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		<title>9 Authors &amp; Writers That Leave Their Print on Twitter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 17:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M Bamieh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Offbeat]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[colson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maureen johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neil gaimen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twitter has become the bookworms' dream book club. Imagine having access to your favorite authors and having conversations that include them and their fans all at your finger tips. Authors actually felt right at home and adapted well to the 140 character platform]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Twitter has become the bookworms&#8217; dream book club. Imagine having access to your favorite authors and having conversations that include them and their fans all at your finger tips. Authors actually felt right at home and adapted well to the 140 character platform</p>
<h2><a title="Neil Gaiman" href="http://twitter.com/#!/neilhimself" target="_blank">@neilhimself</a></h2>
<p>Neil Gaiman, the author of the popular comic book series &#8220;Sandman&#8221;, is very popular on the service. Gaiman talks about his books, travels, every day concerns and usually replies and talks enthusiastically with his fans.</p>
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<h2><a title="Margaret Atwood" href="http://twitter.com/#!/MargaretAtwood" target="_blank">@MargaretAtwood</a></h2>
<p>The celebrated author, essayist and poet was one of the first authors to take the dip in the digital waters of Twitter and managed to gather her fans around her and set an example for other authors. Expect a lot of tweets about environmental issues, fan conversations and some gems about authors in the digital age.</p>
<h2><a title="Colson Whitehead" href="http://twitter.com/#!/colsonwhitehead" target="_blank">@colsonwhitehead</a></h2>
<p>Intelligent, witty and full of quotable zingers. Colson&#8217;s Twitter account has plenty of retweet worthy gems.</p>
<h2><a title="RL Stine" href="http://twitter.com/#!/RL_Stine" target="_blank">@RL_Stine</a></h2>
<p>The spooky author does not live up to his reputation on Twitter. While his tweets might not be as spooky as expected, they are still very amusing and engaging. Expect plenty of conversations on this one, but they are well worth digging into.</p>
<h2><a title="John Green" href="http://twitter.com/#!/realjohngreen" target="_blank">@realjohngreen</a></h2>
<p>A veteran of social media, a long time blogger and master of the nerfighters; people who fight for intellectualism and reducing the general amount of suck world wide.</p>
<h2><a title="Maureen Johnson" href="http://twitter.com/#!/maureenjohnson" target="_blank">@maureenjohnson</a></h2>
<p>A very animated tweep: even within 140 characters, she still manages to be very animated. It&#8217;s a thrill to follow her on Twitter, even though she usually ends up talking about some very random and bizarre things.</p>
<h2><a title="Paulo Coelho" href="http://twitter.com/#!/paulocoelho" target="_blank">@paulocoelho</a></h2>
<p>The Brazilian author of several best sellers tweets in English and Portuguese. He&#8217;s a supporter of peer-to-peer file sharing and occasionally pirates his own books on Piratebay, so getting a best seller for free is certainly an incentive. Another would be to retweet his quotes.</p>
<h2><a title="Gene Weingarten" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Geneweingarten" target="_blank">@Geneweingarten</a></h2>
<p>The Below the Beltway columnist has a very humorous Twitter account that makes fun of everything on the face of this earth, especially authority.</p>
<h2><a title="Alain de Botton" href="http://twitter.com/#!/alaindebotton" target="_blank">@alaindebotton</a></h2>
<p>Sometimes a bit too much on the existential and introspective side of things yet reading his tweets makes you pause, and think; something we don&#8217;t get to do often enough these days.</p>
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		<title>9 Companies Worth ($$$) Following on Twitter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 15:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M Bamieh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Offbeat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best buy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dunkin donuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geek force]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Usually when you are following a company or a brand, it's for one of three reasons; you are a true fan of the brand and want to support it, you have some gripe with this company that you want to voice or resolve, or you want to keep an eye on it for some news and special offers. So we have selected Twitter feeds that satisfy this and much more.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Usually when you are following a company or a brand, it&#8217;s for one of three reasons; you are a true fan of the brand and want to support it, you have some gripe with this company that you want to voice or resolve, or you want to keep an eye on it for some news and special offers. So we have selected Twitter feeds that satisfy this and much more.</p>
