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1. Use a name that’s pronounceable & memorable
2. Pick an avatar that’s friendly & clear, & keep it consistent
3. Tweet every day about topics that interest you
4. Engage in conversations & retweet other’s best tweets
5. Make every tweet understandable in isolation
6. Use humour where appropriate
7. Promote others much more than you promote yourself
8. Follow people nearby & those who have similar interests
9. Follow your followers back
10. Use #hashtags to aid searchability
11. Shorten links using a service like bit.ly or ow.ly
12. Be brief, trim useless words, & abbreviate 2 allow 4 RTs
13. Use a Twitter client, not just the standard web app

If we’ve missed something important, please leave a comment!

With so many tweeps expressing outrage at this draconian measure, it would be beneficial for us to start #hastagging tweets on the topic, to highlight the public’s concern, both in SA and further afield, at this serious erosion of our right to free speech.

Please go to out “Adelaide Polls” page to vote for the #hashtag you think should be used, or suggest one of your own!

At Adelaidetweet we’re looking forward to telling you all about local events and the people that make it all happen.

We’re going to do that in some exciting new ways that utilise the power of twitter and the web… so stay tuned!

But we have been busy on twitter since then, retweeting the best of what Adelaideans and others say about our fine City and its surrounds. In 82 days we’ve managed to amass about 1250 followers, about half of whom are in Adelaide or South Australia.

We’d love to get comments from you here about what we do… come on, don’t be shy.

With Christmas about to descend upon us, there is one thing we would like to talk about. Has anyone noticed how awful the Adelaide City Council’s Christmas decorations are this year? Maybe they are always that bad, but it seems funny that it a city with so many talented artists and designers we should have Christmas banners that look like they were cobbled together with cheap stock photography and an ugly script font by a monkey using Paint on a PC.

How about a competition to design next year’s banners, so we are not embarrassed when they are put up in October?

Have a great Christmas!

Here’s a selection of our favourite tweets on the subject. Do you have any others that tickled your fancy?

@TaplinWebDesign: I just saw a bird burst into flames when it left the shade. That’s how hot it is here in Adelaide.
@devaska1: Koalas need love & water too! Hot day in Glenalta, #Adelaide – ran into koalas needing H2O! http://yfrog.us/j7o4fz
@adelaidetweet: AdelaideNow… Cool fun on a hot day http://ow.ly/BhVR
@dineaux: Jesus, there’s going to be another heatwave in #Adelaide next week!
@Christwitery: Hot Adelaide day / keeping a lower profile / in cooler shadows /// #haiku #adelaide
@magnustoot: When it’s cold in Adelaide, I wish it was warmer, when it’s hot, I wish it was cooler. Why are we never satisfied?
@inkypedro: It’s Sooo hot in #Adelaide, the Drop Bears are dropping into suburban houses for a drink!
@philipshaw: @LukeyJ: but isn’t Adelaide always hot baby?
@idrewthis: Could everyone in #Adelaide stop talking about the fucking weather!? It’s hot. We get it already!
@alchemist88: Murder she wrote on a bicycle it is hot in Adelaide!

Here are twitpics (in no particular order) of #CommsAdelaide, tweeted by @leehopkins @sarahatcarve @KellyNoble and @prakky: p15ti • p144e • p13bt • oz828 • ozhbp • ozda7 • ozhwo • ozhnr • ozgb1 • ozgb1 • ozgec • ozgji • ozgz2 • oz3bw

Here’s a late entry from @matt_tati, a yfrog pic of @prakky and @idrewthis: 31bmgji

Following adelaidetweet is good way to find out what’s on, stumble on something new, or have a laugh. You can see our twitter feed on the right.

Do you know about the #tweetup for any pr, journos, marketing, and design tweeps on Tuesday Nov. 10, 5-7pm at the Tivoli Hotel, Pirie St, Adelaide. It’s called #CommsAdelaide: If you’re into Communications in Adelaide, and on twitter, come along… RSVP to @PPRAdelaide.

There’s a list of comms tweeps in Adelaide by @PPRAdelaide here.