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It’s new and shiny and doesn’t hurt, plus…
- The conversation is happening there
- You find out stuff before anyone else
- You have access to people you normally wouldn’t
- I’ve meet a lot of people and a lot of SolidWorks users
- I’ve found new CAD related and SolidWorks Blogs (see below)
It’s pretty amazing when you can talk with someone you’ve never meet and suddenly feel like you know them.
I’ve been able to hear about someone as they travel from the US to Israel, here about a photomob develop at Google’s web2.0 booth, see people discussing SolidWork tips, and get invites to closed betas - Pretty cool stuff. You just don’t realize the relationships that can develop out there either. I’m hoping to meet a lot of people I’ve had conversations with since being on.
Additionally, it becoming a resource. I’ve just started tagging all SolidWorks tips I give out and there’s plenty of talk about news that’s happening.
So, if you’re interested, follow me @solidsmack. Say hi, tell me where you’re from and if you like .
Tools that make Twitter more fun
Twhirl - Twitter Client
Tweetscan - real-time twitter search
Twitterholic - Twitters Top 100
HashTags - Tag your Tweets
Summize.com - Search conversations
Blogs I’ve found through Twitter:
Clinging to Ideas - Brian Slick makes the transition from I-DEAS to SolidWorks.
TheSwGeek - Alex Ruiz geeks out bigtime.
Schmalls - Josh Thomson puts the hook on SolidWorks and Programming
Chris Kelly - yeah, he’s Siemens PLM nut 
but also very nice
Some other blogger on there that you may know are Ben Eadie, Brian McElyea, and Lou Gallo…
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Hi Josh,
Nice post, I really appreciated the links to various twitter tools. I just downloaded twhirl! I’ll be checking it out today.
Daniel
Nut, eh? Well I’ll take being a nice nut at least
integration on your google/ig is also cool.
So thanks for the tips because you to can get boring 
Btw 99% of my twitter messages are from you… the rest is me
Nice Josh. Posts like this will help twitter cross over into the mainstream, instead of being just a bunch of programmers talking about what they had for lunch (jk).
How the heck do you get me interested in all this stuff!
@Daniel.. twhirl is the best for sure.
@Chris.. you know you are super cool
@Marijn.. yep, I bore myself at times.
@Matt.. i hope so! already have more followers!
@Jason.. cause it’s so COOL. it’s calling your name, Jaaaason.