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Thursday, March 3, 2011

Now On Twitter

Unlike my friend Alan Knox, I tend to avoid new technology until I can resist it no longer. This has been my pattern with e-mail, blogging, Facebook, and now Twitter.

A few days ago I read a good post by Frank Viola entitled Twitter vs. Facebook: Reflections, Comparisons, and Ministry Perspective. He does a nice job of showing the significant differences between the two. In part because of his article, I finally gave in and signed up for a Twitter account.

While I'm not as popular as Charlie Sheen, Tim Tebow, or John Piper, I'm happy to say that I now have a whopping 11 followers. Look out world! In case you are wondering, my username is ericcarpenter70. Despite my technology failings, I even managed to link from my Twitter to both my Facebook and blog.

I have no doubt that in a few years some new form of social media will sweep the globe. I'll resist for about three years and then cave to the pressure.  At least I'm consistent.

10 comments:

  1. Joel ZehringMarch 3, 2011 at 10:57 AM

    Great news, but no link to your account. What's your handle? I'm @joelz on Twitter.

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  2. EricMarch 3, 2011 at 11:01 AM

    Joel,

    I'm new to this, but I think you can find me at ericcarpenter70.

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  3. Aussie JohnMarch 3, 2011 at 3:23 PM

    Eric,

    I'm consistent too. Blogging is sufficient for me :)

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  4. Alan KnoxMarch 3, 2011 at 8:36 PM

    I don't use Twitter much. My blog posts are tweeted automatically, but that's about it.

    -Alan

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  5. EricMarch 3, 2011 at 8:49 PM

    Alan,

    The good thing for me is that I can now post from phone to Twitter and then automatically to Facebook. Because we have Cricket phones, I couldn't do that with just Facebook.

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  6. JessicaMarch 4, 2011 at 6:57 PM

    hey congrats on the twitter account and Alice told me who one of your followers is and I am UBER impressed!!!!! That makes me want to actually do something with mine but I like facebook better oh well.

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  7. EricMarch 4, 2011 at 7:47 PM

    Jessica,

    I think Frank started following me because I linked to him the other day from my blog. Maybe if you link to his blog he will start following you, too.

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  8. JessicaMarch 4, 2011 at 11:05 PM

    that would be cool if I liked twitter :) maybe I'll write a cool status about him on FB and he'll friend request me ;)

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  9. Jeremy MyersMarch 19, 2011 at 11:14 AM

    I just followed you on Twitter. But I'm with you. I just joined Twitter about six weeks ago.

    I used my first ATM about a year ago. Can you believe that?

    I still don't own a cell phone. How long can I hold off?

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  10. EricMarch 20, 2011 at 2:10 PM

    Jeremy,

    There does seem to be a pull toward more and more technology. I'm not sure why. I am impressed that you've held out so long against cell phones.

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