{"id":413,"date":"2008-08-07T04:05:40","date_gmt":"2008-08-07T12:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=413"},"modified":"2008-08-10T22:39:05","modified_gmt":"2008-08-11T03:39:05","slug":"feeling-a-little-twitter-pated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/feeling-a-little-twitter-pated\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling a Little Twitter-pated?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Twitter\"Many of us in the Running Blog Family have taken advantage of new fangled technology called Twitter<\/a>. Many runners probably first learned about Twittering from the podcaster Steve Runner<\/a> who, with the help of his son, twittered his way through this year’s Boston Marathon.<\/p>\n

My “twitterverse” or my universe of Twitter<\/a> has quickly grown with lots of running friends, most of whom I’ve never met except through blogging and e-mail. In the past month or so that I’ve been active in Twitter I’ve encouraged other runners and they have encouraged me. Especially after finding this blog post<\/a> with a list of running tweeps.<\/p>\n

So What is Twitter?<\/strong> Simply, Twitter is the most popular micro-blogging site on the web. The official definition is:<\/p>\n

Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co\u2013workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Twitter will help you fill in the gaps in-between blog posts about what is going on in your friend’s lives. Common Craft has a great video <\/a>that might help you understand Twitter a little better.<\/p>\n

httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o<\/p>\n

Still not convinced you need Twitter? This article <\/a>written by a CEO Twitterer is what convinced me to take the leap and now I’m hooked to this 140 character phenom. I say go on over<\/a> and try it out today!<\/p>\n

You can find my Tweets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I will say that initially I used Twitter every few hours, but now have gotten into a more realistic mode of posting every few hours and tend to post more highlights, while many people post lots of little details of their day.\u00a0 I have also seen tons of encouraging tweets from runners to other runners who are struggling to get on the road or with other personal issues.\u00a0 If you have 5 minutes a day and want to meet some other great runners and people – Twitter is the way to go.\u00a0 It might be a little over-hyped but it is a great tool.<\/p>\n

[tags] Twitter, Running Blog Family, Micro-Blogging [\/tags]<\/p>\n

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