{"id":114,"date":"2014-02-25T07:20:14","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T12:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/altimac.com\/?p=114"},"modified":"2014-12-01T18:09:25","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T23:09:25","slug":"all-a-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altimac.com\/2014\/02\/25\/all-a-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"All a ‘Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last time out<\/a> I noted that I was contemplating joining the Twitterverse, and perhaps even Tweeting–on a limited basis, of course. I’ve always believed, as Polonius expressed so eloquently<\/a> to Hamlet’s mom, that brevity is indeed the soul of wit, something that to me applies not to the length of each Tweet–which Twitter already restricts to a scant 140 characters–but to the number of Tweets issued on a given day as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

But before I get around to tossing out a Tweet or three, I want to make a case for why I feel Twitter is worthy of your attention in the first place, and–should you find yourself in agreement with me–how to go about getting your Tweet wet with Twitter on your Mac.<\/p>\n

I’ve been part of the Twitterverse for only the last couple of weeks, but my brief experience has already shown that if one limits time spent with the service, and follows the appropriate people (the @s<\/strong>)\/or topics (the #s<\/strong>), value can indeed be gleaned from this particular flavor of social media.<\/p>\n

One long-standing criticism of social media services like Twitter and Facebook–and I have certainly voiced this myself–is that the information put forth seems at best trivial and at worst hurtful, or just plain mean. So I am happy to report that I have, in a fairly brief period of time, identified not less than a baker’s dozen individuals who, at least in my humble opinion, contribute information of indispensable value to the Twitterverse.<\/p>\n

To illustrate, those whom I’ve elected to follow have graciously provided the following insights, images, info, and indisputably insightful non-sequiturs over the course of the past few days:<\/p>\n