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How Twitter changed my life

@minxuan

My Twitter Hype Cycle

5 Stages of Twitter Acceptance

1.  Denial“Ithinktwi/ersoundsstupid.Whywouldanyonecarewhatotherpeoplearedoingrightnow?”

2.  Presence“Ok,Idon’treallygetwhypeopleloveit,butIguessIshouldatleastcreateanaccount”

3.  Dumping“I’monTwi/eranduseitforpasEnglinkstomyblogpostsandpoinEngpeopletomypressreleases”

4.  Conversing“Idon’talwayspostusefulstuff,butIdouseTwi/ertohaveauthenEc1x1conversaEons”

5.  Microblogging“I’musingTwi/ertopublishusefulinformaEonthatpeoplereadandconverse1x1authenEcally”

Getting Started

What do people tweet about?

Whatareyoudoing?

Whathasyoura/enEon?

In140characters.

Whathasyoura/enEon?

h/p://

Tweet to your Public Timeline

OrSMS40404

Reply using @

Private Message using d

ReTweet using RT

Who should I follow?

How I use Twitter

Enhance my social circle

Expand my social network

Learn from the Influencers

Whatdotheyread?Whataretheytalkingabout?

Staying On Top of the News

The Best of the Web

For Work: Know our Users

Rememberbe/er,Thinkbe/er,Writebe/er

Personal Development

Some Tricks

How to cut through the noise?

Don’t use Twitter.com

For every pain you face, There is a twitter app!

Otherwise, create it!

Find your own Voice

Some Fascinating

Stories

US Airways Plane Crash

Mumbai Terrorist Attacks 960tweets/min

Collective Behavior & Mobilization

Free

@chrisEneluHuwfromPepsihere.WeagreethiscreaEveistotally

inappropriate;weapologizeandpleaseknowitwon’trunagain.#pepsi

@[email protected]/edsuicide‐thisisatopicveryclosetomy

heart.Mydeepestapologies.

Gathering Singaporean Twitters, Twitters-to-Be from all around the world!

http://twitter.com/tweetlah Facebook: Tweetlah

MoreinformaEon@audreytan

Twank You!

@minxuan

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