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Lightstalkers who Twitter
I’ve tried Twitter a couple of times and have sworn off the thing. Twitter is email for people with attention defecit disorder.
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Amber, I think there are quite a few… reach me at: @sethbutler http://twitter.com/sethbutler
It is a great way to share links to good work and stay in touch(if you can filter out some folks’ ’I’m making coffee now’ , ’I’m drinking coffee now’ style updates…
Cheers
Seth
P.S. — GREAT work on Dispatches =)
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Gregory, if you didn’t already know it by now I will reiterate…
I am a self professed Twit… (hehehehehehe….)
And pjhoggers is my name!
http://twitter.com/pjhoggers
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Alex I said a TWIT not a TWAT!
MWWWAAAHHHHHHahaheheheheheheheehehehhehehehehe…..
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I twitt, by mainly about my treatment for Graves Disease. @hyperthyroidism
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“random bragging about your unexceptional life” brilliant
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I’m putting something up occasionally. Mostly photo related, so you don’t have to worry about hearing about my breakfast. Unless it’s really great of course.
http://www.twitter.com/ericmehl
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Amber, I’ve been trying it now for a month, my user name is kabhatti. Not sure it will generate any kind of assignment, perhaps bring people to your website?
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http:twitter.com/percydean
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Seth — I agree, and I have to say that I and the other person who posts to @dispatches_mag are probably more interesting than my posts on @AmberMaitland.
Kalim, I wasn’t thinking about it generating work necessarily, just another way of sharing information and discussing things in short form.
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I hope this wins the longest post on lightstakers award…but i think it will be a useful directory.
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http://www.twitter.com/dsato
I find twitter is a good tool to search for people who are interested in very specific topics, trending items and, of course, breaking news.
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What would be interesting to know is what’s the actual benefits that the above members have gained from Tweeting….
Currently I am sitting on the fence for this. From one hand, even News agencies have started feeding on this service, like in the ongoing stream that’s coming from Iran. And from the other hand most of the visual and content that I have seen so far would be classified in my eyes as visual spam…
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You don’t have to make a judgement about it – it’s just something that’s happening. There’s no fence to sit on. If you don’t like it, don’t get involved.
Cheers, P.
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Twitter is a useful tool when it comes to receiving high speed updates for unfolding, worldwide events, but there is a lot of rubbish on there as well. http://twitter.com/seanwalkerphoto
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There’s two kinds of Twitter posters – those who give a rundown of what they had for breakfast and those who go for quality over quantity. If you want to hold an audience, then have multiple twitter accounts. I have one personal one for friends, one for my blather.net website and one for my photo business. I use a tool called Twirl ( www.twirl.com) to login to all three. I can do my blah blah silly stuff on the personal one, but I put out no more than 3-5 tweets a week on my photography one, depending on what I’ve been got to announce. That way I can ensure that the content is relevant, and not causing a torrent that will force people to ‘unfollow’ me.
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when do people have time for shooting or writing or family?….egads….
amber, if i tweeted, marina would divorce me ;))…and i’d never finish my book or get the photo shit done ;))…
cheers
bob
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BTW, I’m writing this from a ship in Baffin Bay, west of Greenland. I’ve been experimenting with a service called Posterous ( www.posterous.com) that I highly recommend. I’ll soon only be able to access email via a glorified sat phone, but I’ve found a way of sending an email that will get published to a blog, posted to Facebook and trimmed down to a Twitter feed – all in one go. Check it out!
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The “Twitter is email for people with attention defecit disorder” or “people who have no friends” remarks are often repeated, and at times funny enough. However, to return the remark, I’d say those are said by people without imagination. Twitter, as well as other social networks (including this one) have some really strong benefits if only you use it right. It’s all just tools, and none of it is revolutionary, BUT I believe they’ve proved amazing as organizational and news-disseminating tools, and in many cases they work faster than most news sites and even Google.
You control whose feeds (or tweets) you want to follow, so just don’t follow the personal I’m-having-yogurt-for-breakfast-feeds. A great many human rights sites twitter. I personally use twitter only for spreading what I consider important news, links and articles out there. I use facebook for the same, and my blog has a field where my recent tweets show up, as well as my recent bookmarks on Delicious (an online bookmarking service), so that the articles and news that I find important and enlightening are accessible.
