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Learn more about your SND Syracuse Twitter followers

Are your Twitter followers just like you?
I have about 300 people who follow my inane tweets

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and a new Web service is helping me learn more about them. Twittersheep is a lightweight Web service that tells you more about all of those hundreds of “followers” who can’t wait to be informed that you are, you know, standing in line in Starbucks or waiting for a bus in the snow.

Ever curious, I had to see what more I could learn about my Twitter followers. Compared to my old friend and powertweeter, @matmansfield, it seems that don’t really tweet that much and find that I only follow about 60 people and blog feeds. At 60, I found I could actually read and keep up with what the people I am following are saying.

What do you know - my peeps are tweets like me!

I entered my Twitter username and Twittersheep scanned the profiles of my posse and organized their keywords into a surrpisingly useful tag cloud. Turns out they are just like me - as awkwardly revealing as that may be.

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In Syracuse? No, I am stuck on a deserted island!

Sandwiched between the rusty Port of Palm Beach and the beachfront homes of the ultra-rich, camping on Peanut Island is a surreal experience and anything but quiet.

I would have been tempted to go to Syracuse to witness the giant design competition that the Society for News Design is hosting this weekend. Some of the top design minds from around the globe have been invited to judge the contest this year. I like talking with sharp, talented people but I have never felt the desire to gather in this frozen hinterland. I had someplace warmer in mind for my winter retreat. A place like Peanut Island.

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