Top expats on Twitter: Diana Newnham February 2009 My daughter introduced me to it on a visit to France, I thought it looked intriguing. Daily. It is very useful when living in rural area to chat to other expats and share ideas, weather information and places to visit. I also use it to keep in touch with goings-on in the UK via newspaper articles and TV programmes linked to tweets. I use Tweetdeck on my 3G phone. Do you access from home or out and about on your mobile? Both - on the laptop at home and, when out, I use my mobile to share photos of odd sightings and so on. Just one, for personal use. Do you read news and blogs that are linked to tweets? Definitely for news and, yes, sometimes for blogs. Do you find you interact most with friends and family you already knew before joining? I would say it is 99 per cent with new Twitter pals. I have met many of them in France and some on visits to the UK. I found that all of them were exactly the same as I had imagined and great fun. It is a great way to meet other expats; use the hashtag (#) with your location on tweets so that others can find you. Follow other people and get chatting.