Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Twittererwittering

Until a few days ago I thought Twittering was yet another gimmick that wouldn't interest me, but then pal Louise Macdonald convinced me that I really should start and she was clearly hooked! So, I decided to give it a go, signing up to Stephen Fry, Al Gore and Louise immediately. I began to see the point, especially given the Euro campaign I could keep supporters up to date, texting snippets as I waited for the lift, tube, train, or as happened tonight waiting for the person (who will remain nameless except to my followers!) who I was supposed to meet for an exhibition who arrived as we were being chucked out! This could be fun, thought I.

But............one big problem...........I CAN'T SEND MESSAGES FROM MY PHONE! Now, answering the question, what am I doing, when what I am doing is sitting at my PC, either at home or at work.........seems to defeat the object, it loses the spontaneity of the moment. My excitement (yes I am easily pleased!) when I beat my record for getting to work - 1 hour and 7 minutes door to door! (OK the 2 hour journey home this evening kind of cancelled that out). My frustration when I got to London Bridge and discovered that the reason I couldn't find a train to Luton was because they weren't running after 10.30. My delight at finding a pic with me in it from the Children and Young People's Services Awards (I'm on the hunt for pix at the mo for my website). My curiousity when I got a message from a pal asking where to get an application form for MI5...................

So, I will just have to wait for one of you technowizards to explain to me the ancient art of twittering................please?!

4 comments:

Duncan Borrowman said...

http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/10711/entries/14589

Stephen Glenn said...

On Twitter go to Settings > Devices and follow the instructions to add on your phone number.

You can then send texts from you mobile direct to Twitter.

Paul Walter said...

Or if you have the web on your phone just go to mtwitter.com

Unknown said...

Hi Linda

Just done it from my t-mobile phone today. 1st register your phone on twitter, I got the "We currently don't support sending SMS to this number". However you then just text what you want to say to +447624801423 and it should appear in minutes :)

see
http://help.twitter.com/forums/10711/entries/14014