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Presented by Roman Koshykar
                 Liaison Librarian to GCCIS, Wallace Library
in conjunction with the Center for Professional Development
                                               April 28, 2009
Today’s agenda
 Crash course in Twitter
 What is Twitter good for?
 Some examples of Twitter use at RIT
 A little bit about blogging (Twitter’s big brother)
 Explanation of RSS – the technology that makes all
  this possible
What is all the chatter about?
 What is                 ?
  1. A free, web-based social networking service
  2. An annoying, time-wasting fad
  3. The fastest growing social networking site of 2009
  4. The best-known example of a micro-blogging system
  5. A great way for mobile computing users to
     communicate
Twitter is all of these things!


 Yes, even the “annoying fad” part
 Let’s look at these characteristics one by one (in no
  particular order)
Twitter is a social network
 The premise of Twitter is that each and every Twitter
  user is to answer the same question over and over
  again
 WHAT ARE YOU DOING RIGHT NOW?
 Twitter is highly social, and every Twitter user can
  follow other users’ posts
 Twitter is NOT instant messaging – it is not a real-time
  conversation
Twitter is a micro-blogging system
 Micro-blogs are just what they sound like – short-form
  blogs where content is posted in very small chunks
 Twitter limits you to no more than 140 characters in a
  single post (that includes spaces and punctuation)
 Twitter has been called the Web’s equivalent of the
  Short Message Service (SMS) – more commonly
  known by cell phone users and teenagers everywhere
  as “texting”
Twitter is mobile
 Mobile computing is huge – even bigger outside the
  United States
 People with iPhones or BlackBerries can post to their
  Twitter accounts and read other people’s Twitter posts
  using their mobile devices
 Laptop/desktop Twitter users interact with Twitter’s
  Web site; mobile phone users can get Twitter posts via
  text messages; smart phone users download a special
  interface (called an “app”) to their device to use Twitter
 The most popular mobile Twitter app is called
  Twitterific
Twitter is growing exponentially
 Twitter was only created in 2006
 The Internet demographics firm Quantcast tracks Twitter
  usage – let’s look at some stats
    End of February 2009 – 6 million users
    End of March 2009 – 15 million users (estimated)
 Twitter’s user population grew 2 ½ times in one month!
 Twitter has become so popular, there are many examples
  from this year and last year of the site crashing due to heavy
  use
 Most famous example – Macworld 2008, when Steve Jobs
  gave his keynote address
Twitter is an annoying fad?
 Well, decide for yourself…
 One of the articles on handout – the Psychology of
  Twitter
 Twitter pros: its popularity shows that it fits a niche in
  the world of online communication; it’s a public
  conversation medium
 Twitter cons: it defaults to public conversation (you
  have to turn on privacy features yourself); since it’s
  continuous and nonstop, you can easily feel like you
  have missed something – like walking into the middle
  of a conversation
What is it good for?
 According to Twitter’s own site, Twitter is good for
  real-time updates to your friends and family
 New York Times tech reporter David Pogue has a good
  example of Twitter’s usefulness
 More from David Pogue (short video)
 Twitter’s been all over the news this year – read all
  about it on your own!
Let’s talk Twitter
 Twitter users have developed their own terminology
 Twitter (n): the name of the world’s most popular
  micro-blogging service
 Twitter (v): to post something on Twitter – also has the
  infinitive form Twittering
 Tweet: a post on Twitter
 Someone who posts on Twitter is a Twitterer or a
  Tweeter (I’ve heard both)
Let’s talk Twitter (advanced)
 Hash tagging: the practice of tagging Tweets (that is,
  assigning them an identifying keyword called a tag) with a
  hash mark (aka pound sign). Twitter users can search
  these hash tags on the Twitter site to find Tweets about
  some particular topic (#rochester or #rit, for example)
 At replies: @ sign followed by a Twitter user name
  identifies a Tweet directed at another Twitter user –
  helps you have conversations with others via Tweets
Time to have a look!