<p><a title="Threadless" href="http://twitter.com/#!/threadless" target="_blank">@threadless</a></p>
<p>Threadless is a Chicago based hip online T-shirt retailer that manages to bring a certain awesomeness to everything they do and their Twitter account is not lacking in awesomeness. Besides the fact that you will want to click on every new T-shirt design that they link to on their account, you will also get first dibs on some of their special offers and contests. The account also comes with a side of humor as well.</p>
<p><a title="Starbucks" href="http://twitter.com/#!/starbucks" target="_blank"><!--more-->@starbucks</a></p>
<p>The mega-brand who&#8217;s <a title="← Sony Playstation Network Down Update Chicago Red Cross workers may head south → Starbucks’ Latest Market: Starbucks Haters" href="http://internalmarket.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/starbucks-latest-market-starbucks-haters/" target="_blank">marketing schemes even target the haters</a> has an excellent Account on Twitter. Their account deals with the haters in a very capable, and sometimes amusing, manner. Apart from the customer service side of the account, you can expect to learn some facts and tips about making the perfect cup of coffee.</p>
<p><a title="Southwest  Airlines" href="http://twitter.com/#!/southwestair" target="_blank">@southwestair</a></p>
<p>This sets the bar for excellent use of Twitter by a corporation. It has it all; Twitter exclusive deals and competition, interesting articles and information and superb customer service. Let&#8217;s face it, who wouldn&#8217;t mind paying less for an already cheap flight?</p>
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<p><a title="JetBlue Airways" href="http://twitter.com/#!/JetBlue" target="_blank">@JetBlue</a></p>
<p>The upstart probably has some of the best deals on Twitter; they always have some wonderful last minute ticket deals that are to die for. They also run some of the few 24 hour Twitter accounts, so at any time of day if you mention them or send them a message, they will immediately reply and certainly living up to their slogan of bringing humanity back to air travel.</p>
<p><a title="Amazon MP3" href="http://twitter.com/#!/amazonmp3" target="_blank">@amazonmp3</a></p>
<p>While less popular than its sale-aversive competitor, the Amazon MP3 always has offers announced on its Twitter feed. It also promotes a wide variety of artists and might serve like a good place to get some new playlist recommendations.</p>
<p><a title="Whole Foods" href="http://twitter.com/#!/wholefoods" target="_blank">@wholefoods</a></p>
<p>Whole Foods is a corporation that definitely pleases the greens, it&#8217;s the world&#8217;s largest retailer of natural and organic foods and it certainly knows its market. Its Twitter account is filled with environmentally conscious tweets and links, along with tips and recipes for some delicious organic dinning.</p>
<p><a title="BB Deals" href="http://twitter.com/#!/BestBuy_Deals" target="_blank">@BestBuy_Deals</a></p>
<p>There are literary a dozen different Best Buy accounts on Twitter, in all honesty that&#8217;s the only one that I care about and appreciate. The account strictly posts Best Buy deals, no jokes, no customer service, and no news. Nothing but excellent deals on some items that I would love to drop by and pick up.</p>
<p><a title="Twelp Force" href="http://twitter.com/#!/twelpforce/" target="_blank">@twelpforce</a></p>
<p>The Geek Force is infamous for its honorable deeds of rescuing computer users in distress and the @twelpforce carries the torch. If you are looking for some quick trouble shooting, just drop them a tweet.</p>
<p><a title="Dunkin Donuts" href="http://twitter.com/#!/DunkinDonuts" target="_blank">@DunkinDonuts</a></p>
<p>DD&#8217;s feed is actually entertaining because of the conversations that take place on it. People seem to have a very personal relationship with their DD stores.</p>
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		<title>9 Doctors To Get Valuable Medical Advice From on Twitter</title>
