Twitter: more than a microblogging tool

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Source: http://www.nngroup.com/about/userexperience.html

What this talk is focussing on today is a quick run down of some of the interesting twitter tools that exist out there.

Twtvite is a free event management tool based on Twitter that helps you organize and promote local Tweetups. People can RSVP, you can have waiting lists, maps, print name tags and more.

Ok, this isn’t a ‘tool’ as such but it’s an entertaining way of using twitter to learn about history.Check out http://historicaltweets.com/

http://www.fitclick.com/ - Requires you to enter your twitter name and passwordYou can track food and count calories, carbs, fat & more with FitClick Diet Tweets. Tweet the food..

Live streaming of video on twitter.My workmate’s presentation at Web Directions South 2009 conference was live stream so my workmates in Melbourne could follow along.

Politics and Twitter June 2009 Governor Schwarzenegger tweeted the above

>1000 responses in the first hour of launch19 categories

Twitter icon from http://randaclay.com/freebies/free-twitter-graphics/

Favorites, Groups & Events

Twitter: more than a microblogging tool - Presentation Transcript

More than a micro blogging tool
By Ruth Ellison
Twitter @RuthEllison
For Canberra Girl Geek Dinners #3
On 14th October 2009
Chocolate appreciator
Work at Stamford Interactive
Usability person
Information architect
Loves gadgets
User experience designer
Robot lover
I’m Ruth
What is this twitter thing anyhow?
Isn’t it some kind of instant messaging program?
I dunno, it’s this weird thing where you tell people what you’re doing
Twitter is...
A social networking & microblogging tool*
140 characters to express yourself
* Refer to Twitter in Plain English for an excellent visual explanation of twitter
http://www.commoncraft.com/Twitter
It’s about building connections & doing stuff
Doing stuffLet’s look at some interesting twitter tools...
Find stuff....
Organise stuff...
Learn about stuff...
Share stuff...
Source: http://twitpic.com/jebrh
Source: http://twitpic.com/j5n1l
Source: http://twitpic.com/ixrv0
Random stuff...
Political stuff...
Getting the citizen involved
See http://mashable.com/2009/08/25/myidea4ca/ for more info
Thanks!
Ruth Ellison
Email: me@ruthellison.com
Web: www.ruthellison.com
@RuthEllison
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