Twitter 101

facilitator: Raines

why twitter?

addiction. realtime. keeping in touch. constant.

ADD tendencies - satisfies them

great for research

put a Q, get answers

networking and information

looking for a job

meet 5-6 people

makes me smarter

(better with abbreviations and chat talk)

just started on Twitter

comcast responded "glad you liked it"

cool not creepy - intention recognized

recruiting

follow the leaders

or get people to follow you

example: Guy Kawasaki, alltop

interesting to get into his mind

Q: If you twit a Q, do you have to read everybody's questions, or go to topic

forces you to be succinct, get msg in 140 chars

makes you a better writer

Q: time sink?

A: it can be

you can never read everything

use the @addressing - "replies"

get over it - you will not read everything

Pandora: unspoken rule 2 tweets a day.

don't bombard people, don't sell anything, more news, here's what's going on.

haiku contest - iPhone app

Q: If you start following journalists, how do I follow them but filter down further

A: choose who to get messages from

TweetDeck

Summize (now search.twitter.com)

TwitterLocal - helps you find people 5-25 miles around you.

BrightKite: similar philosophy. Like Dopplr for trips

its not GPS, but in that direction

location-based services?

wiki full of apps around twitter (please edit this into a link to it)

Pownce, Jaiku, Plurk?

A: Feed 'em all in.

Q: my phone buzzing all the time following a bunch of people

A: pick and choose. Use a mobile web browser: m.twitter.com

(this will be up on the wiki and linked from the Sessions page)