document.write("<script language=\"javascript1.2\" type=\"text/javascript\">function emo_pop() {window.open('http://www.haloscan.com/commenthelp.php','Help','width=200,height=320,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes');}</script><table width=\"97%\" align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" class=\"MainTable\">  <tr>    <td>    <div align=\"center\">    </div>    </td>  </tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"2431216\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=88e188c94e87adb43adc4db90ce33d35&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=32\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Hi Amy,<br><br>As far as who to follow on Twitter, I've had some success using IM alerts (what Twitter calls 'track') on my keywords of interest. Then when someone's Tweet, passed to me via the track (alert), reads particularly interesting, I check out their other recent updates, web site, and make a decision if I want to Follow. <br><br>It's (following and being followed) an emergence thing again...not something that can be figured out in advance of jumping in to give it a try.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Ray Sims | <a href=\"http://blog.simslearningconnections.com\" title=\"http://blog.simslearningconnections.com\">Homepage</a> | 05.02.08 - 3:26 am | <a href=\"#2431216\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"2431246\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=4fc3ec7e9053162b0af6068c1a940e1d&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=32\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Amy - thanks for the link. I just cross-linked back. And, Ray, 3:26 AM???? Just linked to you too.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           jessica lipnack | <a href=\"http://www.netage.com/endlessknots\" title=\"http://www.netage.com/endlessknots\">Homepage</a> | 05.02.08 - 8:45 am | <a href=\"#2431246\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"2434832\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=32\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Thanks for the tip, Ray.  It makes a lot of sense.<br><br>referring back to your \"early adopter.. or am I?\" theme that I love, I attended a party on Saturday where I announced I \"finally\" joined Twitter and no one else in the room had even heard of it!<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Amy | 05.05.08 - 3:33 pm | <a href=\"#2434832\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"2435359\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=88e188c94e87adb43adc4db90ce33d35&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=32\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Amy, Let us know what you think about Twitter after a month or so. I'm rsims there if you'd like to Follow. I searched on your name but didn't come-up with a match. <br><br>Rag<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Ray Sims | <a href=\"http://blog.simslearningconnections.com\" title=\"http://blog.simslearningconnections.com\">Homepage</a> | 05.05.08 - 8:21 pm | <a href=\"#2435359\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"2436280\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=32\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Ah, yes, bc the E - I joined GMail around the start of the Iraq war, so the other Amy Hawthorne was everywhere and I decided to preemptively differntiatemyself via my middle initila<br><br>so I'm amyehawthorne<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Amy | 05.06.08 - 10:56 am | <a href=\"#2436280\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr>    <td class=\"InputCell\">                  <br /><div style=\"margin: 0 auto; width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http://secretbuilders.com/ref?id=JSKIT\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http://www.haloscan.com/images/secretbuilders.jpg\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" border=\"0\"/></a></div><br /><div id=\"newcomment\"></div><form method=\"post\" name=\"addComment\" action=\"http://www.haloscan.com/comments/nyuszi/8090380920791552316/\" target=\"_self\">        <p>    Name: <br />          <input name=\"name\" type=\"text\" size=\"38\" value=\"\" /><br />          Email:<br />          <input name=\"email\" type=\"text\" size=\"38\" value=\"\" /><br />          URL: <br />          <input name=\"url\" type=\"text\" size=\"38\" value=\"\" /><br />          Comment:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"javascript:emo_pop()\" title=\"Smiley and tag help\" target=\"_self\">?</a>&nbsp;<br />          <textarea name=\"addMessage\" rows=\"12\" cols=\"38\"></textarea><br /><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"subscribe\" id=\"subscribe\" value=\"1\" /><label for=\"subscribe\">Notify me of followup comments via email</label>        </p>        <p class=\"PSubmit\"><input name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Publish\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"SubmitButton\" />&nbsp;<input name=\"previewMessage\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Preview\" class=\"SubmitButton\" />        </p>      <input type='hidden' name='user' value='nyuszi' /><input type='hidden' name='comment' value='8090380920791552316' /></form>    </td></tr>  <tr>    <td><p align=\"center\">        Commenting by <a href=\"http://www.haloscan.com/\" target=\"_blank\">HaloScan</a></p>      </td>  </tr></table><img src=\"http://c5.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=561713&amp;java=0&amp;security=01eeff58\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" /></body>");