As little as a year ago, I had a negative view of Twitter . I thought it was a time-waster and hoped it was a passing fad: I was concerned that it would turn everyone into time-wasting dummies. But, after seeing so many really smart people endorse Twitter, I decided to try to make it work for me. Now, I not only enjoy using it, I learn a lot from it, too. In a typical day, I probably learn more from Twitter than from the hundreds of articles that stream into my Google Reader feeds . And, I have come to know some fine people through Twitter, too. So, when I saw someone tweet the other day about The Twitter Book , I figured it’s a book I could do without. I figured I was good enough at using Twitter. Then when I learned that it is authored by Tim O’Reilly and Sarah Milstein, I headed to Amazon and downloaded it to my Kindle....
[read full story]
powered by 