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From: Howard on 6 Jun 2010 12:23 Hi all, Well ... after avoiding twitter and all things tweety for so long I have now been persuaded to dip my toe in the water of following some science based tweeting. Can anyone suggest a palce to start ? a simple Mac app for a beginner .... and some ideas how I might find some science based twitterers to follow ? Tks ! Howard
From: SM on 6 Jun 2010 12:33 Howard <Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Well ... after avoiding twitter and all things tweety for so long I have > now been persuaded to dip my toe in the water of following some science > based tweeting. > > Can anyone suggest a palce to start ? a simple Mac app for a beginner > ... and some ideas how I might find some science based twitterers to > follow ? > You could start by using a browser - just sign up at twitter.com and take it from there. Once you start following one or two useful people you'll find they retweet stuff from other good sources so it delvelops as you use it. I use Tweetie from: <http://www.atebits.com/tweetie-mac/> Their iPhone app is now free but at present the Mac client is $20 without ads, or free with. Stuart -- cut that out to reply
From: Jim on 6 Jun 2010 12:36 Howard <Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote: > Can anyone suggest a palce to start ? a simple Mac app for a beginner > ... and some ideas how I might find some science based twitterers to > follow ? You don't need any other app than your web browser - simply point it at http://twitter.com/ and off you go. For a dedicated app, I tend towards Tweetie. It's commercial but can be run in demo mode forever (it pops up a nag screen at the start from time to time, that's all). As for science-y Tweeters - @NASA, @CERN, @TornadoVideos (ok, not strictly). Follow them, then see who _they_ follow. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Chris Ridd on 6 Jun 2010 14:13 On 2010-06-06 17:36:25 +0100, Jim said: > Howard <Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote: > >> Can anyone suggest a palce to start ? a simple Mac app for a beginner >> ... and some ideas how I might find some science based twitterers to >> follow ? > > You don't need any other app than your web browser - simply point it at > http://twitter.com/ and off you go. > > For a dedicated app, I tend towards Tweetie. It's commercial but can be > run in demo mode forever (it pops up a nag screen at the start from time > to time, that's all). > > As for science-y Tweeters - @NASA, @CERN, @TornadoVideos (ok, not > strictly). > > Follow them, then see who _they_ follow. Son't forget you can search for interesting terms, and then see the people tweeting about what you think is interesting. -- Chris
From: Howard on 6 Jun 2010 14:23
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Howard <Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote: > > > Can anyone suggest a palce to start ? a simple Mac app for a beginner > > ... and some ideas how I might find some science based twitterers to > > follow ? > > You don't need any other app than your web browser - simply point it at > http://twitter.com/ and off you go. > > For a dedicated app, I tend towards Tweetie. It's commercial but can be > run in demo mode forever (it pops up a nag screen at the start from time > to time, that's all). > > As for science-y Tweeters - @NASA, @CERN, @TornadoVideos (ok, not > strictly). > > Follow them, then see who _they_ follow. > > Jim THANKS Jim and Stuart !! Appreciate it. I'll follow all of that advice. Howard |