Twitter: more than a microblogging tool
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This was presented at the Canberra Girl Geek Dinners on 14th of October 2009. We had 5 minutes to present our topic - so here's my 5 minute run down of interesting twitter tools. Thanks to Google for sponsoring!
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Twitter: more than a microblogging tool
- 1. More than a micro blogging tool By Ruth Ellison Twitter @RuthEllison For Canberra Girl Geek Dinners #3 On 14th October 2009
- 2. Chocolate appreciator Work at Stamford Interactive Usability person Information architect Loves gadgets User experience designer Robot lover Iâm Ruth
- 3. What is this twitter thing anyhow?
- 4. Isnât it some kind of instant messaging program?
- 5. I dunno, itâs this weird thing where you tell people what youâre doing
- 6. 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
- 7. Itâs about building connections & doing stuff
- 8. Doing stuffLetâs look at some interesting twitter tools...
- 18. Share stuff...
- 20. Source: http://twitpic.com/jebrh Source: http://twitpic.com/j5n1l Source: http://twitpic.com/ixrv0
- 23. Random stuff...
- 28. Getting the citizen involved See http://mashable.com/2009/08/25/myidea4ca/ for more info
- 30. Thanks! Ruth Ellison Email: me@ruthellison.com Web: www.ruthellison.com @RuthEllison Find this presentation at www.slideshare.net/ruthellison
Editor's Notes
- 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.
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- 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 workmateâs 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/