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• Areallyshorthistory• Whatisit,really?• Gettingstarted• Basicjargon• Searchingandfollowing• Somethirdpartyapplications
Twitterareallyveryshorthistory.
• StartedinMarchof2006
• Aneasywaytoshareupdates
• JackDorsey,BizStoneandEvanWilliams
• SXSW07(atippingpoint)
jackdorsey:www.flickr.com/photos/jackdorsey/182613360/
Phenomenalgrowth
• TwitterRaises$35Million
• …butstillnorevenuestream
cambodia4kidsorg: flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/2659954245/
“Active users have increased 900 percentin the last year”
–Biz Stone
Ok,butwhatisit?
“It’sablog!No,it’samicroblog!No,wait,it’sacocktailparty!No,it’ssomethingforyoutobewittyorinterestingonsoyougainfollowers!Wait,no,it’sthelightinfantry!Butnotforconferences!Andnotformundanecrap!”
‐AndyW.,ofAgnostic,Maybe
Whatisthis“microblogging”?
“Thecontentofamicroblogdiffersfromatraditionalbloginthatitistypicallysmallerinactualsizeandaggregatefilesize.Asingleentrycouldconsistofasinglesentenceorfragmentoranimageorabrief,tensecondvideo.”
‐Wikipedia(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microblogging)
(Theworld’sshortestinstructionmanual)
Thingstoconsider…
• Professionalorpersonal?– Mixthemcarefully
– ThetroublesofaFedExexec
• Doesyourlibraryneedasocialnetworkpolicy?
@cdharrison: flickr.com/photos/84018923@N00/2509609034/
Ok,nowlet’sgetstarted!
• Choosingascreenname
• Realpeoplehavebios/profiles
• PrivateorPublicupdates?
noii's: flickr.com/photos/17306001@N00/1337101391
BasicJargon
• Tweetingv.Twiteering?
• RTand(via)
• Whatisthis@?
• #hashtag
• FailWhale
Or,hownottolooklikean00b
AbrahamEstrada:http://www.flickr.com/photos/abe_estrada/3930499380/
Findingsomeonetofollow
• WeFollow
• LibrariesonTwitter
• Theoldfashionedway
• Somepeople&resources– @LISNews
– @jessamyn
– @simmonsgslis
– @libraryfuture
Szlea:http://www.flickr.com/photos/shawnzlea/2384656420/
Realtimesearch“Authoritychangesslowlyonthe“old”Web.Butreal‐timesearchenginesdeliverdifferent,updatedresultsalmosteverytime.”
‐CliveThompson,WiredMagazine
“[R]ealpeoplethroughsocialmediacanhelpyoufindwhatyou’relookingforwhen[search]enginesfail.
‐CarlaBorsoi,SESSanJose,2009
Keepingtrackofitall:desktopclients
URL’s:reallyshort
• WhyareshortURL’sabigthing?
• Popularservices– tinyurl
– isgd
• Thingstoconsider
Nutloaf:http://www.flickr.com/photos/nutloaf/1501407755/
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