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		<title>Twitter &#8211; why bother?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Find out all about Twitter; what it is, what it does and why YOU should seriously consider using it!  Read on...]]></description>
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<p><strong>Twitter </strong>is becoming extremely popular &#8211; but what is it and what&#8217;s all the fuss about?</p>
<p><strong>What is Twitter? <a title="twitter micro blogging the tech news blog" href="http://twitter.com/thetechnewsblog" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">www.twitter.com</span></a><br />
Twitter </strong>is a free <strong>micro blogging</strong> service that runs on your computer, your phone or palm device. It allows users to share information, links etc with other <strong>Twitter </strong>users; via a 140 character text limit. This makes messages (called <strong>tweets</strong>) short and to the point &#8211; ideal for ‘micro-blogging’.</p>
<p><a title="Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/thetechnewsblog" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft alignnone size-medium wp-image-38" style="border:0 none;margin-left:4px;margin-right:4px;" src="http://thetechnewsblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/twitter.png?w=210" alt="twitter, micro blogging, how to" width="210" height="49" /></a>I am a regular <strong>Twitter </strong>user and use it mainly as a way to keep in touch with friends, contacts and even a few of the people I blog about. I have also met stacks of great new people via <strong>Twitter </strong>- it&#8217;s just such a great little service. My most recent follower on <strong>Twitter </strong>is none other than <a title="Garnett Lee" href="http://www.1up.com/do/my1Up?publicUserId=5324853" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Garnett Lee</strong></span></a> from the superb gaming site <a title="1 up network" href="http://www.1up.com/do/my1Up?publicUserId=5324853" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>1UP.com</strong></span></a>.<br />
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Want to know more?</strong><br />
For some general information on what <strong>Twitter </strong>is and what it does, take a look at this review from The Soft Tech Reviews Blog &#8211; <a title="http://www.softtechreviews.com/general/what-is-twitter-and-why-do-you-use-it/" href="http://www.softtechreviews.com/general/what-is-twitter-and-why-do-you-use-it/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Click here!</strong></span></a></p>
<p>If you would like to know how to use <strong>Twitter </strong>to get traffic to your website or blog<strong> </strong>- Read Gregor’s excellent blog post &#8211; <a title="Gregor Spowart" href="http://www.massmediadesign.co.uk/blog/archive/2008/05/08/five-social-networking-tools-to-publicise-your-blog.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Click here!</strong></span></a></p>
<h2>- &#8211; UPDATE &#8211; -</h2>
<p>If you are already a <strong>Twitter</strong> member, my user name is @thetechnewsblog <a title="Twitter The Tech News Blog" href="http://twitter.com/thetechnewsblog" target="_blank"><strong>you can find me here</strong></a> &#8211; come and say hello!  <strong>Also</strong> &#8211; read this &#8220;<strong><a title="Patrick norton leo laporte scoble garnett lee natali del conte" href="http://thetechnewsblog.com/2008/07/30/twitter-people/" target="_blank">What&#8217;s Patrick Norton&#8217;s Twitter name?&#8221;</a></strong></p>
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