We’ve taken a look at Twitter, but there are a number of tools you can use with Twitter. Twtpoll is one such tool, which is used to create simple polls and surveys to share on Twitter and elsewhere. They’re really easy to set up, and you can even share your poll in a blog post (as you can see below!). So, what is your favourite Christmas food/drink treat? We’ll be interested to see your responses to see which food/drinks everyone is looking forward to the most! The poll will be open until 12th December.

If you prefer to keep your messages short & sweet then try out Twitter. Twitter is a micro blogging service, where you can post brief messages (theres a limit of a 140 characters) to your followers, send photos, send links and you can also follow others, check out UKOLN briefing guides for more details.

I find twitter is a great way to stay up to date, make new connections, share ideas etc

We recommend Phil Bradley’s post on ‘twitter, your first 24 hours’

Don’t forget to follow our twitter feed for updates on our blog posts & if you do sign up to twitter please tweet us to let us know what you think, if you have any recomendations etc.

Some festive twitter feeds you might be interested in following

• @northpolepost
• @twitpanto – lets hope they have one this year
• @noradsanta – track Santa’s journey