A year later, has anything changed? Oh, just a few things: Now every magazine and newspaper in the land not only has its own Twitter feed, but most of their reporters and writers have Twitter accounts, too; more than two hundred Twitter users have at least one million followers; and, of course, anybody who is anyone now tweets.
In fact, as I was writing this edition Twitter crossed the 100 million user threshold, a jaw-dropping number that, more than anything else, signals Twitter's newfound (and apparently permanent) place in the mainstream. That's a pretty heady climb for a service that began with the question "What are you doing?," a query so humble and mundane that Twitter was either ridiculed or ignored for most of its early life.
Yes, you can still tell people what you're doing, and lots of Twitter users do just that. What's different now is that you're free to turn your Twitter experience into anything you want it to be. To do that, however, you need a guide to the ins and outs of Twitter and the tools, services, and sites that have sprung up in its wake. That's what Twitter Tips, Tricks, and Tweets, Second Edition aims to be. This book not only tells you everything you need to know to get started with Twitter and perform all of its standard chores, but it goes beyond the basics to show you how to wring every last bit of usefulness, education, and fun out of Twitter.
Please use links below to learn more about the book. (For some of the links you'll need a program that can open PDF files, such as Adobe Reader.)
- Table of Contents (350KB PDF)
- Sample Chapter (661KB PDF)
- Index (373KB PDF)