Random follow #279 - @Finnyx5

My new most fave twitter person is a person based out - you guessed it - New Zealand.  @Finnyx5 is a breath of fresh air in the social media space.  Smart, sassy and able to throw a good verbal barrage from time to time makes her a really enjoyable follow on twitter.

Being relatively new to the twitter game Dawn has picked up on how do it right really quickly.  Photo's of cats, lots of good interaction with other people and plenty of hilarity to boot.  All the rights ingredients to add to the primordial soup that is twitter.

@Finnyx5 jumps in and out of twitter with ease and can light up a conversation in the blink of an eye.  What else is cool about her timeline?  Well tweets like these -  

"OK managed 2 get my own Mr Darcy slot o day.Workin in Sumner & just driven past (slowly 4 safety) surfer dudes who've come out o water :-)"

"Re being Elizabeth Bennet: told my hubby n he's interested 4 2nite :-D But men o ChCh still keen you stand smouldering etc #eyecandy4Fri"

"Getting ready 2 go out 4 Devonshire T wi workm8s.Its a glor-i-ous sunny day, theyre a gr8 bunch o women n there will b lots o sweet food :-D"

To be fair I can't even remember when @Finnyx5 first popped into my timeline but it doesn't matter.  Cos this lady has made quite a difference to my timeline and has managed to change it up.  If you hadn't seen it yet - we have a fancy word challenge going on.  That is find a random word and then the challenge is to use it in an everyday conversation.  Its actually quite a lot of fun to try and do.

Dawn is a lover of life, a lover of her husband and a very smart twitterer who won't settle for anything but the best in her timeline.  If you settle for nothing less than the best in your timeline too, then this is one lady who won't disappoint.  Cheers to that.

Random follow #239 - @catatonichic

In the movie six degrees of separation the idea was mooted that everyone on earth is connected in some way with every other single person by a maximum of five other people.  What social media does is shortens up those distances in a huge way.  Having the ability to connect with really great people is the reason so many of us use twitter.

Todays tweeter was one degree away until I pushed the follow button and brought her into my direct connections.  @catatonichic is a lovely lady who works for the Auckland Library service.  She takes her role seriously in a professional leadership way.  Tweets about librarianship appear quite often and are relevant to many people in that they often consider the professional issues of the day.  And alongside her other duties she is also the coordinator of social media.

And did I mention that @catatonichic is the co-organiser of the Burlesque Festival for Auckland Libraries?  No?  Well click on the link, head over to Matt's blog and you can read all about it.

Her profession also enables her to travel abroad and share with others her experiences.  Recently she headed over to rural New South Wales and conducted some seminars on social media.  By all accounts it was a great presentation, it was very sharp and savvy and mixed in lots of humour for all who were there.  @booksadventures was kind enough to storify her presentation and you can view it by clicking here - http://storify.com/booksadventures/masters-of-the-universe.

Never fear though - Tosca's account is about way more than just libraries.  She tweets about a very wide range of subject matter and topics.  Television being just one way that she enjoys spending her spare time engaging with.  And in particular Teen Wolf tends to pop up quite often in conversation.......

Here are a few examples of what is most important to her -

"Text from sibling: "Chocolate chip cookies are NOT breakfast." 1) She doesn't know me and 2) That was just a lucky guess and 3) THEY ARE"  <-- family is important and so are the necessities of life

"Canowindra has The Age of Fishes Museum. Reminded me that when I was six I was convinced I wanted to marry an ichthyologist."  <--  always plans ahead

"Also: If my iPhone is so damn fantastic, why can't it bring me chocolate? HUH? Yeah. That's what I thought." <-- technology

@catatonichic is a sassy, smart, and warm-hearted woman who has a large, very loving and eccentric family.  She is also a fantastic tweeter who is able to keep your timeline fresh and you on your toes.  And a description in 10 words or less - super aunty, lovely, sassy, intelligent, sharp, fun loving, engaging, left field.

So if your twitter timeline is needing an injection of fun, frivolity and some spice of life then @catatonichic is the tweeter for you.

(Note - a big thank you to @booksadventures for recommending Tosca as someone of great interest)