7 reasons you’d have found Robert Burns on Twitter

7 reasons you’d have found Robert Burns on Twitter

25 January, 2008 Posted by Joanna As Snippets

I’ve written too much this week, but I couldn’t let Burns Night go by without saying something to celebrate the day. Surely I could think of something short, memorable, to the point… oh… 140 characters long maybe… Perfect. So here we go, a few short ‘tweets’ (with apologies to the Bard) on:

7 reasons we’d be following @RobbieBurns on Twitter

Everyone’s equal - one voice, no matter who you are, 140 characters at a time

It’s funny - don’t know quite how, but it encourages you to lighten up, be witty, have fun

It hones your writing skills - so they’re short, sharp, sweet… to the point

It’s an opportunity to promote your work - point to a new piece of writing, a poem, a song

It’s all there: politics, poetry, passion, love, humour, sorrow, rabble, nonsense

A line of a poem can stop readers in their tracks

You can make connections - bringing voices together, the world o’er

Not convinced? Here are some famous lines in 140 characters or less:

The best-laid schemes o’ mice an ‘men Gang aft agley…

O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us!

For a’ that, an’ a’ that, It’s coming yet for a’ that, That Man to Man, the world o’er, Shall brothers be for a’ that.

Or try this lovely recording of a A Red, Red Rose, found on Twitter (thanks to Amy, from Lives Less Ordinary)

Enjoy a great Burns Night everyone.

If you’re not on Twitter, I’m sorry, I realise you’ll probably think that I’m crazy. On the other hand, if you are - I hope it made you smile.

Joanna Young, The Confident Writing Coach

Because our words count

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Comments

amypalko January 25, 2008

Oh, I so enjoyed that post, Joanna! Also, thank you for the link - I’m glad you liked the voice thread. It’s such a fun tool to play with.

Joanna Young January 25, 2008

Well Amy thanks for giving me the inspiration to write this - doing it twitter style made it a heck of a lot easier to write!

I did like voice thread - the first time I’ve seen it - I’m definitely going to be giving it a go

Joanna

Catherine Lawson January 26, 2008

Well Joanna - I’ve been hearing a lot about twitter. And I think you’ve convinced me to learn with those 7 points. But, just how complicated is it?

Joanna Young January 26, 2008

Hi Catherine, I wouldn’t say it was complicated, though it does take a little while to get into the feel of the place and how other people use it - although there aren’t any ‘rules’ and different people use it in different ways (including extra applications that people are devising and using to suit their purposes)

To get started… just log on, then start looking for people you know. I began by finding a few blogging friends, and from there connected to lots of other bloggers that I ‘knew’ (however you interpret that term!) The social dimension comes in because you can see who each person is following, including a pic, and you’ll likely find people you recognise, and ‘know’ and can start following them.

That way you can start to ‘tune in’ to some of the conversations and watch how people use it - to chat, to talk about what they’re doing, to link to a post (but you can’t overdo that), to keep in touch with people, to be witty and interesting… it’s all there.

If you’re interested you’re welcome to start by following me - though bear in mind I’m still a learner driver!

http://twitter.com/joannayoung

Joanna