[advocacy-discuss] OpenSolaris on Twitter

[Ben Rockwood]

In an effort to incorporate more and hipper avenues of communication and 
collaboration I've created an OpenSolaris "channel" on Twitter: 
http://www.twitter.com/opensolaris/

Twitter doesn't actually have channels, so here's how it works:

There is now an "opensolaris" user account on Twitter (opened by me).  
This account is to be considered community owned, I'll give the password 
to anyone trustworthy.  It is not a Sun  corporate asset.

As the "opensolaris" user updates can be made just like any other 
Twitter user, which is a good avenue for interesting happenings, 
releases, announcements, etc.  I've pre-seeded several.

Here's where it becomes fun, by utilizing Twitter's "With Others" 
feature anyone designated as a "Friend" (of the opensolaris user 
account) is included in the following page: 
http://twitter.com/opensolaris/with_friends

To become a "Friend" and be included in the "With Friends" page people 
need to "Follow" the opensolaris user and then the opensolaris user 
marks followers as a friend.  (Sorr if that seems confusing.)

The point is, this allows the "with_friends" page to act as an 
aggregation of OpenSolaris enthusiasts using Twitter.  We can see what 
we're all up to, and thats interesting.


Feedback is welcome.  This is an experiment of course, we'll see how it 
goes.

If you want the keys let me know and I'll hook you up (if appropriate).

benr.