Oops. This surely wouldn’t fit into a tweet. that would be:
@amber re:twitter – powerful for news, human rights updates, all-round inspiration. don’t follow the rubbish. @thomaselsted
:o) Thom
http://twitter.com/thomaselsted
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I reluctantly joined everyone else out there who is on Twitter…
http://twitter.com/ruebenmarley
… but it’s actually been highly valuable for digging up information in my field!
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Yes, I have been using Twitter since March ’07 and found there are “Three Phases of Twitter”:
It begins with a short initial spark of interest and geeky intrigue, which leads into a long period of finding it stupid, pointless, worthless and annoying before a sudden realization of its limitless potential resulting in complete addiction.
James
James Martin
http://www.remaininlight.com
http://www.twitter.com/jamesco
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It depends on how you approach Twitter. It can be used effectively depending on your objective.
I blog on my website. I try to provide information about my shooting style, my shooting objectives, my workflow and personal observations about different equipment I use. I try to stay conversational and minimize the technical jargon. My goal is to have others help spread word about me, my work and the services I can provide potential clients.
With that in mind, I make a habit of “tweeting” about current information available on my site… with a link to that information. I religiously include (#) hash tags and keywords to aid in the search of this information. I’ll tweet a link to a “Photo of the Day”… I’ll talk about tips for taking better family photos… vacation, holidays, kids etc. Not that I shoot those things professionally, but I feel there are general tips that even those using a simple point’ n shoot can benefit from.
The end result? In less than 90 days I was able to quadruple the number of pages views and traffic to my web site. And that’s with only 325 “followers” on Twitter to-date.
Like anything else in marketing, it’s how you use the tools you have.
I should have, I have also garnered valuable information for my own use by following suggestions and links from others, too. So it is a two way street… though I am extremely selective in who I “follow.”
I do worry how long before the bubble bursts, though.
http://www.twitter.com/jthawley
http://www.johnthawley.com
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On both Facebook and Twitter, I post a daily photo of mine with a copyright and URL across the bottom. I don’t know if it is driving more traffic my way, but I’ve gotten some positive responses.
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Twitter simultaneously allows for asymmetrical following and conversation in a collective space, which is why I use it. I keep up with creatives and academics doing work I’m interested in, knowing they have no need to follow me back. I can see conversations unfold over time in an amorphous repository. It’s like a less linear, more open from of a message board. Though I love message boards too, even more than facebook. It would bore myself to death if twitter were only for promotion purposes. Though there’s a lot of that going around.
fwiw – http://twitter.com/idaimages
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Have been using on and off for about 6 months. Mostly found it useful to announce updates for posting fresh content. Also like the #hashtags ‘feature.’
http://twitter.com/bror00
Could (should?) this be a field added to the contact info for LS profiles?
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It took me a while to figure out why i should use Twitter, but here is what i found out:
- it helps me stay informed – not only about the political scene, but about evens, projects, opportunities and many more
- i get inspired and learn from others – there are way too many people, things and events that help you generate many ideas/day for new projects
- there definitely are ways of creating opportunities – there are small chances that a new twitter friend would offer you, just like that, an assignment. But usually about 1 of 15 followers will really be interested in knowing you better and see more of your work. You just need to extend those relations outside the twitter-sphere.
And nevertheless, there is that good feeling when people from the other end of the world discover you through twitter, get to love your work, and tweet about it to their own followers.
Here is where you can find my twitter profile: http://twitter.com/dianatopan
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how forlorn and obsessed we’ve become with the ‘need’ to be heard or the need to not be left out, we’ve been dimed and it’s so unfortunate….and that aint about being a luddite (which i am not), but it amazes me that we chatter more and more and sustain less and less…
isn’t it odd that ‘asymmetrical following and conversation’ doesnt dismay more folk….is a ‘conversation’ still a conversation if it’s ‘asymmetric’….
we’re afraid to be alone and afraid to be left behind and afraid we wont be loved enough or know enough or on top of the game enough….
we’ve become a troop of twitterdumbs and tweeterdees….
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Twitter has become a useful way to announce new posts on my blog — http://twitter.com/Syl_Arena A series of ReTweets last night sent a new post viral. Traffic is up 500% today. Love the fact that it’s automatic and free, thanks to a handy plugin for WordPress
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Been on twitter since it’s early days, but can’t say that makes the twitter stream anymore interesting :-P
http://twitter.com/hiway
Thanks Amber for starting the thread – just followed a bunch of people on twitter.
