Twitter so far . . .

I am following the people in my class this week, but I also am now following Steven Johnson, who wrote the TIME magazine article on Twitter last month, and Joyce Valenza, because her name keeps popping up every time I find something on Web 2.0 tools. Mo Willems was a good person to follow for entertainment:)

My impressions thus far is that Twitter is a great tool for professional development if you are following the right people. Eileen and Joyce are both good people to follow because their tweets are almost all about resource sharing. I enjoy reading the social commentary of Mo Willems, and my next goal is to look for David Sedaris on Twitter--I'm wondering how much irony can be packed into 140 characters!

I can see where a person would be disappointed if a person you were following suddenly deviated from expectations. For example, if Joyce started telling me about her favorite brand of morning coffee and going into political commentary, I would stop following her because that is not information I would want from her. This situation happened to me with the WhiteHouse Twitterfeed --I followed initially to get updates on upcoming political agenda items, and I seem to be getting more updates on the White House dog and the fact that Obama is throwing out the first pitch for the MLB All-Star game.

We'll see how it goes over the next week . . . .