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Twitter Tools: raincoaster media courses are BACK, BABY!

Twitter Bird

cross-posted from the newly rechristened raincoaster media blog

Twitter Tools is a hands-on seminar designed for beginning and intermediate Twitter users who want to learn improved ways to manage their accounts.

Who: Raul Pacheco (@hummingbird604) is our guest instructor

What: Twitter Tools, a two-hour introduction to Twitter, HootSuite, Twhirl, TweetDeck, and Power Twitter

When: 12-2pm, Saturday, February 28th. Repeats every fourth Saturday (next class March 28th)

Where: Tradeworks Training Society, 2nd floor, 87 West Pender Street, Vancouver at the corner of Columbia and Pender in Chinatown

Why: learn four powerful applications that can save you time and help you get the most out of Twitter

How: much? $75

The basics of Twitter and the applications of three Twitter tools will be reviewed in the first 30-45 minutes with a hands-on session in the remaining 1:15, where the instructor will be available to guide participants through the basic elements of using each one of the following tools – HootSuite, Twhirl, TweetDeck and Power Twitter.

Class size is strictly limited to 8: please email bloggingclasses AT gmail DOT com to pre-register. Payment in advance via Paypal or by special arrangement.

NetTwits?

Not exactly the most flattering description ever recorded, but then, all of these people are following me on Twitter and therefore their judgement is seriously suspect.

Get your twitter mosaic here.

Why Online Dating Never Works Out

Because this is where it starts, people. And it doesn’t get any prettier from there.

On the plus side, he does say you can still fuck other guys when you’re dating him. Because…well…you’d probably prefer to.

Quiz: What Internet Slang Are You?

As anyone who’d seen my 400 + pages of answers in the WordPress.com technical help forums will attest, this one is pretty much right on. And what about you? A secret 4Channer?


You Are FAQ


For you, the internet is like your personal library. And you know more facts than fifty normal humans.

Your brain is basically lot a computer at this point. You have a lot of information stored up there.

You spend hours looking up obscure information and learning things. If you have question, you always Google it.

You can’t help but be a bit of a know-it-all. You can answer everyone’s frequently asked questions.