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		<title>Using Twitter in fly-over country</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Byers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm confident that if everyone gave Twitter a try (and used it correctly), they'd see the value. But being back in Minneapolis makes me wonder if some people just aren't cut out for it.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_171" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-171 alignright" title="Yardwork" src="http://www.byersalex.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/img00110-300x225.jpg" alt="Back in MN, cypress mulch is my life." width="300" height="225" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Back in MN, cypress mulch is my life.</p></div>
<p>I finally made it back to good old Minnesota earlier this week, and it&#8217;s been a great change-up from the city life of D.C. A little different to be out working in the yard rather than spending every working hour in front of a computer, but I should be able to handle it.</p>
<p>Since I&#8217;ve gotten back, though, I&#8217;ve already had a pair of conversations with friends from home who don&#8217;t use Twitter, and don&#8217;t understand why it&#8217;s useful. I&#8217;ve tried to explain how Twitter can be used for great professional benefit, rather than the more personal benefit that Facebook offers, but I haven&#8217;t gotten a great response. I&#8217;m confident that if everyone gave Twitter a try (and <a href="http://www.emilyingram.com/twitter-101-for-student-journalists/">used</a> it <a href="http://www.10000words.net/2009/03/top-7-mistakes-new-twitter-users-make.html">correctly</a>), they&#8217;d see the value. But being back in Minneapolis makes me wonder if some people just aren&#8217;t cut out for it.</p>
<p>That said, everyone I follow these days is journalism/web/D.C.-based. Anyone know of any good Minneapolis people, businesses or organizations to follow?</p>
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