Twits

Thanks to Oprah, CNN and Ashton Kusher, Twitter has gone from a hip website to a mainstream hotspot. Unfortunately, many folks hopping on Twitter aren't used to social networking.

Here are a few quick do's and don'ts ripped straight from the headlines. We're still learning, so there will be more do's and don'ts in the future as we stumble through.

Do realize that you can make all your entries private. People will then have to contact you to get permission to read them.

Do not brag about a job before you actually have it, as you may not have it anymore.

Do use the find people option to see which friends are already on Twitter. Much easier than looking for them one by one.

Do not make off-color statements on Twitter, even in jest, as sarcasm doesn't translate to the web.

Do follow me at www.twitter.com/browndamon, where I'm bound to make some of these mistakes myself.