Posts Tagged ‘Twitter’
Technical Documentation through Twitter?
Here is a brave and exciting experimentation of compiling technical tips through Twitter’s vast global network… (Excerpts) Twitter is ubiquitous. People will read tweets because they’re short and punchy and because they go where we go. Rumour has it that, in contrast, people don’t read manuals. We’ve been trying a few different ways of using…
Read MoreShould You Use Twitter for Release Notes and Bug Fixes?
© 2010 Ugur Akinci The rumor is that the Twitter is now used by some companies to share Release Notes and distribute Bug Fixes, two important components of the software development cycle. The advantages of using the Twitter are obvious: Twitter is fast, and through retwitting, your message can potentially reach millions quickly, and for…
Read MoreHow to Use Twitter to Promote Your Writing Services
© 2009 Ugur Akinci There is a good way to use the Twitter to promote your writing services, and another way that’s not that good. I’m finding these things out myself by trial and error and I wanted to share some of my findings with you. 1) Always share something useful and relevant, either by…
Read MoreHow to Use Twitter to Share Software Release Notes
© 2009 Ugur Akinci Here is a rather cutting-edge use of Twitter, posted by fellow tech writer Sarah Maddox. It remains to be seen whether this method will be adopted as yet another channel of release note distribution but it definitely deserves some consideration (confidentiality considerations aside). Excerpt: What we did Here’s the plan of…
Read More10 TWITTER Tools for Writers
Twhirl http://www.twhirl.org/ · runs on both Windows (2000/XP/Vista) and Mac OSX · connects to multiple Twitter, laconi.ca, Friendfeed and Seesmic accounts · displays notifications for new messages · shorten long URLs (using digg.com, bit.ly, snurl, twurl or is.gd) Twitterific http://iconfactory.com/software/twitterrific · Supports multiple Twitter accounts · Replies and direct messages are displayed inline · Delete…
Read MoreTechnical Writing – How to Design a Twitter Background to Market Yourself as a Technical Writer
I hope you’re on Twitter already. It’s a great social networking service through which you can market your technical writing and documentation services with great efficiency. You can increase the effectiveness of your Twitter account by custom designing a new background instead of the default background that your Twitter account comes with. A great majority…
Read MoreTechnical Writing – How to Use Twitter to Market Yourself As a Technical Writer
If you’re to make a single change in the way you market your services as a freelance technical writer, it should be to get on the Twitter – in case you still haven’t. It’s addictive, informative, and fun too. Twitter is a free social networking service through which you can exchange 140-character messages with the…
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