Comments on: How twitter broadens my horizons

By: Jennifer Farley

Jennifer Farley — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:02:34 +0000

I couldn’t agree with you more Tracey. When you get past some of the inane chatter, Twitter is an absolute minefield of information and like yourself I’ve come across loads of great sites that I would never have found otherwise.

By: Japh

Japh — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:18:18 +0000

Oops, forgot to say, there are a number of Tasmanian freelance or small business designers and developers… we should arrange some kind of regular get together!

By: Japh

Japh — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:17:20 +0000

Thanks for mentioning me, John! And thanks for following me now Tracey :)

Bookmarking this post by the way, so I can come back and start following anyone on here I’ve missed as soon as I get a moment!

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By: JohnONolan

JohnONolan — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:47:17 +0000

Hi Tracey, thanks so much for the mention :) Twitter is great isn’t it? You forgot @Japh though, he’s in Tasmania too!

By: Robin Cannon

Robin Cannon — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:12:05 +0000

Thanks for a great article and some excellent follows. It’s only really in recent weeks that I’ve started to feel like I’m utilizing Twitter properly as a networking and resource tool.

One thing I appreciate in your article is a little background on your recommended follows. I’ve seen a lot of articles that are just plain lists of “these are good people” and the same thing with #followfriday, but that often just seems like info overload without any real way of discriminating. A list like this with background and information is far more useful.

By: Antonea Nabors

Antonea Nabors — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:44:59 +0000

Tracey,

Thanks so much for the reference! I really apprecaite it :)

I was right up there with you when I started using Twitter. I got an invite from a friend so I joined and couldn’t out what the point of it was! I noticed many design blogs I was reading had links to twitter accounts and I started following them.

Now I really only use Twitter as a tool to network with other designers and creatives. It is such a useful tool for designers to find information and inspiration as long as you learn how to use it right and follow the right people. Twitter is somewhat like an automatic RSS update. I also see it as a casual forum for designers. As David said, Twitter brings in quite a bit of traffic to my site, which in return gives me new readers. It is a very powerful tool!

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:50:05 +0000

Tracey–

You have an extremely nice blog and website. It is amazing how twitter can fetch links or inspiration as you said in this article. After all, that is how I found you and this site. Tweet on!!

By: Brian Hoff

Brian Hoff — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:09:14 +0000

Thanks so much for the inclusion Tracey! I was just having a discussion with a fellow coworker about how much my work has improved since my interactions with other talented designers on Twitter. Also the Design Cubicle wouldn’t be what it is today without Twitter and the amazing people who supported (and retweeted) my articles.

By: Art Webb

Art Webb — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:38:43 +0000

Thanks for the mention.