1. After being on Twitter since February 25th, Thing 31 reminds me of what a novice I am! According to the Five Stages of Twitter article, I might be categorized as a "Presence".2. I am more of a "Follower" than one who is followed. The ones I follow tend to be more news-related organizations (MPR, MinnPost, New York Times) than individuals. I do enjoy following Esme Murphy of WCCO.
3. Since joining Twitter, I spend less time on Facebook, but still prefer it to Twitter for communicating with people I know. I find it interesting that Facebook changed to have an appearance more like Twitter.
4. I really do not care to know who is tired or hungry.
5. Twitter is great for keeping up with current news - like who won the game. I check Twitter at noon and before going home from work each day.
6. After watching the House and Senate in action, I am enjoying TweetCongress. The members of Congress really depend on their Blackberries when they are on the floor.
7. It has been fun finding other Things on a Stick participants on Twitter, and following their progress.
8. I want to use the Twitter Yellow Pages and explore more of the options in Thing 31 later.
9. The articles for Thing 31 were very interesting. I have saved quite a few Twitter articles in Delicious.
10. After reading about celebrities like Lance Armstrong and Shaquille O'Neal on Twitter (StarTribune, April 3, 2009), I decided to try finding some to follow.
11. One never knows who might show up on Twitter. Today when searching Bemidji State in the Frozen Four, I was surprised to find MnSCU (Minnesota State Colleges & Universities). Now I follow them, and they follow me . . .
12. I notice that I have been reading online newspapers less since being on Twitter. The down side of that may be that I read lots of litle "tweets" about news rather than more in-depth articles.
13. It was fun to be on Twitter when I was on Spring Break in Washington, DC. I commented on what we did each day, and was able to find updates while we were there. Now I follow Ford's Theatre, the National Air and Space Museum and other places where we were that week.
14. I found that my Twitter profile is worth $ 25.00.
15. The Twitter Grader gave me 74 out of 100 possible points.
16. According to a punctuation quiz, I am a comma.
17. I enjoyed some of the sites showing trends with a popular one now being the British singing sensation, Susan Boyle.
18. As it becomes warmer outside, I want to spend more time there rather than with Twitter!
