I tweet

I got a twitter account this winter, so I could be hip, like my students. (They are PR majors, mostly.)

Turned out, none of them--none--had accounts. I was ahead of the "digital natives" once again.

I'm not crazy about twitter. It would be great for someone who has a mobile device--but I don't even use a cell phone (and don't want to). (Now an I-pad . . . that would be nice!)

But if I'm at my laptop, I might as well just post a short 140-character update on FB! And everyone I want to alert will be on it. Not many of my friends tweet.

So I did it for a while. It was nice to:

• do a quick update when I didn't have time for a blog. For example, I tweeted about seeing 2 wild turkeys walking along 2nd Ave. SE near 17th street.
• follow funny people like Steven Fry and The Onion (even a 140 character post from The Onion is enough to give you a lift!)
• that's about it.

People I follow that others might enjoy

• Steven Fry
• The Onion
• American Ballet Theatre (ballerinas tweet their day/performances--kinda fun.
• Sarah Prineus, Iowa City YA author
• Christopher Trappe, Gazette author who's ALSO FOLLOWING ME!

Not many people follow me. I have way more friends/followers on FB.

You can find me @jcnesmith.

I'll tweet a bit so you know I'm alive :-)