyone updated with your every move (or 'movement') or just tell people about a specific event. I push Twitter to my clients as the chance to communicate with end-users, editors, bloggers, anyone on a more personal basis - for the sceptical I say just to use the search feature and look for what people are talking about and very soon they see the value.
3.3 - My Twitter
I am @drneilravenhill (http://twitter.com/drneilravenhill). I tweet about everything, from my personal interests to my professional clients, or even general news and science stories. I engage with the community and my followers as much as possible - some days I don't turn Twitter on as it can be a little consuming.
3.4 - Biggest achievement
My biggest achievement with Twitter to date has been a Tweet-up (now you know what that means) in Chicago at an international conference. I met with people that iI probably would never have met and have established many good friends as a result. I also think that this is one of Twitter's biggest achievements - dispelling the doubters that it will drive a wedge in social face to face contact - i think it is almost the complete opposite, it really brings disparate groups of people together whether locally or around the other side of the world!
I think that is it for Twitter for now, next is ... i still don't know, so keep looking and see what i come up with. Also, please feel free to send me a message or comment and let me know what I can ramble about next!
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