Worthwhile and interesting twitters to follow:
@lisacolondelay (me-have to say that.) : )
@tferriss
@mashable
@edcyzewski

As an author you might find Twitter to be a great spot to quickly post thoughts and ideas. Some might make it into a book. The rest can just inspire/entertain your friends and family. As for finding time, you type for a living. You should be able to post 140 characters in less than 5 seconds. If you are talking about the time it takes to open the website…

You can use Twitter without ever going to the website.

Contact me at my website http://luke.gedeon.name and I will help you put an input box in the corner of your screen or pop-up with a keystroke. There are many options. Tell me what you want and I will set you up for free.

You can also twitter from your phone while driving, but I am sure Mike already told you that. :)

So you have several options to make twittering even easier than typing a note in a word processor.

And you can use twitter for hundreds of other things. Not just telling people what you are doing right now. Basically, you can put into it anything you want the world to know without the trouble of coming up with a title or subject line.

I follow a couple of news sources: @MarketWatch and @nprnews to keep me up-to-date on any breaking news and those are the only Device Updates I have set up to be sent to my cell phone. I follow a weather service @wx_nashville too and was receiving those Device Updates, but they have not updated since mid-September so I probably need to find another source for weather updates.

I follow @ActionDay which is a productivity resource I created so that I can send a Tweet to @ActionDay on those mornings when I need a little productivity boost. The Tweet contains my High Impact Next Actions for the day and then I send @ActionDay updates at the top of every hour on my progress (I have an Outlook Task scheduled to remind me to do so). I find that if I put my intentions in print for the world to see that I am much more likely to follow through.

I have added the TwitterSync Facebook application to have all my status updates synced to my Facebook account so I am following @cnySrettiwT too.

That’s it for me! I end up spending fewer than 5 minutes per day on the Twitter site, but I have come to appreciate the few productive tools that I have added so far.

C.J.

Twitter id: @cjdarlington

Originally I resisted twittering. I didn’t have a clue when I would have the time or why I would want to twitter. After some months of hearing about twittering from our friend @stevetn who also recommended that I subscribe to your blog last year I gave in and signed up. Your Beginner’s Guide to Twitter was a big help. Your right, it takes not time and all and it lets me keep up with my other road warrior friends such as @afeldt and @williduke and keeping up with @dearkaren, her family and how wonderful life is in Franklin. Now if I could just get my husband to sign up and enable texting on his phone he could keep up and I wouldn’t have to send separate email. Also, I can’t seem to get my stepdaughters and grandchildren into the game. It would just be easier if they all twittered.

My favorite tweeters are all outstanding writers.

@_HeatherWilson My wife, and a remarkably clever tweeter.
@maurilio Just. Too. Darn. Funny.
@marydemuth Good mix of personal info & insight. Tweets from the heart?
@pandora Often humorous political tweets.
@MichaelHyatt That’s you ;-) Always informative, and a great Twitter voice.

Larry (@lawrencewilson)

I think you, Terry Whalin, and Chris Knight are some of the best Twitterers by that criteria, but I’m sure there are others.

Of course, that’s also what I try to do in mine (@publishingcoach and @abundant_gifts)

Tricia Goyer always gives us a fascinating glimpse into being a writer. Ray Edwards shares fascinating info and valuable insights.

I’m always torn between this and keeping up with the rest of life and business!