So I’m a Twitter newbie, online for only over a month I’d say (@bricefaubel), and I have had my reservations about what Twitter could possibly offer to a casual user, but today I have witnessed the outstretching wings of Twitter first hand.

At 10:07 this morning, one of the individuals I follow, @cameronmoll, posted a link to a series of 4 logo designs he has been working on recently and called upon his Twitter followers to offer his or her opinion. My curiosity peaked, I clicked the link and noticed that I had apparently been pretty quick on the draw because no comments had been made yet about the designs. Within 3 minutes, after refreshing the page, that number had grown to over 15 I would guess. Within the hour, close to 60 comments on the set of logos! At the time of this post (1:50 p.m. CST), Cameron has received 80 comments – all by sending out one simple link to his Twitter followers. I would say that’s a fairly good sampling of opinions, wouldn’t you!?

Now, this particular individual has over 9,000 followers so I would expect a good turn out, especially from those in the design community. Nevertheless, if I wasn’t convinced that people were actually using, and paying attention to, Twitter – I definitely am now.

In the future, you can find Blueye (@blueyecreative) and the author (@bricefaubel) on Twitter, going on about industry practices, things of interest, places we’ve been, and, if you’re lucky, our favorite cheese.

Leave a response