I started using Twitter specifically for this class and even though in the beginning, didn’t find a use for it….I finally am beginning to like it! 
Of course you can follow some people that tweet all day about random things (going to the grocery store, what they ate for breakfast, that their child ate sweet potatoes for the first time), but I’ve also found it useful for two reasons:
1. You can post a quick question to your followers and get several responses.
2. You can follow people who can point you to several different resources.
Let me give examples of both of these.
I have a friend in NC who had questions about Celiac and managing it by living gluten free. Several of “us” that follow her were able to post responses about food, resources, etc.
I follow the “GlutenFreeDude” who must not doing anything else than tweet all day, but he has become an awesome resource. He posts links about articles in medical journals, recipes, blogs, conferences, living gluten free, etc. He’s probably using some kind of Web 2.0 technology to aggregate all this information, but I have yet to ask him what he uses.
I also use the search feature in Twitter. If you post something about a particular topic, you can use the # symbol followed by the word (i.e. #glutenfree) and then people can search for your tweet. My current searches are: #glutenfree #Celiac #GF
I also follow Bob’s Red Mill (a company in Oregon that makes gluten-free baking mixes), Celiac Awareness, Triumph Dining (they produce an awesome grocery guide for gluten-free items), oh…and Oprah, George Stephanopoulos (love ya George!!), and Anthony Rapp (from Rent).
Twitter has become a Web 2.0 tool that I’ll definitely keep up with after the class ends!
