The document discusses various information sharing platforms including blogging, microblogging, and social media. It provides a brief history of blogging starting in 1994, and the creation of Blogger in 1999. Microblogging is introduced, with examples like Twitter, which launched in 2006. The document outlines some key aspects of using Twitter like hashtags, following others, and managing multiple accounts.

1. Information Networks Blogging and Microblogging

2. Sorting through it all… Photos, Videos, Art, Livecasting, Audio/Music Personal, Professional, Events Journals, Social Bookmarking, Reviews/Opinions, Info, Forums, Aggregators Virtual Worlds, Game Sharing, Online Gaming, Browser Games Social Information Entertainment Media

3. 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 $

4. Getting Started…

8. Microblogging Plurk Jaiku (Google)

9. Why is it called Microblogging?

10. 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

11. Opinions Questions Information Needs Conversation Ideas Sharing

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

16. The Fail Whale

17. Twitter Applications & Help Applications