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me on twitter:http://twitter.com/LaurentiuNica
@laurentiunica
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This thread is so long now, I tried to find my earlier entry to edit it, and failed. Tired eyes…
http://twitter.com/blueperez
I tweet no drivel, only photography and photographer related links and such like. Relevant stuff. The occasional web design related link in there too.
I also network on Facebook, specifically with photographers, so drop by and add me as your friend if you’re on there. My tweets go on Facebook some of the time too.
http://facebook.com/blueperez
[Dare we start a FaceBook thread? I don’t fancy being the first on that one : )]
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Hey Blue and David-thanks for connecting on Twitter :-)
I’m John Watts-Robertson on Facebook and like lots of people the tweets tend to be the same as the Facebook updates or rather more succinct due to the Twitter word limit.
Apologies in advance for the non-photography drivel !
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Hey everyone… don’t know if you’ve heard, but Twitter and facebook are both continue to be blocked by the Chinese government. I’m even having trouble accessing some of the services through my usual myriad of proxy clients.
Sometimes I love being in China, and sometimes I really hate it here.
Anyway, at least Lightstalkers has avoided the GFW… for now.
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twitter.com/Aruninator
simonbiswas.blogspot.com
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I find it’s great for breaking news, and new pictures/stories from photographers/agencies I’m interested in.
Recently started following @newscientist (highly recommended) to keep my inner geek happy.
Have yet to find a job from it, though.. am here: http://twitter.com/photoassistant
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and us as well! Collective of photojournalists. yes…alright…2 people is not a real collective but will enlarge the team soon! Anyone of you is interested?
http://twitter.com/ANRAphotos
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I just started a few days back. So far, I kinda like it. I’ve searched twitter a few times using terms like photographer, and photojournalist, and didn’t find any of you. So this thread is great. There must be a better way to search for people.
http://twitter.com/kennethjarecke
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The Black Snapper – your daily dose of inspiring photography from around the world
www.theblacksnapper.com
We are on Twitter: http://twitter.com/theblacksnapper
We have a new photographer (slideshow) online every day and Tweet our showcase at 13:00-13:30 (Amsterdam time)
Tomorrow afternoon Christian Cravo closes our week curated by Abbas of Magnum Photos, incredible work, don’t miss it!!!
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I agree Nevada. I pick up interesting links, as well as posting some of my own on Twitter. Love that I can network with other Lightstalkers over there.
http://twitter.com/blueperez
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Blue: I think Social Networking is changing the photo game as much as Photoshop did (in different ways of course).
www.twitter.com/nevadawier
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Blue: I think Social Networking is changing the photo game as much as Photoshop did (in different ways of course).
www.twitter.com/nevadawier
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oh imants you incorrigible lout
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I recently stopped tweeting and started sending out postcards to friends, strangers, and photo buyers.
email if you want on the list: degner@gmail.com
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Good call Amber. I’m a closet twit, and still trying to get my head round it. Tweet about photography things and personal events
http://twitter.com/gregfunnell
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It would be helpful if there was a data field for twitter on the contact info for our member profile pages.
Not sure where to suggest this w/in the LS web site. But, maybe if enough of us as it will be added.
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http://twitter.com/darraghf Its a good thing to tag your tweets to reach the photographers on the twitter #photo #photog. But beware that certain keywords can get you odd followers… I tweeted making a comment about ‘The honeymoon is over’ and ended up getting followed by weddings.com and other such tweeters lol. Its also a good idea to use something like tweetdeck.
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http:/twitter.com/scottclarkson
When I couldn’t get email out of Kabul, I could still Twitter from my BB.
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Participants
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Dave Walsh
Writer, photographer
(Storyteller)
Dublin,
Ireland
En route to
Melbourne
(ETA: Nov 13 2009).
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ted dillard
(silly photographer)
[undisclosed location].
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Patrick S. Yen
Creative & Futurist
(See That Which Cannot Be Seen)
[undisclosed location].
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Bob Black
Photog/Writer/Editor-at-L
(Dreamer- Archer-Husband-Dad)
Toronto,
Canada
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Li Wei
Freelance Photographer
(available for asignment)
Beijing,
China
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John Lander
Writer/Photographer
(Asian Images)
Kamakura,
Japan
(NRT)
En route to
Kyoto
(ETA: Nov 11 2009).
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Stewart Weir
Photographer
(eurofeatures@googlemail.com)
[undisclosed location].
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John Brown
Photojournalist
[undisclosed location].
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