Follow Me On Twitter

As someone born before the advent of televisions, dishwashers, clothes dryers and ball point pens, I’ve watched with amazement the unceasing advancements in technology. Learning to navigate in this high-tech world, with it’s iphones, computers, and the like certainly doesn’t come naturally to me. However, I am slowly finding my way. It has become necessary if I am to achieve my goal of bringing Wilhelm Reich’s discoveries into the 21st Century. The power of this never-ending technology is tremendous, and to keep pace I’ve now begun “tweeting.”

For those unfamiliar with Twitter, it’s a free service that allows those who join up to send and receive short messages of up to 140 characters. The messages are called “tweets.” Tweets are then delivered to those who subscribe, called followers, who can view the messages on their cell phones through SMS text messaging, or in other ways. You can subscribe to someone’s Twitter updates in an RSS feed reader, which can then appear, for example, on your Google or Yahoo home page. For a more complete understanding, you can visit Twitter’s Frequently Asked Questions at: http://help.twitter.com/forums/10711/entries/13920.

When I first heard about Twitter, I wasn’t sure how I could use the service. I wondered what could be said of value and interest in so limited a format. Then I had a thought. I’ve always loved aphorisms and quotations and have collected a great many of them over the years by underlining the  universal truths in the books I read. I probably have one of the most extensive libraries in existence when it comes to books by and about Wilhelm Reich. Why not tweet the best quotes by and about Reich, and those that are related to his ideas? So this is how I will be using Twitter, for the most part. Occasionally, I’ll also tweet something else. For example, I’ll let followers know when there’s a new post on my blog, or if there is an event they might be interested in attending. If you want to follow me on Twitter, you can click the icon on this blog to get started. Or, you can go directly to my Twitter home page at http:/twitter.com/Dr_Schwartzman.