 Test Twitter page set up for today’s session
 http://twitter.com/SampleForTest
 I’ll log in and show you some of the basic features
Time to have a look!
 A couple of personal accounts from my co-workers
    http://twitter.com/Chrislerch
    http://twitter.com/bizlibrarian
 Updates on Twitter from RIT departments
    http://twitter.com/RIT_InfoSec
    http://twitter.com/RITNEWS
    You’ll end up discovering others by looking at who is
     following these Twitter feeds!
Try it for yourself


Beginner’s guide to Twitter (listed on your handout)
Really, Twitter is blogging?
 Blogging is a much more established practice than
  Twittering – been around for roughly a decade;
  probably caught on around five years ago
 The idea is the same – you set up a personal site (they
  provide the framework) and you write about and post
  what you are interested in (you provide the content)
 Blogging sites often offer more features – commenting,
  ability to post images, embed video or sound clips
Really, Twitter is blogging?
 Biggest difference between Twittering and blogging –
  short form (only 140 characters!) vs. long form
 Twitter users have come up with creative ways of
  getting around the character limit
 Use of link shortening sites like TinyURL – allows you
  to take a very long link and shorten it, so as to use
  many fewer characters
 “Serial Tweets” – post things in chunks – there’s no
  limit to the number of Tweets, only to the length of
  each Tweet
Some popular blogging sites
 Blogger – Google’s popular blogging site
 LiveJournal – oldest blogging site, structured like an
  online diary
 WordPress – another popular blogging site
 Movable Type – rather than a Web site, Movable Type
  is software you install – example is Business Resources
  Blog from the Library
How do they work?
 The technology that powers Twitter, blogging, and
  other social web sites is called Really Simple
  Syndication (RSS)
 RSS is a technology used to create “feeds” on the Web;
  these feeds allow for continuous publication of news,
  blog posts, Tweets, podcasts, and many other types of
  Web content
 Brief video (about 3 ½ minutes) will serve as an
  introduction to RSS
Tying things together
 Is your head spinning yet?
 It’s ok – Social Web technologies are largely about
  having fun, but most importantly, they are about
  staying connected
 Any one site (say, Twitter) may not be around forever
 But the idea of short, rapid status updates has found
  its way into other Social Web technologies
 Facebook’s latest redesign has a suspiciously Twitter-
  like home page when you log in!
Thank you and stay connected!

