With over 100 active groups and nearly 5,000 users, NTEN's Affinity Groups platform is an incredible resource for those in the nonprofit tech community. Recently, in the general NTEN Discuss group, an informative discussion occurred about replacing traditional phone systems with VOIP. Many told of seamless transitions, and one participant offered some general guidelines:

OK, I totally lost track of what day I'm on in my experiment, but I'm pretty sure I'm not at 21 days yet. Still, I can honestly say I'm now a Twitter addict. Do you think they have a program for this at Promises in Malibu? Because the first thing I do every morning is check in with Twitter. Whenever I'm switching tasks, I check Twitter. Twitter is down right now, and I am shaking.

Well, I'm not really shaking. But I miss my Twitter friends and their Tweets! And honestly, Twitter has turned out to be much more than just a social network. I get a lot of professional development out of it. I find articles and announcements from folks, as well as tips and advice. Sure, it's all arriving in between Tweets about what User A is having for lunch, but I actually find that charming now.