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Presented by Michael Sauers and Christa Burns at Internet Librarian 2008, Monterey, CA, 22 October 2008.
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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?” 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
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-mailvia 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
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 clientSubscribe via RSSReceive tweets via SMS
Uses Ultra simple blogging Conferences Reference Questions News Emergency Services Weather Presidential Campaigning Web site updates Conversations Humor Characters
Ann Arbor District Library
NLC Reference
BBC News
Mars Phoenix
LA Fire Department
Providence, RI Weather
Barack Obama
“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 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
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