Tweetworks

Okay, the email and DM notifications of activity on Tweetworks are live and ready to keep you in the loop. There’s only thing missing…YOU. You need to log in to Tweetworks, enter your email at set your notification preferences.

If you are new to Tweetworks be sure to stop by our new video tutorials to learn how to get started and how to find what you are looking for on the site.

And as a special bonus, @JonDBishop has shared with us a way to opt out of those “Oh so wonderful” auto DM messages. Now, of course we have no right to be offended by these messages as we did follow the person sending it but, if you’d prefer not to receive them here’s how to get out of it.

Mike Langford continues the conversation on putting a face to the avatar. He encourages people to use Tweetworks to create ongoing communities around recurring events. He also urges those comfortable enough to do so to hug it up the next time you see him.

1. HamRadio (Created by @Schoash) – Jeff Pulver organized a breakfast in Cambridge, MA yesterday (see pictures of the event on Mike Langford’s Facebook profile page) to bring together local social media folks. He told the crowd a story of how using a ham radio as a child helped him connect in a way that was not possible in his day to day life due to social insecurity. What an amazing coincidence that some started a HamRadio group on Tweetworks yesterday. Talk about long tail!
2. SMB-Boston (Created by @RobertCollins) – Once every month’ish Boston area social media fans descend on the Social Media breakfast to mingle and hear from a few presenters on the cool stuff they are working on. What a perfect group to have on Tweetworks. It’s a great way for people to pre-connect before the event with people whom they would like to be sure to hook up with or after the event to continue a conversation. It is also a perfect forum to plan the event and even arrange car pools. @MaThuRRell suggested that people tied to public transportation wouldn’t be able to make to events in the burbs but using a group like SMB-Boston people can arrange car pools and find transportation solutions.
3. SXSW09 (Created by @Tweetworks) – Once a year the world descends on Austin Texas for the South By South West festival. If you are planning to go be sure to stop by the SXSW group on Tweetworks and connect with other people. It’s a great way to ensure you meet the people you’d like to meet. Mike would also like your oppinion as to whether he should put the full court press on to attend.

Mike Langford encourages Tweetworks users to attend events (tweet ups, meet ups, and breakfasts) where you can put a handshake to the avatar. He highlights how you can use Tweetworks to find people in your area and organize events. Check out his PodCamp Boston speech to see some of this thoughts on Integrating Offline and Online Networking.

Already there are groups of tweeters from all over ther world. Here’s a sample:

• AlaskaTweets
• AtlantaTweeters
• AussieTweeters
• AustinTweeters
• BostonTweeters
• Brazil
• BrightonTweeters
• Brisbane
• Bulgaria
• DallasTweeters
• DCTweet
• HawaiiTweeters
• Malaysia
• Manchester
• Memphis
• Mexico
• Sacramento
• Salt Lake
• San Francisco
• Santa Fe
• Topeka
• Tampa Bay
• Toronto
• UKTweeters
• Uruguay
• Wisconsin