Category Archives: General

Twitter breaks sometimes or goes down for maintenance and when it does Twitter makes is easier for us by sending us cute drawings. The most famous it the beloved Fail Whale.

If you built a following under a name you regret and want to change it don’t worry, you can do this as of the date this post was written.  Take note of the steps below and make sure you don’t … Continue reading →

Choosing your name depends on why you are using Twitter, but choosing wisely is very important (kind of like choosing a domain name) so use these guidelines: If you just want to lurk and never want anyone to know who … Continue reading →

Receiving tweets to your cell phone via SMS is easy, but make sure of two things: 1 – You have unlimited texting. 2 – Don’t follow everyone you follow via mobile. This may result in way too many text messages … Continue reading →

A Twitter direct message (aka DM) only goes to one person. You cannot send a DM to more than one person at a time. To send a DM via SMS you must add a d before the user name and … Continue reading →

A retweet is re-sending someone else’s tweet in your status window. For example, say you really liked a link that someone you follow tweeted. To retweet it you would copy and paste it in to your status, but add RT … Continue reading →

Once you have registered with Twitter all you do is answer the question: What Are You Doing? Submitting your answer is a tweet or sometimes called a twitter. Twitter is really the correct term since the whole site is named … Continue reading →

Twitter is a micro-blogging service. It is like an enormous instant messaging conversation going on all the time. Twitter’s social network allows you to update your status and read other people’s statuses also known as “tweets”. All status messages must … Continue reading →