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Whither Twitter

  • 1. Presented by Roman Koshykar Liaison Librarian to GCCIS, Wallace Library in conjunction with the Center for Professional Development April 28, 2009
  • 2. Today’s agenda  Crash course in Twitter  What is Twitter good for?  Some examples of Twitter use at RIT  A little bit about blogging (Twitter’s big brother)  Explanation of RSS – the technology that makes all this possible
  • 3. What is all the chatter about?  What is ? 1. A free, web-based social networking service 2. An annoying, time-wasting fad 3. The fastest growing social networking site of 2009 4. The best-known example of a micro-blogging system 5. A great way for mobile computing users to communicate
  • 4. Twitter is all of these things!  Yes, even the “annoying fad” part  Let’s look at these characteristics one by one (in no particular order)
  • 5. Twitter is a social network  The premise of Twitter is that each and every Twitter user is to answer the same question over and over again  WHAT ARE YOU DOING RIGHT NOW?  Twitter is highly social, and every Twitter user can follow other users’ posts  Twitter is NOT instant messaging – it is not a real-time conversation
  • 6. Twitter is a micro-blogging system  Micro-blogs are just what they sound like – short-form blogs where content is posted in very small chunks  Twitter limits you to no more than 140 characters in a single post (that includes spaces and punctuation)  Twitter has been called the Web’s equivalent of the Short Message Service (SMS) – more commonly known by cell phone users and teenagers everywhere as “texting”
  • 7. Twitter is mobile  Mobile computing is huge – even bigger outside the United States  People with iPhones or BlackBerries can post to their Twitter accounts and read other people’s Twitter posts using their mobile devices  Laptop/desktop Twitter users interact with Twitter’s Web site; mobile phone users can get Twitter posts via text messages; smart phone users download a special interface (called an “app”) to their device to use Twitter  The most popular mobile Twitter app is called Twitterific
  • 8. Twitter is growing exponentially  Twitter was only created in 2006  The Internet demographics firm Quantcast tracks Twitter usage – let’s look at some stats  End of February 2009 – 6 million users  End of March 2009 – 15 million users (estimated)  Twitter’s user population grew 2 ½ times in one month!  Twitter has become so popular, there are many examples from this year and last year of the site crashing due to heavy use  Most famous example – Macworld 2008, when Steve Jobs gave his keynote address
  • 9. Twitter is an annoying fad?  Well, decide for yourself…  One of the articles on handout – the Psychology of Twitter  Twitter pros: its popularity shows that it fits a niche in the world of online communication; it’s a public conversation medium  Twitter cons: it defaults to public conversation (you have to turn on privacy features yourself); since it’s continuous and nonstop, you can easily feel like you have missed something – like walking into the middle of a conversation
  • 10. What is it good for?  According to Twitter’s own site, Twitter is good for real-time updates to your friends and family  New York Times tech reporter David Pogue has a good example of Twitter’s usefulness  More from David Pogue (short video)  Twitter’s been all over the news this year – read all about it on your own!
  • 11. Let’s talk Twitter  Twitter users have developed their own terminology  Twitter (n): the name of the world’s most popular micro-blogging service  Twitter (v): to post something on Twitter – also has the infinitive form Twittering  Tweet: a post on Twitter  Someone who posts on Twitter is a Twitterer or a Tweeter (I’ve heard both)
  • 12. Let’s talk Twitter (advanced)  Hash tagging: the practice of tagging Tweets (that is, assigning them an identifying keyword called a tag) with a hash mark (aka pound sign). Twitter users can search these hash tags on the Twitter site to find Tweets about some particular topic (#rochester or #rit, for example)  At replies: @ sign followed by a Twitter user name identifies a Tweet directed at another Twitter user – helps you have conversations with others via Tweets
  • 13. Time to have a look!  Test Twitter page set up for today’s session  http://twitter.com/SampleForTest  I’ll log in and show you some of the basic features
  • 14. Time to have a look!  A couple of personal accounts from my co-workers  http://twitter.com/Chrislerch  http://twitter.com/bizlibrarian  Updates on Twitter from RIT departments  http://twitter.com/RIT_InfoSec  http://twitter.com/RITNEWS  You’ll end up discovering others by looking at who is following these Twitter feeds!
  • 15. Try it for yourself Beginner’s guide to Twitter (listed on your handout)
  • 16. Really, Twitter is blogging?  Blogging is a much more established practice than Twittering – been around for roughly a decade; probably caught on around five years ago  The idea is the same – you set up a personal site (they provide the framework) and you write about and post what you are interested in (you provide the content)  Blogging sites often offer more features – commenting, ability to post images, embed video or sound clips
  • 17. Really, Twitter is blogging?  Biggest difference between Twittering and blogging – short form (only 140 characters!) vs. long form  Twitter users have come up with creative ways of getting around the character limit  Use of link shortening sites like TinyURL – allows you to take a very long link and shorten it, so as to use many fewer characters  “Serial Tweets” – post things in chunks – there’s no limit to the number of Tweets, only to the length of each Tweet
  • 18. Some popular blogging sites  Blogger – Google’s popular blogging site  LiveJournal – oldest blogging site, structured like an online diary  WordPress – another popular blogging site  Movable Type – rather than a Web site, Movable Type is software you install – example is Business Resources Blog from the Library
  • 19. How do they work?  The technology that powers Twitter, blogging, and other social web sites is called Really Simple Syndication (RSS)  RSS is a technology used to create “feeds” on the Web; these feeds allow for continuous publication of news, blog posts, Tweets, podcasts, and many other types of Web content  Brief video (about 3 ½ minutes) will serve as an introduction to RSS
  • 20. Tying things together  Is your head spinning yet?  It’s ok – Social Web technologies are largely about having fun, but most importantly, they are about staying connected  Any one site (say, Twitter) may not be around forever  But the idea of short, rapid status updates has found its way into other Social Web technologies  Facebook’s latest redesign has a suspiciously Twitter- like home page when you log in!
  • 21. Thank you and stay connected!