What are you doing now? The Twitterfication of the Web Michael Sauers Technology Innovation Librarian Nebraska Library Commission

What is microblogging? The act of blogging that is: Short Fast Easy Mobile

The act of blogging that is:

Short

Fast

Easy

Mobile

Enter Twitter Answer the question “What are you doing now?” in 140 characters or less Follow friends Be followed

Answer the question “What are you doing now?” in 140 characters or less

Follow friends

Be followed

1. Create an account

2. Set up posting options

3. Design your home page

4. Post A post: “Tweet” Creating a post: “Tweeting” Methods via the Web (twitter.com) via a client (Twitteroo, Twadget) via a bookmarklet (TwitThis) Via Firefox Search Extension via IM (twitter) via SMS (40404) autotwit URL’s that extend past the 140 character limit are automatically turned into TinyURLs

A post: “Tweet”

Creating a post: “Tweeting”

Methods

via the Web (twitter.com)

via a client (Twitteroo, Twadget)

via a bookmarklet (TwitThis)

Via Firefox Search Extension

via IM (twitter)

via SMS (40404)

autotwit

URL’s that extend past the 140 character limit are automatically turned into TinyURLs

Twitter.com

Twitteroo

Twitter Vista Gadget

TwitThis

Firefox Search Extension

autotwit

Twitter commands d username message nudge username l: location information follow username leave username invite phonenumber

d username message

nudge username

l: location information

follow username

leave username

invite phonenumber

Direct messages

5. Add friends IM or SMS “follow username ” Click add on their user page

IM or SMS “follow username ”

Click add on their user page

6. Follow your friends Read your friends’ tweets via your Twitter homepage Most clients support reading (Twitteroo, Twadget) Subscribe via RSS Receive via IM Receive tweets via SMS Graphical Twittervision Twitter/Google Maps mashup

Read your friends’ tweets via your Twitter homepage

Most clients support reading (Twitteroo, Twadget)

Subscribe via RSS

Receive via IM

Receive tweets via SMS

Graphical

Twittervision Twitter/Google Maps mashup

Twittervision

Uses Ultra simple blogging Conferences Reference Questions News Traffic Weather Presidential Campaigning Web site updates Conversations Humor

Ultra simple blogging

Conferences

Reference Questions

News

Traffic

Weather

Presidential Campaigning

Web site updates

Conversations

Humor

NLC Reference

BBC News

Digg science

Oregon Traffic

Boston Weather

John Edwards

woot

A Twitter conversation during the development of this slide show

“Darth Vader”

Searching Twitter Content

Visualizing Twitter http://www.vecosys.com/2007/03/19/the-twitterfication-of-the-blogosphere/

Problems Twitterference So many SMS tweets that you can’t make a phone call. The service goes down Twitter can be very slow at times Posting options stop working “IM status: Google Talk/Jabber is up, and we're working on restoring AIM. Soon!” If it ever goes away, your content is gone

Twitterference So many SMS tweets that you can’t make a phone call.

The service goes down

Twitter can be very slow at times

Posting options stop working “IM status: Google Talk/Jabber is up, and we're working on restoring AIM. Soon!”

If it ever goes away, your content is gone

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Contact Information Michael Sauers Technology Innovation Librarian, Nebraska Library Commission [email_address] www.travelinlibrarian.info twitter.com/msauers del.icio.us/travelinlibrarian/twitter

Michael Sauers Technology Innovation Librarian, Nebraska Library Commission

[email_address]

www.travelinlibrarian.info

twitter.com/msauers

del.icio.us/travelinlibrarian/twitter