My history with Twitter from 2008 and 2011 until today

I first heard about Twitter around 2008 when my friend Adrian Chan posted something about it on Facebook (I couldn't find his post with Facebook's terrible search). For a long time, I saw no reason to join up, though, but on 8 July 2011, I wanted to locate my friend Doug Cook, and the only way I could figure out how to do so was through his Twitter handle, so I joined up and wrote my first message, which asked him to email me his phone number. On 11 December 2022, I locked my account; I only keep it to occasionally read #rotblaulive tweets (and so nobody can use my handle). (Andrew Shields, #111words, 12 July 2023)