All About Twitter - Internet Librarian 2009

Internet LibrarianOctober 25, 2009

What is microblogging?

The act of blogging that is:

Short

Fast

Easy

Mobile

Enter Twitter

Answer the question “What are you doing?” in 140 characters or less

Follow friendsBe followedLike IM, but asynchronous

No “status”, others don’t know if you’re paying attention

Create an account

Create your profile

Set up posting options

Set up notifications

Add a profile picture or icon

Design your home page

Posting to TwitterA post: “Tweet”Creating a post: “Tweeting”Methods

via the Web (twitter.com)via a client (Twhirl, TweetDeck, TwitHive)via a bookmarklet (TwitterBar, TwitThis)via e-mailvia SMS (40404)Blog-to-Twitter (twitterfeed)

URL’s that extend past the 140 character limit are automatically turned into TinyURLs

Twitter.com

Twitter commands

@usernamed username messagenudge usernamel: location informationfollow usernameleave usernameblock usernameinvite phonenumber#hashtag

Direct messages

Add friends

Follow your friends

Read your friends’ tweets via your Twitter homepage

Read via a clientSubscribe via RSSReceive tweets via SMS

UsesUltra simple bloggingConferencesReference QuestionsNewsEmergency ServicesWeatherPresidential CampaigningWeb site updatesConversationsHumorCharacters

Lincoln City Libraries

NLC Reference

NASA

LA Fire Department

The White House

“Darth Vader”

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 someIf you don’t participate, you won’t

get anything out of it

7 Tips to a Good Twitter Experience1. 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

Questions???

Christa BurnsSpecial Projects Librarian

Nebraska Library Commission

christa.burns@nebraska.gov800-307-2665

twitter.com/cjburnshttp://delicious.com/CJBurns42/

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