What is Twitter?

Thanks to Twitter, it’s possible to share short, bite-sized updates about your life and follow the updates of people that matter to you via the web. Yaay! Find out what your friends are doing at Twitter.com. Watch the video to the left for a full explanation of how twitter can connect all of us.

You can follow your updates of friends and family in a number of ways. They can be sent to your phone, desktop and or mobile device. One example of how we may use our @DestinyInfo Twitter account might be the cancellation of church due to weather. Imagine getting a message straight to your phone informing you church had been cancelled. You can also update from twitter to share with friends and family what you are up to and thinking about.

PHONE

To get updates on your phone just text the number 40404 the words "follow" and the name you want to follow. In this case "follow destinyinfo" would be the text message. That's it - you are now set up. You will now be sent updates to your phone via text message.

DESKTOP

There are a number of pieces of free software such as Twhirl that you can use to follow people on twitter. Many people however follow updates from the twitter website. They simply bookmark their page and check daily.

MOBILE DEVICE

For those of you with smart phones such as an iPhone or Blackberry, Twitter is even easier and more enjoyable. View and post updates from one of the many apps available to you. For iPhone there is a free app called Twitterific and another paid for app called Tweetie. Blackberry users can also get Twitterberry for free.