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BZTAT needs your nomination for a Shorty Award!
I am a visual artist who loves cats, enjoys various genres of art and music, and is amazed by the paradoxes of human experience. Person for @BrewskieButt
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What's your best tweet?
I had a series of tweets in which I and my cat held a #pawparade to celebrate my various pet portraits with friends.
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What are six things you could never do without?
1-My cats 2-Friends and family 3-my creativity 4-Surfaces and materials for releasing my creativity upon 5-a computer 6-faith
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How do you use Twitter in your professional life?
As a professional artist, I use it to share my work and connect with people who enjoy my artwork.
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What's your favorite Twitter app?
Twitpic, Tweetdeck and Tweetdeck for the iPhone.
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Twitter or Facebook?
Both! I use them for different purposes. I meet more new people through Twitter, and I get to know them better through Facebook.
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What was the funniest trend you've seen?
The monthly #pawpawty where animals who tweet get together and have a party to raise money for animal charities.
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What feature should Twitter add?
Easier to manage follower pages
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Who do you wish had a Twitter feed but doesn't?
Several of my best friends who think it is too "ADD" for them.
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What are some words or phrases you refuse to shorten for brevity?
I resist some of the trendy things, like LOL, U for you, etc. I don't do text speak unless I really need to shorten the tweet.
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Is there someone you want to follow you who doesn't already? If so, who?
Bo Obama, but I am not sure the Secret Service allows him to tweet.
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Have you ever unfollowed someone? Who and why?
Yes. I have seen folks bully my friends and I unfollow them unceremoniously. I also block and unfollow spammers.
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Why should we vote for you?
Twitter has helped me develop my profile internationally as an artist. It would mean a lot to me to share the award with my new friends.
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Terms you wish would start trending on Twitter right now?
Peace, hope, charity, CantonArtsDistrict, petportraits, BZTAT, #bztatptg
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What's the most interesting connection you've made through Twitter?
I frequently connect with a capybura (@CaplinRous) who I think is the most interesting animal on the planet!
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Hashtag you created that you wish everyone used?
#bztatptg I use this to identify Twitpic photos for artworks in process
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How do you make your tweets unique?
Actually, I am the back up to my cat, @BrewskieButt, who tells my story from a unique feline perspective.
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What inspires you to tweet?
The connection that I have with interesting people I meet on Twitter.
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Ever get called out for tweeting too much?
I haven't, but my cat (@BrewskieButt) has.
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140 characters of advice for a new user?
Be yourself; be creative; tell an interesting story; share interesting photos and quotes; be social; let your cat tweet if he/she asks.
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How long can you go without a tweet?
Not telling.
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What question are we not asking here that we should?
What is the best thing about Twitter? My answer--It is a very "Pay it Forward" community where people share and are helpful.
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Who do you admire most for his or her use of Twitter?
@Romeothecat and @FrugalDougal who selflessly use it to raise money for animal charities.
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Why'd you start tweeting?
I read a blog that said it would be a good way to develop a following as an artist. The blog was right.
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Has Twitter changed your life? If yes, how?
Yes!!! It has connected me to interesting people all over the world and it has made my cat @BrewskieButt a celebrity.
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What do you wish people would do more of on Twitter?
Be themselves and be social. Allow their creativity to emerge in unique ways.
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How will the world change in the next year?
My fingers are crossed that the economy will improve and there will be fewer people in poverty and other extreme stress.
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What are some big Twitter faux pas?
Being a bully, arguing politics via tweets.
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What will the world be like 10 years from now?
"The arc of history is long, but it bends towards justice." Martin Luther King, Jr.
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