Post by Declan on Aug 12, 2009 8:45:22 GMT -5
All links have been removed from the article posted below, but can be found at the original location on PuckCentral.net
puckcentral.blogspot.com/2009/07/hockey-fans-get-on-twitter.html
Personally up until about two months ago I thought that Twitter was possibly the dumbest thing that was ever invented. Honestly, I still think it's lame to update your Twitter account to say stupid stuff like "walking dog" or "at the gym" - who cares?? In my opinion, it was basically a rip off of the feature of Facebook at the top of your profile that says "What's on your mind?", which was also basically a tool used by people to let others know what they are doing. Once again, how important do you think that you are that the rest of us honestly care what you are doing?
But, there are some very useful benefits to Twitter that I've discovered since joining it a few months ago. I'll focus on it from a hockey fan's perspective, since that's what you are if you are reading this blog (well, at least that's what I would expect). If you "follow" the right people you can get a lot of useful information (ie. trades, signings, waiver claims, injuries) before they are reported on any of the major media outlets or websites.
Many of the major hockey sources now have twitter accounts that are updated regularly and often the updates are just seconds after news is confirmed.
If nothing else, sign up for it and give it a try, it only takes a few minutes. I've put together a comprehensive list of hockey websites, beat writers, players, agents and bloggers that have the best information (in my opinion) and update their pages with the least amount of non-relevant information (like "I like chocolate ice cream!").
The list below is in no real particular order, but I did list the ones that I feel are the very best at the top of the list. To follow these people, just go to Twitter and in your internet browser address bar put the name below after the "/". For example, my Twitter account name is "PuckCentral", so my Twitter account url looks like this in the url bar: twitter.com/PuckCentral
Here's the list:
PuckCentral
kuklaskorner
wyshynski
mirtle
DarrenDreger
SteveZipay
Russostrib
nyipointblank
CraigCustance
kausatoday
TarikElBashir
walsha
benhankinson
martinhavlat
KevinWeekes
SpectorsHockey
Rossi_on_Pens
BenThrashers
OnFrozenBlog
TheProspectPark
StanFischler
MaxHockey
rangersreport
DobberHockey
MattBarnaby36
morrisonHNIC
SNYRangersBlog
JapersRink
OilersNation
HockeysFuture
CanesCountry
JKFischer
TheFourthPeriod
NYRNation
DefendingBigD
Buccigross
TheHockeyNews
FrozenNotes
illegalcurve
htmbigcountry
andystrickland
Pokecheck
globehockey
hockeyfights
hockeychannel
HockeyNow
BigDHockey
canescorner
hockeywildernes
aportzline
darenmillard
rileecoyote
nucksmisconduct
Sully26
RealSeanAvery
dchesnokov
NHLdigest
BlueJacketsBuzz
motherpucker
mlse
Sean_Leahy
FlyingFrenchmen
puckcentral.blogspot.com/2009/07/hockey-fans-get-on-twitter.html
Personally up until about two months ago I thought that Twitter was possibly the dumbest thing that was ever invented. Honestly, I still think it's lame to update your Twitter account to say stupid stuff like "walking dog" or "at the gym" - who cares?? In my opinion, it was basically a rip off of the feature of Facebook at the top of your profile that says "What's on your mind?", which was also basically a tool used by people to let others know what they are doing. Once again, how important do you think that you are that the rest of us honestly care what you are doing?
But, there are some very useful benefits to Twitter that I've discovered since joining it a few months ago. I'll focus on it from a hockey fan's perspective, since that's what you are if you are reading this blog (well, at least that's what I would expect). If you "follow" the right people you can get a lot of useful information (ie. trades, signings, waiver claims, injuries) before they are reported on any of the major media outlets or websites.
Many of the major hockey sources now have twitter accounts that are updated regularly and often the updates are just seconds after news is confirmed.
If nothing else, sign up for it and give it a try, it only takes a few minutes. I've put together a comprehensive list of hockey websites, beat writers, players, agents and bloggers that have the best information (in my opinion) and update their pages with the least amount of non-relevant information (like "I like chocolate ice cream!").
The list below is in no real particular order, but I did list the ones that I feel are the very best at the top of the list. To follow these people, just go to Twitter and in your internet browser address bar put the name below after the "/". For example, my Twitter account name is "PuckCentral", so my Twitter account url looks like this in the url bar: twitter.com/PuckCentral
Here's the list:
PuckCentral
kuklaskorner
wyshynski
mirtle
DarrenDreger
SteveZipay
Russostrib
nyipointblank
CraigCustance
kausatoday
TarikElBashir
walsha
benhankinson
martinhavlat
KevinWeekes
SpectorsHockey
Rossi_on_Pens
BenThrashers
OnFrozenBlog
TheProspectPark
StanFischler
MaxHockey
rangersreport
DobberHockey
MattBarnaby36
morrisonHNIC
SNYRangersBlog
JapersRink
OilersNation
HockeysFuture
CanesCountry
JKFischer
TheFourthPeriod
NYRNation
DefendingBigD
Buccigross
TheHockeyNews
FrozenNotes
illegalcurve
htmbigcountry
andystrickland
Pokecheck
globehockey
hockeyfights
hockeychannel
HockeyNow
BigDHockey
canescorner
hockeywildernes
aportzline
darenmillard
rileecoyote
nucksmisconduct
Sully26
RealSeanAvery
dchesnokov
NHLdigest
BlueJacketsBuzz
motherpucker
mlse
Sean_Leahy
FlyingFrenchmen