what are you doing now?the twitterfication of the web
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Presented with Michael Sauers. Computers in Libraries 2008. Arlington, VA. April 8, 2008.TRANSCRIPT
What are you doing now?
The Twitterfication of the Web
Michael Sauers&
Christa BurnsNebraska Library Commission
What is microblogging?
The act of blogging that is: Short Fast Easy Mobile
Enter Twitter
Answer the question “What are you doing now?” in 140 characters or less
Follow friends Be followed Like 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 IM (twitter) 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 friends
Read your friends’ tweets via your Twitter homepage
Read via a client Subscribe via RSS Receive via IM Receive tweets via SMS Graphical
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
Problems
TwitterferenceSo 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