I keep arguing that my parents already gave me a user name but no one listens.
On twitter, my user name is JessMill.
The video on the twitter help page is indeed helpful in learning the basics of the service.
I signed up to follow the Texas Library Association, the ALA-Technology folks, the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian. The latter actually had an intriguing tweet stream about its Global Tiger Initative, a "save the tigers" movement. I learned that 20 percent of "tiger parts" are destined for the U.S. market. Disturbing news in 140 characters or less!
Tweets would be a good way to send alerts to mobile phones. Campus and library closures, for instance, would be worth tweeting. Twitter also serves as a portal where users can read tweets on new services or new items or events. Then, we hope, they will log on to the library website.
Perhaps twitter's greatest use is that it may be a platform from which next-generation technology springs. It makes sense to know how it works.
The last time I heard about twitter was when a home appraiser came by as part of my refinance application and said he was considering using twitter to market his sideline business selling raw, organic food.
A very twitterish illustraton from Microsoft clip art.
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