Information Networks Blogging and Microblogging

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Blogging/Vlogging 1994: First Blog created by Justin Hall 1999: Blogger created. Free, user friendly blog creation Web site. Term “Blogging” is coined. 2005: Huffington Post: Blogs become more than just opinions. 2002: Blog Ads, Bloggers turn blogging into $

Getting Started…

Blogging Etiquette Be Honest Disclose, disclose, disclose Be Genuine Would you say it to their face? Be Nice ! Attribute Respond to Comments

Be Honest

Disclose, disclose, disclose

Be Genuine

Would you say it to their face? Be Nice !

Attribute

Respond to Comments

Successful Blogging Blog with a Purpose and Focus Participate in the Blogging Community Live Blog Connectivity (RSS, Blog Roll) Respond to Comments

Blog with a Purpose and Focus

Participate in the Blogging Community

Live Blog

Connectivity (RSS, Blog Roll)

Respond to Comments

Strategic Use Tracking and Searching the Blogosphere Technorati Google Blog Search Ice Rocket Twitter Examples Mashable Huffington Post

Tracking and Searching the Blogosphere

Technorati

Google Blog Search

Ice Rocket

Twitter

Examples

Mashable

Huffington Post

Microblogging Plurk Jaiku (Google)

Why is it called Microblogging?

Twitter Jargon Tweeter/Twitterer Tweeple/Tweeps Tweeting Tweet Twitterverse/Twitosphere Twitterati Tweetup/TweetIn Twitter Stream Collection of tweets, in reverse chronological order Twitter User Posting messages on Twitter Message posted to Twitter A-List Twitterers, often celebrities. People on Twitter; Twitter + People Twitter + Meetup; social gathering organized via Twitter The entire collection of Tweeters using Twitter; the Twitter community

Opinions Questions Information Needs Conversation Ideas Sharing

Tweeting 140 Characters including spaces Post thoughts, ideas, comments Post video ( Twiddeo ), photos ( TwitPic ) or links ( tiny.url or bit.ly ) Have a conversation (Reply) Direct Messages (DM) Retweeting (RT)= re-posting other peoples tweets

140 Characters including spaces

Post thoughts, ideas, comments

Post video ( Twiddeo ), photos ( TwitPic ) or links ( tiny.url or bit.ly )

Have a conversation (Reply)

Direct Messages (DM)

Retweeting (RT)= re-posting other peoples tweets

More on Tweets Hashtags -Tagging Tweets. Include #topic to add your tweet to a category. Searching Trending Topics Favorites: You can favorite posts and view other peoples favorites

Hashtags -Tagging Tweets. Include #topic to add your tweet to a category.

Searching

Trending Topics

Favorites: You can favorite posts and view other peoples favorites

Following and Being Followed Finding people to Follow Who are other people following? Searching (Twitter and Twellowhood ) Blocking Followers Removing tweeters your following Follow Friday

Finding people to Follow

Who are other people following?

Searching (Twitter and Twellowhood )

Blocking Followers

Removing tweeters your following

Follow Friday

Managing Twitter Twhirl: Desktop application. Tweet Deck: Organize Twitter. Also connects to Facebook. HootSuite: Manage multiple Twitter accounts Seesmic Desktop

The Fail Whale

Twitter Applications & Help Applications