Twitter 101: A Starter Guide for Freelancers
brings together people from geographically-diverse areas with common interests sharing what has their attention in 140 characters or less
think of it as a "streaem of information"
or as "information snacking"
leader in microblogging 104 million registered users, adding 300K per day
53% women 
largest demographic 24-35 year olds (over 30%)

personal, promotional, conversational
chats: writechat, fontchat, designchat, journchat
get started
what's a tweet
followers
etiquette
the lingo
organize yourself
10 Reasons to Tweet
jenny schmitt
@cloudspark
www.cloudspark.com
www.linkedin.com/jennyrebeccaschmitt
now, isn't that easy?
2 ways:
search and find
follow the follow
know the lingo: DM, RT, HT and more!
no auto-DMs
you're in public, so behave accordingly
thank people
Tweet - a post of 140 characters
RT - retweet
HT - high tweet or "hat tip"
DM - private message to a follower
Hashtags - #, notes a common subject or event
TweetDeck manages my Tweeps. 
Hootsuite manages my Tweeting.

TweetDeck is best at organizing your friends, followers, etc. into streams to keep up with stuff from them.
Hootsuite has more advanced tweeting features like multiple personas, scheduling, url shorteners etc.
1. News
2. Information
3. Industry awareness
4. Share expertise
5. Gain knowledge
6. Make connections
7. Build community
8. Get business
9. Get referrals
10. Promote your work
Note: you can change your Twitter name at anytime, simply come back to Settings and make the change. No need to "close" the account and open a new one.