9 to 5 Poet

What is the proper noun for a person that uses Twitter? I think the posts are called tweets, which makes the verb tweeting.  But who is the person that tweets?

I’ve broken down and signed up for Twitter, after reading this post at Read Write Poem.  I’ve avoided the site for a while, because I’m over 30 and it scares me.  However, I like the concept that the gals at RWP have about ways to use the site.  I think being able to connect in a different way with other poets is really wise and I like the informality of it all.

Plus, I’m convinced that in 140 words, you could totally write a rockin’ little poem for the day.  So if you’re into RWP or just poetry, check out their page! Well, I’m off to gussy up my profile!

A close friend of mine from college, Kate, has launched a new site with a friend of hers called Wednesday Machine Arts Collective. This site’s goal is to bring artists and writers together in a virtual arts festival. They plan on connecting artists of different genres together to collaborate on their work. How the collaboration takes shape is up to the artists.

To me, this is one of the best uses of the online arts community — to connect writers and artists from around the world to work together. I’m really excited to see how Wednesday Machine takes shape.

Just a note — I noticed that my page was loading really slow, and lo and behold, it was due to all of the different webrings and communities badges on my main page. So I have created a new post for each of these communities, backdated them all to January 1, 2006, and created a link on my sidebar to see all of these different organizations. I don’t mean to downplay the positive effect these different communities have played in leading readers to my site. I just want my page to load normally. If you would like to see any of the places I have joined, click on the sidebar link or click on the web communities label at the bottom of this post. Thanks!

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