… is never going to happen. Got nothing against other people twitting till the electronic cows come home, just not my kind of thing. If I tell you that one of my favourite expressions is “worse than Facebook”, I think you’ll see where I’m coming from. However, I’m used to being in a minority of one, and if any of you want to quote me or link to me on there while you do whatever it is you Twits do, then feel free
(Do you like how I made it seem that I’d be doing you a favour by you giving links to me? Very smoothly done, I reckon. Maybe I should get back into door to door sales…)
TEFLtastic 
Alex,
Your loss, luvey… there’s a party going on out there…
Shame, sigh – I would so love to be sharing great stuff with you, na ya- I’ll just come on over and say hey coupla times a week.
Wanna pay me to feed your links into the mainstream?
Will work for chocolate. Dark chocolate is preferred.
Or, maybe maybe… you can convince someone nice enough in BELTfree to help you out…. but, btw kudos to Tara who’s doing a good job – she’s got you covered.
xxKarenne
kalinagoenglish
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What can I say, never been good at mixing at parties…
And then there’s the time management factor. I’ve got 150 unfinished articles, 50 unfinished blog posts, several hundred finished worksheets that I haven’t found time to put up, 6 books that I have to write reviews of… The last thing I need is another distraction, however useful it may be. Talking of which, should be finishing a guest blog piece rather than commenting here…
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This cracked me up. Some people think TN on Twitter is you because I link to your great stuff a lot! Is there a word for this? Ghost tweeting?
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Yes, I think that Ghost tweeting does actually exist as a profession nowadays. I always thought TN was the owner of the site (don’t know why I never use his name here, but surely an air of mystery never hurt anyone) but seems I owe you several big ones. Will you also accept payment in chocolate? Or perhaps a guest post on your blog??
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Add my name to the list of unbelievers and non-practicants, Alex. I’d much rather be doing something useful than wasting my time on a phone. Playing footy with the kids is a good alternative, but a tad exhausting!
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Well, you certainly have got a Twitter fan in me :)
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I’m not so sure I’d necessarily describe myself as a “Twitter unbeliever”, Alex…
I’m sceptical of all technology, especially of all technology that people get over-excited about — because I think that’s a healthy attitude to take to it. “Twitter skeptic” would be nearer the mark. Cut thru the bull first, and ask yourself, is — for the time I invest — it going to produce a lot of learning…?
For the purposes of professional development (ie for “following” certain “big names”, who have a lot of interesting things to say), Twitter is quite possibly worth it, assuming you have the time for it (though I personally prefer RSS).
For the purposes of people learning English (unless they are autonomously “following” others in English), I don’t see it, no. F2F classroom use, no.
Privacy issues — very, very serious.
But, no, it’s “just not my kind of thing” either…
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