Drawings & Sketches » twitter http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog Illustration Sketchblog of Brad Fitzpatrick Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:47:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 5 Ways Your Twitter Picture Will Keep Me from Following You http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1803/5-ways-your-twitter-picture-will-keep-me-from-following-you/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1803/5-ways-your-twitter-picture-will-keep-me-from-following-you/#comments Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:57:53 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/?p=1803 Call me crazy, but your Twitter icon can and WILL keep me from following you on Twitter. Below are my top 5 gripes about Twitter images and why they'll drive me, and probably many others, away.

  1. If you have the ugly brown default icon that Twitter uses as a placeholder, I won't follow you. If you use this it makes me think you're not active and I like to follow active people.
  2. If your Twitter icon is a mini advertisement for your MLM or Dating Service conpany, I will not follow. This just screams that you'll be trying to sell me something at some point and that your primary motivation for being on Twitter is to make money. Pass.
  3. If your Twitter icon is flipping me the bird I probably will not follow you. I get enough of that when I drive my car, I don't really want it in my twitter client. It's not cute, it's actually pretty stupid and immature. FYI
  4. If your Twitter icon makes you look angry or like a douchebag, I will not follow you. I'm not in this for negative vibes, baby.
  5. If your twitter picture is of nude or risque body parts, male or female, I'll definitely pass. I suppose there's a place for that on the internet for certain people... Twitter is not that place in my opinion.
  6. BONUS GRIPE: Animated Twitter icons may seem like a cool and hip thing, but they get old very quickly and I really don't want to keep  being distracted by your dancing banana when I'm trying to read tweets around you. Don't try to steal attention away from others. Tweet awesome tweets and you won't have to resort to such lame tactics.

There, I said it. It feels good to get that off my chest. Do you have a nice & respectable Twitter avatar? I'm @Fitzillo on Twitter.  Follow me here and I'll be sure to return the favor! :-)

[PS: If you liked this post please retweet it!]

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What's that? You say you do't know what a Twitter is? Well go find out and sign up, then follow me here. I demand it! :-)

Enjoy!

Twitter Cartoon

Twitter Cartoon: Twitterdicted!

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]]> http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1722/twitter-cartoons-twitter-cartoon/feed/ 15 How To Create Anything in 2 Steps – Create Something! http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1648/how-to-create-anything-in-2-steps-create-something/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1648/how-to-create-anything-in-2-steps-create-something/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:21:40 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/?p=1648 I-Ming's latest blog post is a good one and has me thinking that there are basically 3 types of people online:

  1. those that consume
  2. those that move existing things around
  3. those that create

Number 1 and 2 combined outnumber 3 immensely I think. Sure, you might be a combination of 2 or more of the above, but what is it that you do more of? Consume, Move or Create? Not enough people are creating stuff. Too many are just moving other people's stuff around. What have you created lately? (link to it in the comments!)

Here's an excerpt from I-Ming's 1 Second Creation post:

HOW TO CREATE ANYTHING
1. START BY DREAMING. Create it in the Spiritual, imaginative places. Form it in your mind.
2. Simply usher it into reality like a doctor would a fully formed baby.

Read the entire post here, and be sure to follow him on twitter... he's one of the fun ones :)

Thoughts?

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    ]]>     http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1546/twitter-updates-for-2008-10-23-2/feed/ 3     Fitzillo on Twitter http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/489/fitzillo-on-twitter/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/489/fitzillo-on-twitter/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:55:47 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/?p=489 I started Twittering the other day and I'm strangely enjoying it. I never gave it a chance before, or even...]]> I started Twittering the other day and I'm strangely enjoying it. I never gave it a chance before, or even a second thought, but there's been a rise in buzz about it lately so I thought I'd give it a try.

    I'm finding the best part is connecting with other like-minded people, as well as getting instant updates, tips, and breaking news from people I'm interested in.

    There are actually quite a few illustrators on twitter, you can see some of them in my growing Friends list.

    I wouldn't say I'm addicted to it (yet), like so many others say they are, but I am at the point where I felt the need to install a Firefox plugin to get updates automatically instead of visiting the actual site. The Plugin I'm using is TwitterFox and it's working very well so far.

    If you'd like to follow me, I'm Fitzillo on Twitter. Visit that link and click the "Follow" button under my name after you sign up.

    If you're not sure if Twitter is for you, check out the following nifty little video Darren Rowse of Problogger posted this morning. He asked his followers what they loved about Twitter and he got some great responses that should peak your interest... (If you can't see the video below, click here)

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