[il-talk] twitter

Tue Apr 7 01:18:18 UTC 2009

I'm on twitter as aznor99.  You can also follow the NFB at  nfb_voice.  Many 
of us have taken to twitter about and during NFB functions  including last 
year's National and State Conventions, the Parents Seminar, and  chapter 
meetings.  You can follow me by going to 
_http://www.twitter.com/aznor99_ (http://www.twitter.com/aznor99)   and 
submitting a follow request.  I have mine set as private, but others  keep their 
updates public.

For Mr. Hanson, Twitter is a social networking mechanism.  The goal is  to 
answer the question "What are you doing?" in 140 characters or less.   But many 
of us use it as a microblogging device and a way to keep in touch with  
friends or learn about events and activities.  For example, I follow WBBM  News 
Radio as well as Ryan Seacrest and E! News - so it ranges from information  
provision to celebrity gossip.  

Illinois started the NFB Twitter revolution at our last state  convention.  I 
happened to tweet "Twittering from the podium" during one of  my speeches, 
and Mark Riccobono decided to ridicule me mercilessly for it.   But when he went 
online to check out my profile and past tweets, he discovered  it was cool 
and joined himself.  And he has gotten many of his friends and  NFB staff to 
join, and now the NFB posts updates using the NFB_Voice  handle.  People on 
Twitter include Mark, Mrs. Maurer, John Pare, Kristy  Bowman, and many, many 
others.  NFBI members who tweet include Carmen,  Byron, Nicole, Brandy, Tiffany, 
Mingquan, Blair, Leanne, Cassandra, Araceli,  Dave Wright and Janice, and lots of 
others.

Bottom line, as Byron would say: Twitter is cool.

Oh, and it's totally accessible with a screen reader as a web application  by 
going to _www.twitter.com_ (http://www.twitter.com) .  Or, if  you want a 
Jaws application that will turn your Jaws into a twitter client,  which means you 
can tweet directly from your desktop, there's a program for Jaws  called 
Jawter which is pretty amazing.  Or, you can set it up so you tweet  by sending 
text messages and receive them when your friends tweet.

Let me know if anyone has questions.

Regards,
Ronza

In a message dated 4/6/2009 2:24:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
NicoleKGleason at aol.com writes:

twitter  is awesome.  I'm on there as RainbowWindsong.  It's a great way  to
keep in touch, especially with other blind people.  I've learned a  lot, just
from reading twitter updates.
Nicole  Gleason
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