The communications department of the Museum is having an ongoing conversation about Twitter. Should we or shouldn't we tweet? What sorts of things would you as readers want to know and how often do you want to hear from us?
I think it is fitting on William Shakespeare's birthday that we pose these questions to you, our fair readers. I keep thinking about a Valentine's Day card my husband bought me that had a picture of Shakespeare trying to write on a conversation heart. The bubble over his head says "Drat," as he throws out yet another heart after running out of space. The caption says "Shakespeare's first failed career, candy heart writer."
Which brings me to my last question. Is it possible to write something meaningful in 140 characters? If you have not read Maureen Dowd's op-ed about the subject, it is a hoot. It is aptly named "To Tweet or Not to Tweet." Let us know what you think. Feel free to be wordy.
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Hola. Our UJC staff just moved to 25 Broadway, so I greatly enjoyed your post about the Panda Guy -- we see him at Bowling Green nearly every day next to the people feeling up the bull statue.
Re Twitter -- Granted, I'm a bit old to be an optimal Twit, but I'd suggest going ahead and locking up the Twitter feeds you might someday want, since they're free, first-come, first-served at this point. All you need is a different e-mail address to snag each one.
For UJC, I grabbed the @jewishevents feed, and I've been posting a 'today in Jewish history' item each day, plus shameless plugs for UJC events, plus citations of other Jewish events and holidays. Should be very handy when our annual conference rolls around, and for our next social networking thingy.
Writing 140-character postings has actually been kinda fun. It can take some interesting editing to get some items down to that point.
Feel free to email me andy.neusner@ujc.org if you want to discuss further.
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