I'm adding you all ... and jobo I'm expecting real time updates from EA starting in July!
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Originally Posted by c.t.ner
Bumped Thread.
Anyways, was making a couple of updates on twitter and thought I'd create a calgarypuck hash mark (#cpuck) to indicate to other people on Twitter.
Then decided to see if there was anyone on CP on Twitter.
Seems like there's a couple CPer's on it.
Anyways, I'm a huge champion of twitter. (I can already see llama64 rolling his eyes from here) I use it on a constant basis for social and proffessional reasons. As someone once said, Twitter is sorta the water cooler for Freelancers, Entrepenurs and others in the Design industry.
I personally think it's a great tool for promotion and idea sharing. I've used it to promote corporate blog posts and also to connect with others in the city.
... alright the real reason I bumped this thread is beacuse there are a slew of greaer fans on my twitter feed and they're driving me bonkers...I need some back-up.
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Could I bother you to elaborate on that? How would that work?
It's not Helvetica I hate, it's the fanatical fans.
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Could I bother you to elaborate on that? How would that work?
Not a problem.
A lot of the web designers i know work in a bit of isolation. Either at home in their mustard stained pajamas (like myself) or as an in-house designers in the back corner of the corporate office with no like minded individuals to talk to.
So twitter with it's real time content streaming, allows many independent people to share their favorite links (stuff from new fonts, new plug-ins for developments, or new techniques) to the other ideas like their favorite song or another Twitter account they find hilarious or interesting (ex. #followfridays). And essentially have realitime conversations about like minded ideas or even the latest developments in the industry. A great example of the sorta Twitter Water color talk from this week was the redesign of Skittles corporate web site to a full on Social Media hub. (Essentially they changes their main web site to a link to their twitter, wiki, youtube and facebook fan page) It blew up and many people were talking about the big switch.
I personnaly tend to use it for feedback on some of the projects I chur out. Get some real time critiques from the community and to also ask for help when I've run into a wall. I've used it to get alot of .php help and even help when a couple servers have gone down. It's also a great way to learn about a new app or plugin before implementing into a client site.
So essentially it becomes a sort of virtual watercolor for web designers/entrepenuers/other designers.
That's very interesting, thank you for the info. That definitely seems like something I'd be interested in. I'm in that awkward pre-designer stage where everything is new and terrifying.
As I stated in one of the other Twitter threads: @brennancreative
I'm in the very beginning stages of my Freelance designing career. I'm currently an in-house designer right now but looking to get out on my own in about a year.
I've just started using Twitter. It's fun. We'll see how useful it can be in the long run.
I signed up for Twitter, thinking it might be better than it seems. Turns out I still don't care what people I can't even be bothered to talk to in person are doing.
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I signed up for Twitter, thinking it might be better than it seems. Turns out I still don't care what people I can't even be bothered to talk to in person are doing.
What about news resources like CTV or the Calgary Herald? They tweet new stories and breaking news.
What about media figures like Rob Kerr, Scott Oake or Elliot Friedman? They, especially since the playoffs have started, have been providing tidbits and nuggets through twitter before other blogs and sites break the stories.
What about CPers like c.t.ner and russic? Wouldn't you like to know their sources for recent threads or learn about their near death experiences?
What about news resources like CTV or the Calgary Herald? They tweet new stories and breaking news.
What about media figures like Rob Kerr, Scott Oake or Elliot Friedman? They, especially since the playoffs have started, have been providing tidbits and nuggets through twitter before other blogs and sites break the stories.
What about CPers like c.t.ner and russic? Wouldn't you like to know their sources for recent threads or learn about their near death experiences?
Rob Kerr is one I actually do find useful or at least remotely interesting. In fact if it wasn't for his I probably would have written the whole thing off by now.
I will add some new stuff, and I guess I could look up random CP people when I have some time.
I will give it a bit more time.
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So is there a way to update and/or check twitter without using a browser. Possibly something that auto updates every X minutes. I keep thinking that Russic might go to the washroom and I might miss it.
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So is there a way to update and/or check twitter without using a browser. Possibly something that auto updates every X minutes. I keep thinking that Russic might go to the washroom and I might miss it.
So is there a way to update and/or check twitter without using a browser. Possibly something that auto updates every X minutes. I keep thinking that Russic might go to the washroom and I might miss it.
I find I'll tweet about almost anything except standard bodily functions. For some reason I don't like hearing about people playing with their phone while they're on the can. I love twitter, but that's your personal time. Something must remain sacred.
