Kiwification

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Reasons to use Twitter in New Zealand (or anywhere)

ColdKiwi (who doesn’t seem to actually BE a Kiwi) lists 15 reasons to use Twitter. Here are a few:

Breaking News – if you follow the right people or services you can receive breaking news almost instantaneously on your phone or blackberry.

Keep in Touch – you can follow your friends, neighbors, or co-workers and always have a sense of what they are thinking or doing.. This is helpful when you are busy and traveling and want to just keep in touch with people.

Rapid Response to Questions – you can send out questions on anything under the sun and many times can get a very quick response on your question.

Twitter in New Zealand

The following are a few of the active “twitterers” in New Zealand who I follow:

• GeekZone (@geekz1)
  1-2 times per day with IT news updates. (stats)
• Kiwification (@kiwification)
  (This site) 3-5 times per day about learning NZ life and culture, and interesting tidbits. (stats)
• Mauricio Freitas (@freitasm)
  3-5 times per day about mid-level IT and news. (stats)
• Julie Starr (@starrjulie)
  3-5 times per day about writing, entry-level IT, and misc. (stats)
• Simon Young (@audaciousgloop)
  5-10 times per day about internet, social media, and personal chit-chat. (stats)
• Brenda Wallace (@br3nda)
  10-15 times per day about high-level tech, news, and Wellington life. (stats)
• Dominion Post (@dompost)
  20-30 times per day with local news updates (stats)
• Rachel Boyd (@rachelboyd)
  blogs about learning, education, and entry-level tech (stats)

What is Twitter?

This brilliant video clip explains what twitter is, and why it’s so useful: