What are you doing now? The Twitterfication of the Web
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This document provides an overview of the microblogging service Twitter. It explains that Twitter allows users to post short updates of 140 characters or less to share what they are currently doing. Users can follow friends on Twitter to see their updates and others can follow them to see their posts. The document outlines how to create an account and post tweets via various methods, and describes some common uses of Twitter like sharing news, events, conversations and humor. It also notes some potential problems with Twitter like distraction and loss of content if the service goes away.
![Contact Information Michael Sauers Technology Innovation Librarian, Nebraska Library Commission [email_address] www.travelinlibrarian.info twitter.com/msauers Christa Burns OCLC Member Services Librarian, NEBASE / Nebraska Library Commission [email_address] christajoy.blogspot.com twitter.com/cjburns](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/what-are-you-doing-now-1207943020930376-9-090627143856-phpapp02/85/What-are-you-doing-now-The-Twitterfication-of-the-Web-36-320.jpg)
What are you doing now? The Twitterfication of the Web
- 1. What are you doing now? The Twitterfication of the Web Michael Sauers & Christa Burns Nebraska Library Commission
- 2. What is microblogging? The act of blogging that is: Short Fast Easy Mobile
- 3. 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
- 6. Set up posting options
- 7. Design your home page
- 8. 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
- 9. Twitter.com
- 10. Twhirl
- 12. TwitThis
- 13. EmailTwitter.com
- 14. TWITTERFEED
- 15. Twitter commands @ username d username message nudge username l: location information follow username leave username block username invite phonenumber #hashtag
- 16. Direct messages
- 17. Add friends
- 18. 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 Twittervision Twitter/Google Maps mashup
- 19. Uses Ultra simple blogging Conferences Reference Questions News Traffic Weather Presidential Campaigning Web site updates Conversations Humor Characters
- 20. aadl
- 21. NLC Reference
- 23. BBC News
- 24. Oregon Traffic
- 25. Boston Weather
- 26. Barack Obama
- 27. “ Darth Vader”
- 28. A Twitter conversation during the development of this slide show
- 33. Problems Twitterference 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
- 34. 7 TIPS TO A GOOD TWITTER EXPERIENCE Follow unto others @comment others Link to your stuff Don’t take non-responses personally Be patient Avoid addiction Use your name Source: http://meryl.net/2008/04/01/7-tips-to-a-good-twitter-experience/
- 36. Contact Information Michael Sauers Technology Innovation Librarian, Nebraska Library Commission [email_address] www.travelinlibrarian.info twitter.com/msauers Christa Burns OCLC Member Services Librarian, NEBASE / Nebraska Library Commission [email_address] christajoy.blogspot.com twitter.com/cjburns
Editor's Notes
- #2: Our presentation is going to be very ADD, just like Twitter is.
- #5: “ So why has Twitter been so misunderstood? Because it's experiential. Scrolling through random Twitter messages can't explain the appeal. You have to do it – and more important, do it with friends.” -- Clive Thompson, Wired 15.07
- #16: #CIL2008 Track @ http://hashtags.org/tag/cil2008/
- #30: “ ok w/ connectivity level right now.”
- #34: “ So why has Twitter been so misunderstood? Because it's experiential. Scrolling through random Twitter messages can't explain the appeal. You have to do it – and more important, do it with friends.” -- Clive Thompson, Wired 15.07
- #35: Follow unto others as you would have them do unto you. @comment others to make the most of the experience. Link to your stuff — smartly . Frequently linking to your stuff leads to unfollows. Besides, it defeats tweet purpose. Don’t take non-responses personally . Conversations fly on Twitter, so people might miss it or simply receive too many @replies to respond to every single one. Be patient in getting the hang of Twitter. Twitter’s help is helpless and it has a few quirks for a simple app. Avoid addiction by taking care in using addicting apps like Twhirl and other cool Twittapps or else Twitter will suck you in for more time than you can afford. I curb addiction by checking in twice a day (start and end of day) and no in-between (except weekends). Use your name or else people won’t know who you are. I started with Content Maven and no face photo. Hey, I didn’t know better at the time.