My Experience in the Twittersphere

So I have to admit, my first week on Twitter was anything but productive. Every time I went to tweet, I kept thinking to myself "who on earth cares what I'm doing?" I then decided that maybe I should observe for a bit, and see what other people were tweeting, and what was deemed acceptable. Come my 2nd and 3rd week on Twitter I started to get the hang of it. For me, the tweets that I most enjoyed making and reading, where not the updates on what people were doing, but something cool they had found. Whether it was a new website, or an article about something social media related, even youtube videos.
When I first started on Twitter the only people I was following were the other students in my social media class, as well as people that Gee recommended. By the end though, I started finding some of my friends, and other interesting people to follow. I think this made me more involved in Twitter as well.
The one thing I didn't like, were the people that tweeted too much. I felt like every 2 seconds they had a new update, most of which to me seemed unnecessary. I think if something is truly interesting, go for it, tweet. But an update every 3 seconds is a little excessive.
There are two people that I really liked following. One was telie (Tennatte Elie). I felt like her posts were always fun to read. I liked being able to see what she was working on, and then be able to read it in the Sentinel a few days later. I think it's really neat that sometimes she asks her followers for advice or help on a piece shes working on. I also liked following askelf (E.L.F. Cosmetics). They always had tweets about makeup tips, or new products they are working on. I'm into makeup, fashion, and such, so I really liked reading what they were up to.
For the future, I think Twitter will be a great way for me to stay up to date about social media news, and see what some leaders in the field are doing (mashable,augieray etc.) Also when I hopefully end up doing PR for a fashion design company, Twitter will be the perfect way to stay in touch with customers and clients, informing them about the business, as well as monitoring attitudes towards the company.
In the end, I had about 30 tweets, and 15@ replies. I finally feel comfortable in the Twittersphere, and plan on keeping up with it.