Twitter Experiments

I’ve been playing with this medium now for a while.  While I was originally a skeptic, I’m becoming a convert.  Here’s a few things I’ve tried recently:

1. Following a conference virtually.  Today, I’m flying into SFO for the Health 2.0 conference.  American Airlines offers WiFi on the plane so I can use the hashtag #health2con to follow postings from other Twitterers and stay up-to-date before I get there (late).
2. Reporting a service issue.  I tried doing this with my satellite TV provider (DirectTV) who has a twitter account, but I didn’t get a reply.  Probably not surprising.
3. Finding info.  I’ve done this a few times with mixed results.  I think it depends a lot upon your number of followers and the time of day you post.