What is Twitter?
Twitter is a short messaging service that works over mutiple networks and devices. Twitter was started by Jack Dorsey, as a side project, in March of 2006. Jack had grown interested in the simple idea of being able to know what his friends were doing.
People are eager to connect with other people and Twitter makes that simple. Twitter asks one question, "What are you doing?" Answers must be under 140 characters in length and can be sent via mobile texting, instant message, or the web.
How do I make a Twitter account?
Step 1- In order to join in on the conversation you will need to go to https://twitter.com/signup to create your account.
Step 2- Go ahead and follow the twitter prompts. Enter your first and last name. Make sure it is your real name. Pick a user name and password, making sure your user name is unique to twitter and contains no special characters. Enter your email address and fill out the CAPTCHA. (that is where you have to match the letters and numbers for security purposes). Please note that you can only have one twitter name per email account. Then click "Create my account".
Step 3- Are your friends on twitter?
Success!! Now that you have a twitter account be sure to check and see whom else you know is part of the twitter-sphere. Twitter will prompt you after you create an account to enter your email address password. This allows twitter to check for you to see if you know anyone on twitter. Finally, lots of celebrities and media networks are on twitter. Be sure to add some of them as well for great bursts of reading material.
Step4- Tell everyone what you are (or are not) doing.
Finally, it's time to tweet. Tell the world what you are doing in 140 characters or less by entering your status at the website (twitter.com) after you are logged in. Before you know it, you will have thousands of tweets cataloging your days.(article by andreajoyce/ehow member)
How do I follow the summer reading website...desurfsup?
There are two ways to follow "desurfsup" on Twitter...
First, if you are signed into your new account you can hit the "find people" tab at the top of your Twitter menu bar. Simply put desurfsup in the search box and Twitter will bring up all accounts related to that search. Look for the desurfsup icon , which is a cartoon surfer in a curling wave, and hit follow.
Second, if you are signed into the summer reading website, on the home page, you can click on the Twitter icon and it will take you to desurfsup profile and click on the follow button. (If you decide to use this way, you must also already be signed into your Twitter account and check the box that says, "stay signed in.)
Click here to sign up!
