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Thing #10: TwitterAugust 24, 2008 First, watch this video:Twitter allows users to post 140 character updates, answering the question: "What are you doing?" These posts are shared via the web to either the world or to the users' friends. Fred Stutzman, in his “12-Minute Definitive Guide,” describes Twitter this way: Call it a microblog, a social presence tool, or whatever else you'd like--it does appear that Twitter is here to stay. As a tool with many flexible uses, it is likely that we'll see individuals integrating Twitter with all sorts of interesting applications in the future. It is this simplicity and flexibility that makes Twitter a winner--in 140 characters or less. Users can access Twitter messages—called Tweats—via the Web, via an RSS feed, and via text on their cellular phones or any number of third part apps. Stutzman divides uses into two areas: social updating and microblogging. Accessing a Twitter user, one might find an update on his or her day, a direct message to another Twitterer, or a bit of wit and wisdom. Libraries are using Twitter as well as a means to update content on the Web or for alert services. Check out the examples at Tame the Web for more. Discovery Resources:
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Posted by Michael Stephens on August 24, 2008 | Comments (1)
November 19, 2008
In response to: Thing #10: Twitter Petro commented: This is such a waste of time. Are people so bored with their own lives that they have to know when somebody is reading a book, taking a crap, or listening to music. Come on. Its getting pathetic. Talk to people enough and you will find out what you want about them. Talk a little more and you will be sick of them. JESUS!
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