In this file are Frequently Asked Questions about:

• Twitter
• Tweme

The portion of the original "Frequently Asked Questions" file on Commercial Space has been moved to a separate file named "FAQ - Commercial Space".

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions about Twitter

1. What is twitter?

    

   Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?  Bloggers can use it as a mini-blogging tool. Developers can use the API to make Twitter tools of their own. Possibilities are endless! Instead of rewriting the entire Twitter FAQ, you can just read it for yourself!

    

2. Once I join twitter, who should I follow?

   You can follow anybody you like, but below is a list of the twitter userids for folks associated with the commercial space movement or was/is involved with activities pertaining to commercial space. Here are the names of people, their twitter IDs, and their affiliations. Where possible, we'll ask folks to add their names, twitter userids, and links to their on-line biographies.

    

3. NAME	Twitter ID	Affiliation
   Ken Davidian	kdavidian	NASA HQ ESMD
   Mike Mealling	mmealling	Masten Space Systems
   Mark Nall	marknall	NASA MSFC LPRP
   Space Commerce newsfeed	spacecommerce	SpaceRef
   Gary Martin	glmartin	NASA ARC
   Brad Cheetham	cheetham	NASA GSFC Academy '08
   Maxime Rizzo	maxime_rizzo	NASA GSFC Academy '08
   Neil Woodward	dlecter	NASA HQ ESMD
   Kenji Nagaoka		NASA GSFC Academy '08
   Andrew McDonald	andrew_mcdonald	NASA GSFC Academy '08
   Michelle Sybouts		NASA GSFC Academy '08
   Tony Mercer		NASA GSFC Academy '08
   Andrea Balbas		NASA GSFC Academy '08
   Juan Lora		NASA GSFC Academy '08
   Lisha Roubert		NASA GSFC Academy '08
   Brandon Hall	brandonchall	NASA GSFC Academy '08
   Florent Nobelen	fnobelen	NASA GSFC Academy '08
   Michelle Perez		NASA GSFC Academy '08
   Andrew Schaeperkoetter		NASA GSFC Academy '08
   Jen Founds		NASA GSFC Academy '08
   Jenny A.	jenallen	NASA GSFC Academy '08
   Alan Talbott		NASA GSFC Academy '08
   Tony Zhao		NASA GSFC Academy '08
   Jess Tramaglini	jtram	NASA GSFC Academy '08
   Will Pomerantz	pomerantzreport	X PRIZE Foundation
   Diane Howard	ladydi814	McGill University Institute of Air and Space Law

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions about Tweme

1. What is tweme?

   Go to the tweme help page to get all the official answers to your questions. Unofficially, twemes are like "themes" of twitters. Twemes are defined as being preceded by the pound sign ("#"). Every twitter that has given tweme will be posted on its own web page with a unique URL. For example, a twitter with the tweme #ABC would be posted on a web page with URL "www.tweme.com/ABC".

    

2. Does Space Commerce have a tweme?

   Yes! I've selected "#newspace" as the tweme, so please include "#newspace" in relevant tweets so they get collected and displayed on "www.tweme.com/#newspace".

    

3. I'm twittering with the "#newspace" tweme, but it's not showing up on the tweme web page. What's happening?

    

   If your tweets are protected, then they won't be posted to the tweme web page. If you want to unprotect your tweets, then your tweets will begin showing up.