TWITTER: the good, the bad and the ugly of it all

Reasons why to use Twitter!!!!!!!!!!!!

I decided to focus on the cool, fun and, useful parts of Twitter.

**F.Y.I**
The review of this social application is coming from ME, an individual who has never used Twitter before, a Twitter virgin (so to speak), a newbie, a beginner. I must say I was not toooooo keen on becoming a “tweeter” at first but I have now come to the realization of it's greatness.

Firstly, Twitter is super easy to sign up for. The instructions DO NOT ask for your blood type and your social insurance number hahaha!

Basic info is required and privacy settings are stated straight forward.

1. You either choose to have your “tweets” protected OR

2. You don’t.....

Secondly, Twitter is super fast. It is instantaneous much like any other social media application. You simply sign into your account and post whatever your heart desires. Underneath your personal rant, there is a page dedicated to all the individuals you follow and their latest “tweets”. It is easy to keep up with what others are saying.

Aesthetically Twitter, it is not too pleasing. I kind of think it is better that way. Basic colours and design are enough because Twitter has a basic purpose; to form relationships with people. It is used as a tool to connect and communicate.

With Twitter you have the power to create an image for yourself. You must however, do that in a 140 characters or less so, there is a need for some creativity. Ultimately your post reflects upon you.

Twitter is a free service created by Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey, and Biz Stone.

Checkout this brief article about it. It is an interview with Evan Williams answering some cool questions.

I've posted up a more personal touch to my review, here I am speaking more candidly about Twitter!



Twitter is easy to use and on top of that it is sooooooooo easy to maintain. You can tweet online, through text, or instant message.

My fellow colleague Nadine tackled the flip-side. Take a click on Nadine to see why it is NOT sooooo cool to be on Twitter.

ONE MORE THING: IN a 140 characters or less tell me what is on your mind this very second...

READY.SET.TWEET!!!!

Embedding videos for dummies ;)

HOW TO: EMBED A VIDEO!

So here is the deal, much like many of my fellow colleagues I have been feeling quite overwhelmed with all these social media platforms and especially all their applications.

This is an ode to anyone who has never embedded a video before. Along with Ali, Zack, and Sarah from my Humber PR Group we found this great link.
They have also posted up a blog in response to this link we collectively found together, take a CLICK on their names to check it out ;)

here is the helpful VIDEO that I have embedded :)



This is a great link to help someone who hasn't got a clue how to embed a video. It surely helped me.

On a side note, as much as all this technology is overwhelming, it is comforting to know that it can be very resourceful, you can find answers to a burning question almost immediately. It just helped me...did it help you...

FYI here is a page dedicated to some helpful links that may come in handy when venturing into the social media world!