Twitter et al.

One of the things on the 27 things list is to tweet something. OK, I signed up for Twitter so I can get my kids' tweets, but I'm not really interested in sending any. I sent a tweet, but I'd rather receive them than send another. I can really see some really cool uses for twitter though, especially here in the library. What a great way to let subscribers know about an event they might be interested in. e.g.: painting class at fair oaks lib. scheduled for nov. 11. sign up now. (Not a real class!!!)

I like the logo though, since I've always been partial to turquoise.

Thingfo still isn't available, so I couldn't try it out. The website is clean though and looks user-friendly. Hopefully. The Civil Librarian blog is using it and I like the fact that all the apps are right there. That's a time saver.

Tweeting

I've never used Twitter and this site offers instructions. I think it might be useful for 27 things.
http://mashable.com/2009/07/20/twitter-new-users/
Actually I have no real desire to tweet, I can't see anyone being interested in my daily activities; as for profound thoughts - nada!

However, what a great way to advertise things to a bunch of subscribers. Just think: New arrivals daily, check and request new titles from home, www.saclibrarycatalog.org I hope that's under 140 characters, I think it is.

For real, I'll try it later and report back.