[StBernard] St Bernard News on Twitter

[Westley Annis]

Yeah, it's http://www.twhirl.org/ - I'm so used to the .com I didn't even
check it.

Westley

-----Original Message-----
You sure that's not twhilr.org?  on the .com site I couldn't find the client
software anywhere.

JY


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	In preparation of Gustav I have created a new Twitter account to
help
	broadcast news related to St. Bernard Parish.
	
	What is Twitter?
	
	Twitter is basically chat room that you can also use on your cell
phone thru
	text messaging. For Katrina, cell phones went down for voice but we
could
	still text message. A lot of people lost the ability to send or
receive
	email. I'm hoping to bridge that gap.
	
	You can start
	 off by signing up for your own free Twitter account here:
	
	http://twitter.com
	
	Once you created your account and confirmed your cell phone, you
will need
	to follow the St. Bernard News Twitter account by going here and
clicking on
	the Follow button:
	
	http://twitter.com/stbernardnews
	
	You can also use the above web site to see the latest updates that
have been
	posted even if they are not sent to your phone. No Twitter account
needed.
	
	Once you are following, click the Follow button again (this time it
will say
	Following) and turn on Device updates to receive the messages on
your phone.
	
	You can also follow my personal account here:
	
	http://twitter.com/westleyannis
	
	However, I don't recommend turning on Device updates on my personal
account
	since I can get chatty at times and you don't need your phone
buzzing every
	two minutes.
	
	If you want to receive the updates on your computer as I
	 send them, you can
	use a Twitter client. For Windows users I recommend using Twhirl
	(http://www.twhirl.com), a stand alone application, or TwitterFox
	(http://tinyurl.com/2bmr3q), a Firefox plug-in.
	
	Westley