		<link>http://tweepi.com/blog/2011/05/9-doctors-to-get-valuable-medical-advice-from-on-twitter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 15:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M Bamieh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Offbeat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cnn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doctors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dr. oz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medical advice is a very sensitive issue and if you ask any honest doctor online, he will start by cautioning that you should visit a doctor for the best possible advice. However, sometimes it's just easier to get an understanding of your concerns online or perhaps seek advice from a doctor or learn something new about health and healthy living.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Medical advice is a <strong>very sensitive issue</strong> and if you ask any honest doctor online, he will start by cautioning that you should visit a doctor for the best possible advice. However, sometimes it&#8217;s just easier to get an understanding of your concerns online or perhaps seek advice from a doctor or learn something new about health and healthy living.</p>
<p>Today we will introduce to you <strong>9 amazing doctors on Twitter</strong> who can give you the medical advice you are looking for:</p>
<h2><a title="The Doctors" href="http://twitter.com/#!/TheDoctors" target="_blank">@TheDoctors</a></h2>
<p>The popular TV show&#8217;s account is a valuable resource. Not only do you get some previews about the upcoming show and its topic but every Tuesday, a doctor takes his time to answer tweets and advise people on a varying number of issues from relationships to child rearing.</p>
<h2><a title="Howard Luks" href="http://twitter.com/#!/hjluks">@hjluks</a></h2>
<p>Howard Luks is a doctor that really gets social media; he is very active and friendly on the service and, unlike many other doctors you see, engages in many conversations via his feed which makes him very approachable for advice.</p>
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<h2><a title="Dr. Oz" href="http://twitter.com/#!/droz">@droz</a></h2>
<p>Another medical TV show with a prominent presence on Twitter. Dr. Mehmet Oz is a cardiac surgeon and host of the show Dr. Oz. He&#8217;s very down to earth shares a lot of interesting articles and occasionally provides advice through his account.</p>
<h2><a title="DrWeil" href="http://twitter.com/#!/DrWeil" target="_blank">@DrWeil</a></h2>
<p>Dr. Andrew Weil, M.D. is an interesting figure to say the least. His Twitter feed is dedicated to talking about healthy living and there are always conversations going on around his tweets. On the other hand, if you ever have a question about the effects of some any drug from chocolate to morphine, he&#8217;s the person to turn to.</p>
<h2><a title="Dr Kelly Sennholz" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Mtnmd" target="_blank">@Mtnmd</a></h2>
<p>Dr. Kelly Sennholz is a bit different than the previous tweets, her feed is more of a mix bag of goodies. While it&#8217;s still medicine centric account, Dr. Kelly delves into politics, technology and even gives some management tips every once in a while. A good all around feed.</p>
<h2><a title="Dr. Sanjay Gupta" href="http://twitter.com/#!/sanjayguptaCNN" target="_blank">@sanjayguptaCNN</a></h2>
<p>Sanjay Gupta, the infamous CNN chief medical correspondent and neurosurgeon. Sanjay is great; even after having more than a million follower he still replies to mentions, interacts with people through Twitter and even lets us know what is going on with his life or if <a title="Sanjay Needs a haircut" href="http://twitter.com/#!/sanjayguptaCNN/status/64134942828937216" target="_blank">he needs a haircut</a>.</p>
<h2><a title="MandevilleChiro" href="http://twitter.com/#!/kajundc" target="_blank">@KajunDC</a></h2>
<p>A big proponent of getting healthy through natural means, Paul Worsham is a chiropractor so not exactly a doctor but still very relevant to this list. He has the bad habit of tweeting headlines without their links, so you might have to plug that headline into Google to get to the article, but he&#8217;s still a great resource if your interested in learning more about supplements and getting healthy naturally.</p>
<h2><a title="William Yates, M.D." href="http://twitter.com/#!/WRY999" target="_blank">@WRY999</a></h2>
<p>William Yates tends to focus almost exclusively on medical news and the findings of new research.</p>
<h2><a title="WebMD on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/webmd/" target="_blank">@webmd</a></h2>
<p>The preeminent place for medical information on the web is on Twitter as well. While they have several specialized accounts covering heart, cancer, and diabetes news, this is their main account and they post links to discussions, quizzes and posts on the WebMD website.</p>
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