Comments on: Breaking the geek image http://citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/blogs/main/2009/02/26/breaking-the-geek-image/ General musings from Citizenship Foundation staff Thu, 17 May 2012 06:16:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ade Sofola http://citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/blogs/main/2009/02/26/breaking-the-geek-image/#comment-366 Ade Sofola Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:20:34 +0000 http://citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/blogs/main/?p=55#comment-366 Actually I would have to disagree a little - I think Twitter is for geeks but what it has proven is that there are a myriad of geeks in the world. People who are geeks about politics, pop, travel, social media, clothes, whatever can all find a network of interest on Twitter and that is fantastic! long live the geeks I say! Actually I would have to disagree a little - I think Twitter is for geeks but what it has proven is that there are a myriad of geeks in the world. People who are geeks about politics, pop, travel, social media, clothes, whatever can all find a network of interest on Twitter and that is fantastic! long live the geeks I say!

]]> By: Nicola Harwood http://citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/blogs/main/2009/02/26/breaking-the-geek-image/#comment-365 Nicola Harwood Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:07:04 +0000 http://citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/blogs/main/?p=55#comment-365 I also attended the 'Tweet Up' last week and was very apprehensive about just what it would entail. However like yourself would have to agree it was not (quite) the geek fest I was expecting. Twitter is becoming more and more in the public domain with not only celebrities endorsing it (cue Stephen Fry and Lily Allen as Twitter afficiandos) , but the wider community is starting to accept it as a fun and efficient way to network with peers, the likeminded and the equally geeky... So much so the Guardian Travel suuplement on Saturday were even using it to get travel tips for readers. Seems Twitter is here to stay and is growing day by day and not just by the techies and the geeks. As someone at the Tweet Up mentioned last week, charities are the first to be opportunistic about things due to a lack of resources and funding. Sure enough it is charities leading the way with Twitter and are really starting to reap the benefits. [Dear me ... never though I would blog let alone blog about social media - it really is taking over !] I also attended the ‘Tweet Up’ last week and was very apprehensive about just what it would entail. However like yourself would have to agree it was not (quite) the geek fest I was expecting.

Twitter is becoming more and more in the public domain with not only celebrities endorsing it (cue Stephen Fry and Lily Allen as Twitter afficiandos) , but the wider community is starting to accept it as a fun and efficient way to network with peers, the likeminded and the equally geeky… So much so the Guardian Travel suuplement on Saturday were even using it to get travel tips for readers.

Seems Twitter is here to stay and is growing day by day and not just by the techies and the geeks. As someone at the Tweet Up mentioned last week, charities are the first to be opportunistic about things due to a lack of resources and funding. Sure enough it is charities leading the way with Twitter and are really starting to reap the benefits.

[Dear me ... never though I would blog let alone blog about social media - it really is taking over !]

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