Micro-blogging with Twitter and FriendFeed

I know that some of you are still getting used to the idea of "blogging" and I here I am wanting to discuss "micro-blogging". Am I out of my mind? Some would say yes. Personally, I think micro-blogging is an easy concept to wrap your head around.

Consider Twitter ... all you have to do is answer one question, "What are you doing?" That it's - one question the only caveat being that you have to answer in 140 characters or less. I get some great ideas/insights/information and more from my twitter friends, affectionately known as "twits".

Before getting involved, be a voyeur ... read twitter posts without being on Twitter through Twellow. Twellow breaks all of the Twitter posts into user-friendly categories or search by person to see all posts from that user.

Looking for a more robust micro-blogging app? Try FriendFeed - update and follow your family and friends through posts, photos and more.

Micro-blogging is a great first step into blogging. Start writing - follow some folks - write some more - get some followers - the FUN never ends!!!

So, what are you doing now?

Home Warranty Website Tools & Triple Play 2008

Okay, who knew? Some way cool tools on the First American Home Buyers Protection Plan website - thanks Marie!!! Go there, and then click on the gold "Realtor Services" tab ... click on "Register for the Keep in Touch referral program".

Per the website, "First American Home Buyers Protection makes it easy to 'Keep In Touch' with your clients and gain valuable referrals with these personalized high-quality color postcards mailed throughout the year".

These are free postcards people! Lots of other helpful info can be found under the "Realtor Services" tab - check it out!

On another note, one of my fav events, Realtors Triple Play, is opening up registration for the 2008 event tomorrow! Get the 2008 schedule here.

Triple Play 2008

December 9^th – 11^th

Atlantic City Convention Center

This is 2.5 days packed with some fantastic education sessions, networking opportunities and best of all – it’s right in our backyard!

Sign up starting tomorrow for only $60 here - http://www.realtorstripleplay.com/registration08.htm

Web Office Software - OpenGoo

Tired of Microsoft Office and it's hefty price tag? Not down with Google Docs? Try OpenGoo - a free and complete set of online tools for your web office. OpenGoo is one of a gazillion new open source offerings on the web.

Open Source, plainly put, is a developer term - meaning that everything, all of the coding, design and content are available to everyone. As you can imagine - I heart all things open source :)

You can expect the usual tools ... text docs, presentations, email, calendars, contacts, lists, links and according to their website, "spreadsheets" very soon.

The cool thing about using an online program for your office docs is that they are available everywhere you are ... everywhere you are online that is - important to note. You can share your docs, calendars, etc. with team members, managers, the list goes on ...

Try it out - you will love it!