Twitter for librarians, Twitter Search engines. Welcome to Postpost! Twitter. Librarytechnz This is how we do it @nlnz on Twitter. Oprah's there. Ashton's there. Cats do it, dogs do it, even transportation infrastructure does it. And so do we; tweet away on Twitter. It's safe to assume that the LibraryTechNZ readership is au fait with Twitter, but just in case; Twitter is a microblogging service that lets you post 140-character updates to the web. If you want to know why that's useful, even addicitive, check out Tim O'Reilly's post. Twitter seems to satisfy two strong human needs: our desire to tell people about ourselves, and our desire to know what's going on with the people around us (physically or virtually). Libraries and other cultural institutions have taken to Twitter with huge enthusiasm; some do it incredibly well, others are still finding their feet.
We're pretty happy with how our Twitter works. And awesome interaction So, this is how we do it Chelsea set up the Twitter account last September, to talk to attendees at the LIANZA 2008 conference. What content do you have to share? Twanslate (twanslate) Find the Best Twitter Apps - oneforty. 15 Easy-to-Use Apps for Adding Multimedia to Twitter Business Collaboration News. I love Twitter, but one thing I admit can be lacking from the service is that it doesn’t allow for embedded images, audio or video in the Twitter stream; you can only link to them.
Still, there are plenty of apps to help you to integrate multimedia into your tweets. Here’s a list of handy and easy-to-use services for images, audio and video: Images Plixi. Formerly TweetPhoto, this app connects with Twitter or Facebook and is pitched as a “social platform” for images.TwitPic. Audio Audioboo. Video Bubbletweet. WaimakaririLibraries (first_lines) Upper Hutt Library (UHLibrary) Encyclopedia of NZ (Te_Ara) Jason Darwin (NZETC) (nzetc) Phil Bradley's weblog Twitter; your first 24 hours. Coming to terms with Twitter (Information Wants To Be Free) I’ve been teaching a class on Web 2.0 since 2007, and this semester is the first time that I’ve actually had a full week on Twitter (well, microblogging and lifestreaming to be specific).
Before, I treated it sort of as an afterthought, including some information on Twitter during the two weeks that I covered blogging. But Twitter has changed so much in significance and utility since I last taught the class in Fall ’08 that it made sense to rethink the way I covered it. I think my decision to cover it in more depth also reflected a change in my own view of Twitter over the past year. For the way I like to get information, life was a lot easier before Twitter came on the scene.
For the most part, the Web was asynchronous. I could visit blogs any time I wanted, read the content, and comment on posts. Twitter (and FriendFeed, and other microblogging and lifestreaming apps) has been an amazing boon to those looking for connection and conversation. 1. 2. 3. 4. Twitter on ALA and Some Advice. Going into ALA’s Midwinter Meeting last month, I knew Twitter was going to play a much more prominent role than it had in the past. It’s been used heavily at other librarian conferences, but usually in a more social way or as commentary on content during the event.
However, Midwinter is a different beast, as it’s primarily a business meeting for the Association, so I wondered how much of that work would happen on Twitter this time around. Most of the people on ALA’s staff, like most people anywhere, have never heard of Twitter, let alone used it, so I wanted to give them a heads up in case it came up in meetings or in conversations. A couple of years ago, the IT department at ALA implemented monthly update meetings open to all staff, and since we had one scheduled right before Midwinter, I took advantage of the opportunity to highlight Twitter, what it is, and how a few units are using it.
And then we all headed to Denver. How I use Twitter, and you by Jeremiah Owyang. Twitter for Libraries (and Librarians) FEATURE Twitter for Libraries (and Librarians) by Sarah Milstein For many people, the word “twitter” brings to mind birds rather than humans. But information professionals know that Twitter (www.twitter.com) is a fast-growing, free messaging service for people, and it’s one that libraries (and librarians) can make good use of—without spending much time or effort.
Twitter lets people send and receive short messages (called Tweets) via the web or via SMS using a mobile phone. Messages on Twitter are limited to a maximum of 140 characters, including spaces, and they’re generally public. Because each message is just a sentence or two, a carefully crafted post can convey a good deal of information without taking a lot of time to read or write. In addition, because Twitter has millions of users, it’s a good place to find and connect with people interested in your institution and your areas of expertise.
To automatically see what someone else is saying, you “follow” them. Phil Bradley's weblog Using Twitter in libraries. As part of an ongoing discussion on the LIS-LINK JISC mailing list I posted some ideas on using Twitter, both on an individual and library basis. One or two people kindly suggested that I should blog my response as well, hence this post. I have to say that I found it very depressing to see the report that Twitter is blocked (even on one site, though I suspect a lot more) and I would be fascinated to know what, if any, justification is used. My prediction is that any such justification is going to be based on media hype (which is seldom accurate) and without any actual experience. A lot of the people who I follow do actually work in legal settings - for some reason this particular niche of users has really started to run with it.
Of course, when Twitter is 'banned' that may mean a whole host of different things. It could mean that it's not possible to get to the website itself for example. Trending information - what are people talking about right now? Self promotion. Why I Love Twitter - O'Reilly Radar. If you care what I think, you know that Twitter is just about the best way to learn what I’m paying attention to. I pass along tidbits of O’Reilly news, interesting reading from mailing lists and blogs I follow, and of course, tidbits from the twitterers I’m following. These are all the things I could never find time to put on my blog, but that I spray via email like a firehose at editors, conference planners, and researchers within O’Reilly.
A lot of my job is, as we say, “redistributing the future” – following interesting people, and passing on what I learn to others. And twitter is an awesome tool for doing just that. Like a lot of people, I tried out Twitter early on, but didn’t stick to it. Most of the early twitter conversation was personal, and I didn’t have time for it.
I came back when I noticed that about 5000 people were following my non-existent updates, waiting for me to say something. Twitter is simple. What’s different, of course, is that Twitter isn’t just a protocol. 6 part series - Topic 2 - Twitter. You can read topic 1 on LinkedIn here. Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: what are you doing ? Source – Twitter.com – Please feel free to follow me Twitter is a micro blogging platform which allows you to publish short messages of less than 140 characters through different mediums like web, IM and mobile.
Also there are wonderful API’s that can be used to enhance your twitter experience I have been using twitter for some time now and strongly believe that it can be used for much more than just sharing your status. Twitter is primarily used for staying in touch with your contacts via status update but I slowly see a trend emerging where smart and forward looking companies have started using twitter for business. Personal useBusiness use Personal Business Tools I use for twitter: Please feel free to follow me New. Rands In Repose A Twitter Decision. In starting a significant project, an engineer knows the first three big design decisions you make are vastly more important than the second three.
The nature of these decisions varies from project to project. They may be choices about look and feel, rules about architecture, or trade offs regarding feature set. Whatever these decisions are, they set a tone that defines the success of the project. When I look at Twitter, I see three early essential decisions about how Twitter allows you to craft a community. I believe much of Twitter’s continued success is due to definition and execution of these decisions. Interestingly, some obvious candidates for the Top 3, like “Scales like crazy”, “Will generate money”, and “Needs to be searchable” weren’t initially there. The decisions were: Decision #1: A user chooses whom they follow.Decision #2: A user chooses whom they no longer follow.Decision #3: A user should be judged only by what they say.
These are simple decisions of empowerment. Sanity check 10 tools that will make you a Twitter power user Tech Sanity Check TechRepublic.com. Twitter.