First Ever Twittering Pilgrim? (March/April 2009)

[damiancorrigan]

Hi everyone,

I shall be doing the Camino Frances straight after Las Fallas (20 March), starting in SJPP. Will anyone else be doing it at the same time?

I'm also Twittering my experience too. I know, it's controversial - I expect hordes of Luddites to tell me that's not the point of the Camino, but it's partially (but not entirely) for work anyway, so please excuse me!

Follow me at @gospain if you're on Twitter and we can plan together!

 

[JohnnieWalker]

Hi Damian

Welcome. Have a look at the Camino Calander to see who might be going around the time you are.

Twitter to your heart's content

 

[Sansthing]

I don´t know if I´m a Luddite, but what exactly is 'twittering' please :?:
Sandra

 

[JohnnieWalker]

Sandra, I had to askthe same question! Look here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter

It is another generation of instant communication where "Twitters" can communicate with people in their network (everyone "following" them) through sending messages no more than 140 characters long - like text langauage. Messages can be posted through an internet connection or texted by mobile telephone.

Twittering is based on answering " What I am doing right now" so it encourage a constant stream of communication between people.

May be not for some of us but live and let live.

 

[Arn]

Johnnie Walker noted: no more than 140 characters

Sometimes the shortest message instills the longest memory!

Twitter On!

 

[JohnnieWalker]

Calling all luddites

and if the thought of twittering whilst on Camino adds to the angst which the thought of Iphones, wifi, ulralite laptops etc give us...have a look at this:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel ... 766349.ece

Oh progress.

 

[spursfan]

well I am a luddite - after a few thousand "putting one foot in front of the other" twitters hopefully even the followers will get bored

 

[JohnnieWalker]

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[Deleted member 397]

I'm obviously a luddite, I read the wikipedia (can't these people spell-shouldn't that be Wikipaedia!) but are these messages sent by computer-if so whats the difference between twittering and emails?

 

[Arn]

POSSIBLY more than you ever wanted to know about twittering and how to set up and use the service;

http://www.mahalo.com/How_to_Use_Twitter

Not a Luddite...just slow!

 

[Sansthing]

Thanks for your reply, Johnny Walker, I´m glad I´m not the only one who didn´t know what it meant.
Sandra