This was the easiest exercise for me to complete because I already use Twitter and LinkedIn. During class I attached the Twitter widget to my blog so I should be easy to follow. Until now I Twitter served my personal needs. I didn't spend much time playing around with it since I am such an avid Facebook user (yes, I know it's silly, but it's easy to keep up with people on FB). Now that Twitter is linked to my Netvibes page I am spending time catching up on tweets from educational and religious sources, as well as friends, celebrities, and news affiliates. I need to spend more time reading articles on my Scoop.it page (and app) so that my tweets will be professional and useful. Several friends and family members have their Twitter and Facebook accounts linked, but I am keeping them separate to prevent clogging anyone's feeds with repetitive information.
LinkedIn is difficult for me to get invested in at this time. I am not looking to move jobs and even though I should be connecting with professionals in my field I am waiting until I get closer to graduating with my Master's to pursue these connections. This is shameful to admit but I was so annoyed by LinkedIn at first that my friend (who at the time worked in HR at UT's Medical School-Houston) offered to fix up my account for me. Let me tell you, I have never jumped on an offer so quickly. I do however have my LinkedIn account attached to my personal website, which I created this summer, in hopes that future employers will look at both!
I think that Linkedin is complicated, but looks very interesting and professional. I, like you, will dedicate more time to it in the future.
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