The world does not need another twitter guide, so I am definitely writing one You can find the whole guide at “The Creatives Guide to Twitter”
Let’s cover the most simple question first…

what is Twitter?

To make a short story even shorter, Twitter is a so called social media platform where you can interact with other people. The interesting part about Twitter is that you can only use 140 characters for each message and are limited to a short output. It’s pretty much the sms of the internet, but so far without a fee for the messages you send. It’s a great free tool to give status updates or rather share what’s moving you at the moment.

How to use twitter

The first time I tried twitter I did not enjoy it at all. Check a website for updates regularly? Why should I do that? Oh boy, that was wrong! There are great tool’s such as twhirl, which is my twitter client of choice, or tweetdeck that transform twitter into an instant messenger. You get all your new messages and tweets right on your desktop and don’t have to check the website. It turns Twitter into a public instant messenger. Public as all your tweets are available to everyone as long as you keep a public profile.

Is 140 characters too short to be useful?

One could think so, and it probably is for some, but actually it helps to get down to the bone of the message and quit fuzzing around the hot cupcakes.
If you are still hesitating, give it a try, if you tried it without a client and disliked it, give it another go with a Twitter client, and if you still dislike it, just don’t use it