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Twitter and Twitpic
Twitter is a short message communication
tool offering a mixture of micro-blogging and
social networking, where you can tell people
what you’re up to, find out information, You can think of twitter like:
and join in conversations a virtual open plan office space - formal and
informal conversation and interaction mixed together;
You can use it to send your own short messages muse aloud and see who responds; overhear other
(tweets) which will be seen by people who follow conversations, learn insights, get to know people, and find
you, and to follow people / topics / conversation opportunities to network and find work.
threads, or to send private messages.
a digital newswire - giving you the news that matters
to you and the people you follow, as it happens.
Getting started:
1)Sign up at www.twitter.com and edit your settings
to include a bit about you.
2) find people to follow - if you already know
someone using Twitter, put their name in the search
box and click the ‘follow’ button on their profile.You
can find other people using the ‘Who to follow’ button
Soundcloud also lets you record on the smartphone
app or directly onto the website.
3) start tweeting - below ‘what’s happening’ is a
text box where you can add your 140 characters, as
well as any links.
4) reply to any messages written to you by starting Using Twitpic:
your tweet with @username. Look out for anyone
sending @replies to you. Twitpic lets you share other media on twitter -
including photos and videos.
You can use Twitter just on the website or on your
phone, but to get the most out of it use one of the 1) Sign up at www.twitpic.com - you can sign up
many desktop or mobile-based Twitter applications easily using your twitter account login details.
such as Tweetdeck.
2) Once you have signed in you can find your unique
twitpic email address in the ‘settings’ section. This lets
you email pictures from your phone directly
to twitter. Use the subject line of the email to send
any message that you want displayed with your photo.
3) If the location services for your camera are on,
twitpic will also be able to automatically geotag the
photo.