Comments on: Explaining Twitter to the mainstream

By: The Floating Frog

The Floating Frog — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:33:03 +0000

Twitter, gee mention that to my friends or colleagues and they throw things at me. Personally I love it, especially when @Schofe started chatting to me, now I’m hooked. I’d say it will be mainstream once my mother starts tweeting… heaven forbid

By: Tracey Grady

Tracey Grady — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:55:52 +0000

I know someone who has been asking about the usefulness of twitter recently, so I’ll be directing them to this post and the Elliot Jay Stocks post as well. Uptake among my friends and family has been zero until a couple of mates signed on in the last few weeks (only one is actually using it though and he’s got an account for his employer – a media organisation – as well as a personal account)

I’m impressed with the thought process that came up with the idea to set up tweets for watering the plants! Very funny. But also an interesting application of twitter that I hadn’t thought of before: setting up your own personal reminder system.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:26:51 +0000

Tell me about it, mate. This game isn’t a pretty watch.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:12:11 +0000

Oh really? You should get him to DM ol’ Rafa, see if he can exert some of his influence and get Bentiez to stick to a decent 11 once in a while.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:01:25 +0000

What are you talking about, Aaron?? Barack just DM’d me to say what a waste of space Lucas Leiva is.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:54:48 +0000

@David – The thought of Barack Obama whipping out his iphone to post a quick update to Twitter in between saving the world economy and negotiating world peace is a bit much for me… let alone Britney! But yeah, the fact that they (or their PR people) are using it shows that they recognise its reach.

@Lucinda – No problem, and welcome to the world Twitter. I’ve joined your list of followers

By: Lucinda - eightyone design

Lucinda - eightyone design — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:48:03 +0000

Hi Aaron,

We’ve always said we need to get into Twitter but after “That interview” and hearing it constantly referred to on Radio One. We’ve finally taken the plunge. These articles have certainly helped get my head around it all – so thank you!

By: David Airey

David Airey — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:55:48 +0000

Hi Aaron,

I’d say Twitter already has gone mainstream, with the likes of Barack Obama and Britney Spears Tweeting. There’s a long way to grow, however. No doubt.