Twitter This And Twitter That

I guess by now you have all figured that we should all have a twitter account for this class. If you have yet to realize this then you have either been "sluffing", sleeping, and/or dead for today's class. No problem, for you, because here is what you need to know:

To get a Twitter account go to http://twitter.com/ and where it says "New to Twitter? Join today!"--you then (can you guess what is next?) join today! You can then "tweet" about events and whatnot. Also, to connect to the class you need to use a hashtag--the symbol that looks like a tic-tac-toe grid--and put Comms239 after it (#Comms239). Today, there were some humorous tweets about class, such as the following:

"Can we go on a class field trip to "the creepiest place on earth" in South Korea?"--Jason Ludlow (a fellow       student of ours mentioned having gone to a part of South Korea where it was pretty similar to North Korea and was the originator of this tweeters quote.

"This is not a negative comment"--Ian Jones

"I'm taking a quiz and being encouraged to tweet at the same time. This is awesome."--Jessica Swenson

Also, another part that one needs to know for this class is how to use  http://tinyurl.com/. This site provides us with a tool that shortens our often lengthy url links that we post on twitter. Don't worry about me not explaining this site because it is pretty much self explanatory.

Even though I am of the generation that is almost entirely engulfed in technology at just about every aspect of our lives, I am not one who generally supports Twitter. To me, it is a waste of time and detrimental to personal security--not to mention to our lives and the way that we communicate. This next site explains this and tells us five things that we can do to balance our lives in the world of social media networks. The five tips are:

"Restrict membership to three or four social media networks 

Interact as if still living in the year 2005

Set an annual budget for the purchase handheld electronic devices, whether for work or pleasure, of .5% of gross annual income

Turn off handheld electronic devices while interacting with other human beings, driving a motor vehicle, and at the cinema or theater

Attend a 12 step program"

http://alvinstarkman.suite101.com/social-media-networks--facebook-twitter--destroying--society-a378038

or in tinyurl format: http://tinyurl.com/62lb9ga