It is not an understatement to stay that we live in strange and exciting times. We live in a time when more change has occurred in the past two decades than had occurred in centuries. Not only have the past two decades seen the collapse of tyrannical regimes, and the spread of freedom (however tense) globally, but these decades have also seen a ballooning of technology, both in the influence that technology has over our day to day lives (take the cell phone, the internet, the IPod and the emergence of cloud computing) as well as the ways that we communicate. With the emergence of social media and interactive web 2.0 sites, the old ways of communication are quickly becoming antiquated. Today we expect, nay we demand instant communication with everyone around us, and as this technology develops we are likely to see huge changes in the way we interact with our friends; family; businesses; and even our doctors.
One of the leading companies in this new communication revolution is Twitter. Twitter has seemingly taken us to the next plateau in communication and in our ability to network with one another. Not only does Twitter take mundane day to day conversation and make it grander, but it also gives us an unprecedented ability to network with like minded individuals and also to communicate directly with companies and business with whom we interact, or with whom we wish to interact.
Given such a vast mandate it is understandable how Twitter might be misused by many. As someone who has been using Twitter for almost a year to communicate with friends and customers (you can tweet me at @wecomparebooks
) I must say that, it is a learning curve and I have made many mistakes along the way, and I am still learning. Here are a few recently published books that have helped me navigate Twitter better: Twitter for Business: Twitter for Friends: The Little Twitter Book You Should Not Tweet Without, Twitter Revolution: How Social Media and Mobile Marketing is Changing the Way We Do Business & Market Online and Twitter Tips, Tricks, and Tweets

It has been recently brought to my attention (by a few of my Twitter followers) that I spend way too much time on Twitter and should probably join a 12 step program for Twitter addicts.
On this note I found a Super News cartoon that I think all Twitter addicts, such as myself should watch.
Enjoy!

Lately it appears as though Twitter has become my new home, rather it seems that I am spending so much time on Twitter that it is starting to feel like home.
If you want to follow us on Twitter I invite you to do so, my Twitter handle is @wecomparebooks

I want to take this time to tell you about a few of the new friends that I’ve made on Twitter in the past week. All of these sites have much quality information and I hope that you find them as useful as I did.

I recently ran across a site, Gradversity/ this is a very neat site run by Trevor Wilson, that is dedicated to helping college students enter the workforce after graduation.  This site is a great resource for any student who is graduating and looking for a job.

Recently I also met Jessica Kunkel on Twitter. She is the owner of the Truth About College blog.  This is a really cool blog that has some reaslly cool tips on college. I am sure that every college student will find this blog to be useful.

One thing that is very important for college students is getting a job. There are a ton of career websites around that help students get jobs, here is a cool career site that I’ve recently ran accross through Twitter

If you like cakes, and you like to bake cakes, than check out one of my latest friends on Twitter Little Lady Cakes. This site is really cool and has some creative cake recipes!
You can also Tweet this site @littleladycakes.

Recently I met a very nice guy on Twitter, @buyerdude. He runs a website, dedicated to listing deals on a variety of productsclick here for deals.

Lately I have been spending much time on Twitter,  and I have been making many new friends. Tweet me @wecomparebooks.

I’d like to take this time to tell you about the blogs of a few of the friends I’ve recently made.

Independent beginnings (http://independentbeginnings.blogspot.com) is a very cool blog that deals with personal finance issues related to students. This blog has a ton of great advice and I recommend that all students who want to save money in college check it out.

Another really cool blog that I’ve discovered is www.thecheapchica.net, this is a blog that is dedicated to everyone who is looking to find high fashion on the web at a reasonable price.

I recently met a very nice and gifted teacher on Twitter, his name is Paul Blankenship, (Twitter ID @instruisto).  If you are interested in social studies check out Paul’s site, http://www.paulblankenship.com/

I recently made a new friend on Twitter, “Dellgirl”. She is a retired teacher, an author and a blogger.  I found her blog to be very interesting, and I really like much of the advice she gives.

You can find her blog at
At The Starting Gate/