Geo-Coder

I discovered Tiny Geocoder today. This site allows you to type in an address and it instantly converts the address to the exact latitude and longitude coordinates. This site is free and does not require you to register (no login/password to remember). A map is included in the results. It also gives you a tiny url so you can Twitter your results.

I think this site will be useful for traveling. Later this month, I will be joining some friends at 318 Cafe in Excelsior, Minnesota. I typed in the address for this cafe and got the GPS coordinates. Now I can simply enter them into my GPS and be guided right to the restaurant. Cool!

Ashton Kutcher vs. CNN on Twitter

Twitter has now become a competition. Ashton Kutcher has challenged CNN in a race to see who can get to 1 million followers first. Ashton's Twitter name is aplusk, CNN's is cnnbrk, if you want to follow either one. I follow both, so I guess my "follows" are a moot point!



P.S. According to Wikipedia, Ding-Dong Ditch involves knocking on the front door (or ringing the doorbell) of a victim, then running away before the door can be answered. The game has been played since the 19th century.

More Twitter - Thing 31

I had fun playing around with the tasks in this Thing. This image is from the Twitter and Facebook status generator.

I have customized my Twitter page with one of my Flickr photos, listed my blog's url, added a profile picture and written an "about me" blurb in less than 160 characters. Hopefully, this gives people a little sense of who I am.

I basically use Twitter to follow people who tweet about things that interest me. I find out about new web-sites, geocaching hints, shopping deals and much more. I don't do alot of tweeting myself, but will do an @reply, if I have anything of value to share. In doing this "thing," I added my name to the Tweeter Directory. I follow my Twitter "friends" via the BeTwittered gadget on my iGoogle homepage.

I would say that I am a beginner Twitterer and I'm not sure if I will ever use Twitter enough to get more active. Time will tell. I do like the information that I have received by using Twitter. I use search.twitter.com to find people to follow and also the #tag for specific topic tags.

My family and friends ask me what Twitter is, whenever the subject comes up. Twitter is a little hard to define. I enjoyed the list of how others define Twitter. If I had to choose, I would describe Twitter as a community, resource, library and coffee shop.