It’s interesting how what we say can be taken in different ways even when we think what we have said is so clear. Twitter is a great tool but I find that my connections are related to the time I have to develop them, which makes sense of course. What I like is that the the conversations have evolved over time with my main contacts. I quit following people who’s comments don’t relate, most of the time, to my interests.
The reply options settings are good to know about although I’m liking my twitter just the way it is so I won’t be worried about changing it any time soon.

The conversations we are having are important as education is going through this time of change. Thanks for contributing to it.

Great post…wish I had thought to mention the @reply options when I blogged about Twitter a few days ago! Filtering out the tweets can really help teachers see the professional, social networking aspects of Twitter; it’s an AWESOME tool when managed effectively.

Yesterday I tweeted that I saw a similarity to twitter and parallel play in children (you know, when you go to a play date and toddlers all play in the same room but seldom really play together). Twitter can be like this at times (me thinks), but when we see others playing with something we’re particularly interested in, we merge into their play settings/environment. Like you, there are times I like looking around and seeing what everyone else is doing, and times I just need to focus on my endeavors and anything relating to my endeavors. Thanks for the tip on the @ setting. Will use it today and see what happens.

Additionally, sort of on this same topic, yesterday I tweeted if anyone had experienced googling a twitter ID (I happened to do my own, actually for another reason unrelated to twitter). I don’t make my tweets private, so I should not have expected anything less that what popped up on my screen- but it did make me stop to think private tweets might be good.

No one responsed to my tweet on googling twitter IDs, which I thought was strange, but thought, okay, this is twitter; like the falling tree in the forest, when someone tweets and no one is around (or is so actively engaged in their own parallel play), does the tweet really make a “sound”? I am really interested to hear what others think about the results you see on the screen when you google your twitter ID. Are many aware of this? I’m not particularly freaked, but find it really interesting how easy it “follow” others via a non-twitter tool, and one that is so predominantly used.

Lots of heavy thinking for the morning. I may need a third cup of tea.

Thanks again for your insightful post.