So I’m still on the topic of Twitter…

And thanks to the power of Twitter and @hyblis, I found about this great set of slides on “Twitter and Microblogging for Public Health” (on Slideshare)…

PF Anderson (author of the slides) does a great job of compiling an extensive collection of real-world examples, showing how people are using Twitter (and similar microsharing apps, such as Plurk) for health-related purposes. The key topics covered include: Twitter for productivity, Twitter for discovery, Twitter in health and healthcare, Twitter in public health, and Making Twitter work for you.

On top of all that, Anderson also shows a lot great health twitterers (Twits?) and a whole lot of Twitter-related apps that complement it, such as: Twittercal, FoodFeed, SugarStats, Qwitter, and Twemes, to name a few.

What a great demonstration of Twitter’s usefulness within the health-space; especially for a tool that some might consider “just another social networking app”. As you can see, it’s much more than that. We just have to “think outside the bun”, watch and see what others are doing, and do a little self discovery along the way. Let Twitter be your sandbox — now come build some casltes (or whatever else you can think of).