what are you doing now?the twitterfication of the web
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Presented with Michael Sauers. Internet Librarian 2008. Monterey, CA. October 22, 2008.TRANSCRIPT
What are you doing now?
The Twitterfication of the Web
Michael Sauers&
Christa Burns
Nebraska Library Commission
What is microblogging? The act of blogging that is:
Short
Fast
Easy
Mobile
Enter TwitterAnswer the question “What are
you doing now?” in 140 characters or less
Follow friendsBe followedLike IM but asynchronous
No “status”, others don’t know if your paying attention
Create an account
Set up posting options
Design your home page
Post A post: “Tweet” Creating a post: “Tweeting” Methods
via the Web (twitter.com) via a client (Twhirl) via a bookmarklet (TwitThis) via e-mail via SMS (40404) Blog-to-Twitter (twitterfeed)
URL’s that extend past the 140 character limit are automatically turned into TinyURLs
Twitter.com
Twhirl
Twitter Vista Gadget
TwitThis
EmailTwitter.com
TWITTERFEED
Twitter commands @username d username message nudge username l: location information follow username leave username block username invite phonenumber #hashtag
Direct messages
Add friends
Follow your friendsRead your friends’ tweets via your
Twitter homepageRead via a clientSubscribe via RSSReceive via IMReceive tweets via SMSGraphical
TwittervisionTwitter/Google Maps mashup
Uses Ultra simple blogging Conferences Reference Questions News Traffic Weather Presidential Campaigning Web site updates Conversations Humor Characters
aadl
NLC Reference
BBC News
Oregon Traffic
Boston Weather
Barack Obama
“Darth Vader”
A Twitterconversationduring thedevelopment ofthis slide show
Searching Twitter Content
ProblemsTwitterference
So many SMS tweets that you can’t make a phone call.
If it ever goes away, your content is gone
Considered too distracting by some
If you don’t participate, you won’t get anything out of it
7 TIPS TO A GOOD TWITTER EXPERIENCE
1. Follow unto others2. @comment others3. Link to your stuff4. Don’t take non-responses personally5. Be patient6. Avoid addiction7. Use your name
Source:http://meryl.net/2008/04/01/7-tips-to-a-good-twitter-experience/
http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/000932.html
Contact Information
Michael SauersTechnology
Innovation Librarian,Nebraska Library
Commission
www.travelinlibrarian.info
twitter.com/msauers
Christa BurnsOCLC Member
Services Librarian,NEBASE / Nebraska Library Commission
christajoy.blogspot.com
twitter.com/cjburns