Comments on: Twitter Job Aid – work in progress

By: Getting Twitter | Craig's Musings

Getting Twitter | Craig's Musings — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:37:00 +0000

[...] type” EMC colleagues and elsewhere online. For example, I recommend that you check out Gina Minks’ Twitter Cheat Sheet. (I understand from Gina that a v2.0 release is due out in time for EMC World, [...]

By: mike_fishman

mike_fishman — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:34:33 +0000

You still need a caution w/link to T.A. – Tweeter’s Anonymous.

By: mike_fishman

mike_fishman — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:32:27 +0000

I really enjoyed this.

we need a 201.

Then we need Tweeter’s Anonymous.

I found a typo – sorry – page 2
“Follow: In order to see other the tweets of other people without searching

By: gminks

gminks — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:37:37 +0000

Madkat – thanks I have had a couple emails that make me think I need to do a 201 version of this

Dave – you are right! gah good points…thx for catching the typos.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:18:18 +0000

Overall this is a nice intro. I think the biggest confusion with twitter is in categorizing it. Comparisons to blogging and IM can be useful but also lead to confusion. Your own settings (whether to view your networks’ @replies to people outside your network, for example) and others’ settings (protected vs. not) can really change the equation and “getting” all that in one sit-down can be a bit overwhelming.

Let’s see, what else might be worth mentioning? Before you follow anyone, make sure your avatar and bio are set. Otherwise people will ignore you.

This part was confusing to me: “Follow: In order to see other the tweets of other people without searching for them, you have to Follow them” … not really true. You can explore the twitter universe just like the traditional web, and end up in anybody’s update stream. You can also view the raw stream of realtime tweets. The wording could be a bit tighter.

Typo: tweetss is in there once.

By: MadKat97

MadKat97 — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:13:33 +0000

Gina –
Great start. A couple of suggestions.
1. mention the preview feature that tinyurl offers.

2. why not go ahead and list the full command set as documented on twitter.com? It’s only about 3 or 4 more commands. At least link to the help page.

3. Not Protecting your updates: good for business, maybe not so much for individuals. Think before you tweet!

By: gminks

gminks — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:26:22 +0000

Updated it ( thanks for the suggestion Smith_Cameron!) and now I like the second page better.