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If you are one of those who's kind of new to all this but interested in becoming a member of the 'new media', read on. Twitter is more that just a tool to tell people what you had for lunch today -- it can be a valuable reporting tool, especially if you have a BlackBerry, iPhone or WindowsMobile device. Click here to find a wide variety of twitter clients -- applications that you can use to create updates from any computer.

Once you're equipped to tweet anywhere, please use the #teaparty and #madtea hashtags when you tweet on events related to the national or local scene. Attending the event elsewhere? You can start your own hashtag for that event -- I'll be happy to publicize it here...

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