what it took to get me on twitter
Yes, it took till yesterday. Was it a pressing political issue that I just had to chime in on? No, it was an interview on NPR w/the author of a book called Just My Typo. At the end, the host asked listeners to tweet their favorite typos. And I had such a good one that I had to join so I could tweet it:
@NPRweekend #justmytypo All-time favorite typo: NYT ad for a “poofreader”! Maybe it was to correct magic formulas--”spell”check has limits!
I thought I'd posted something similar (but longer, of course) on ATPo quite a while back, but I couldn't find it.
Being me, of course, I had to read the complete ToS & privacy policy, & fit doing that in w/a sample edit for a prospective client & too much other urgent stuff. Then I had to rush to pick a minimum no. to follow, & I still don't have the best idea of how the whole thing works. I sent the tweet, & it showed up on my timeline, but I can't find it when I do a search on @nprweekend &/or the hashtag, or even on "poofreader." Maybe I did it wrong? Obviously, I'm new at this, & there's a lot I don't know about it.
I don't know how much I'm going to tweet or how many people I'm going to follow. I get the strong feeling this could become a major time sink, so...taking it slow.
Speaking of which, I'm sorry I haven't been keeping up w/my friendslist, for quite some time now. I know I've missed sending congratulations & even condolences in at least 1 case. Life has been too full of stuff, mostly the wrong kind.
@NPRweekend #justmytypo All-time favorite typo: NYT ad for a “poofreader”! Maybe it was to correct magic formulas--”spell”check has limits!
I thought I'd posted something similar (but longer, of course) on ATPo quite a while back, but I couldn't find it.
Being me, of course, I had to read the complete ToS & privacy policy, & fit doing that in w/a sample edit for a prospective client & too much other urgent stuff. Then I had to rush to pick a minimum no. to follow, & I still don't have the best idea of how the whole thing works. I sent the tweet, & it showed up on my timeline, but I can't find it when I do a search on @nprweekend &/or the hashtag, or even on "poofreader." Maybe I did it wrong? Obviously, I'm new at this, & there's a lot I don't know about it.
I don't know how much I'm going to tweet or how many people I'm going to follow. I get the strong feeling this could become a major time sink, so...taking it slow.
Speaking of which, I'm sorry I haven't been keeping up w/my friendslist, for quite some time now. I know I've missed sending congratulations & even condolences in at least 1 case. Life has been too full of stuff, mostly the wrong kind.