Paul McFedries 
Twitter Tips, Tricks, and Tweets 

A full-color, portable guide to getting all the fun andproductivity from Twitter Twitter is hot! It’s used by everyone from teens keeping up withtheir friends to fundraising charities and organizations respondingto natural disasters; even President Obama tweets. Twitter Tips, Tricks, and Tweets gets you in on the fun, taking you all theway from setting up an account to incorporating cool third-partyapplications.Defined as microblogging, Twitter allows you to be as active orpassive as you choose in keeping up with the conversation. Limitedto 140 characters per comment, or ‘tweet’, it’s designed forhere-and-now communication. This handy guide gives you everythingyou need to know.* Guides you through setting up an account and following Twitterrules* Explains how to tweet from mobile devices* Shows how to add Twitter to a blog or to other socialnetworking sites such as Facebook* Offers ideas for using Twitter in business as well as forpersonal contacts* Covers Twitter terminology* Provides useful tips and tricks for expanding Twitter’susefulness through third-party applications Twitter Tips, Tricks, and Tweets explores all thefeatures of Twitter, so you can join the conversation and discoverwhat all the buzz is about.

About the author

Paul Mc Fedries is a technical writer who has been authoring computer books since 1991. He has more than 60 books to his credit, which together have sold more than three million copies worldwide. His current titles include the Wiley books My Space Visual Quick Tips, Internet Simplified, i Phone 3G Portable Genius, Teach Yourself VISUALLY Macs, and Teach Yourself VISUALLY Windows Vista. Paul is also the proprietor of Word Spy, a Web site devoted to new words and phrases (see www.wordspy.com). Paul lives in Toronto with his wonderful wife, Karen, and their silly dog, Gypsy. Please visit Paul’s personal Web site at www.mcfedries.com, or follow him on Twitter using his Twitter accounts @paulmcf, @wordspy, and @citizencoin.