Twitter

The Power of Twitter

gravatarI use Twitter as @mwyn, and I have found it a great way to share with people who follow me and though people who I follow. Sharing includes news, ideas, inspirations, announcements, events, bulletins, recommendations etc.
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I’m a generalist and I tweet about change through my lens on the world at the intersection of business, self-awareness and life direction and where the management consulting, training and personal development industries converge.

With Twitter, I can easily shift from my right-brain creative side to my left brain analytical side.

I like to right brain tweet about things that inspire me to respond to change symbolically: neuroscience, rowing, nature, rainbows, metaphysics, epigenetics, Battlestar Galactica, creativity, music and the cosmos.

I like to left-brain tweet about things that inspire me to respond to change factually and analytically: macro trends, Sharepoint, WordPress, social media, science, technology and style.

I want people to get a sense of who I am through what I believe in by following me on Twitter. You can follow me here.

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I often get asked about the technology I use for Twittering. On my computer (I’m a mac person), I’ve been using TweetDeck and love it although I need to brush up on the latest features.

On my iPhone I’ve been using TwitterFon and find it solid and reliable. Again, I need to get up to speed with its new developments. picture-5

Rest assured, Twitter is simple and uncomplicated and these software clients aren’t necessary. Its easy to tweet from the Twitter web site.

When I talk to people about Twitter they often don’t “get it”, the value in it, the “whats the point?”. I felt the same way but my reasons for evolving into a Twitter fan may not be the same as yours. So I can only recommend trying Twitter for a while with an open mind and willingness to experiment.

I’m not concerned with the widely reported downside of Twitter: time-wasting, addictive, noise etc. To put it simply, I enjoy Twitter and find it a great integral social media tool for learning, sharing and feeling connected.

Many thanks to @DougCornelius and @jackvinson for suggesting this kind of page, and to @DougH who tweeted the idea.