Scrapbookers Are Twittering!

That’s right…microblogging site Twitter isn’t just for geeks anymore! It has gotten some serious traction in the scrapbooking community. I am constantly discovering new scrapbookers on there, both hobbyists and professionals.

What is Twitter?

If you aren’t familiar with Twitter, it is like having a mini-blog where every entry is limited to only 140 characters (about two sentences, the length of a text message). You can post to it from your computer, your phone and via various services. If you use Facebook, it’s somewhat similar to the “status” updates section of that site, but since it doesn’t have all the other features that come with that site, it is less time-consuming to keep up with.

People use Twitter for both personal and professional purposes. It’s a great way to meet people, keep up with your friends, throw questions out to large groups of people to get help on something, follow the news, and do many other things.

My community on Twitter is large (because I’ve chosen for it be) and consists of scrapbookers, tech geeks, autism advocates, and all sorts of other people. Some of them I’ve met in person and some I haven’t. On a daily basis, I learn on Twitter, I laugh on Twitter, and I share life’s frustrations and joys on Twitter.

So who is Twittering?

New people are constantly joining Twitter, and it can be hard to keep up with who is on it. I try hard to keep up with the scrapbook community on Twitter but there is no easy way to stay updated on all the new sign-ups or find people who might not have put scrapbooking in their profile.

So, I decided to create a directory on Scrapbook Update like has been done other places for Twitter….the Scrapbookers Who Twitter list! My hope is that this list will help the scrapbookers find each other so that a real, useful, networking community (for both professionals and consumers) can be born like there is on Twitter with so many other areas.

The list is almost certainly incomplete – if you want to be added (or removed) please contact me at ScrapbookUpdate@gmail.com.

Need tips on using Twitter? Check out Darren Rowse’s TwiTip blog for power tips on making the most of Twitter.