Microblogging involves posting short updates of 140 characters or less on platforms like Twitter. Users create profiles to follow friends and share updates. Posts are called tweets, and users can tweet via the web, apps, email or text. Hashtags group topics and @mentions other users. Direct messages allow private conversations. Many organizations and individuals use Twitter to share news, conversations and more in an easy, fast way.

1. Internet Librarian October 25, 2009

2. What is microblogging? The act of blogging that is: Short Fast Easy Mobile

4. Enter Twitter Answer the question “What are you doing?” in 140 characters or less Follow friends Be followed Like IM, but asynchronous No “status”, others don’t know if you’re paying attention

5. Create an account

6. Create your profile

7. Set up posting options

8. Set up notifications

9. Add a profile picture or icon

10. Design your home page

11. Posting to Twitter A post: “Tweet” Creating a post: “Tweeting” Methods via the Web (twitter.com) via a client (Twhirl, TweetDeck, TwitHive) via a bookmarklet (TwitterBar, TwitThis) via e-mail via SMS (40404) Blog-to-Twitter (twitterfeed) URL’s that extend past the 140 character limit are automatically turned into TinyURLs

12. Twitter.com

13. Twitter commands @username d usernamemessage nudge username l: location information follow username leave username block username invite phonenumber #hashtag

14. Direct messages

15. Add friends

16. Follow your friends Read your friends’ tweets via your Twitter homepage Read via a client Subscribe via RSS Receive tweets via SMS

17. Uses Ultra simple blogging Conferences Reference Questions News Emergency Services Weather Presidential Campaigning Web site updates Conversations Humor Characters

18. Lincoln City Libraries

19. NLC Reference

21. NASA

22. LA Fire Department

23. The White House

24. “Darth Vader”

25. Searching Twitter Content

26. Problems TwitterferenceSo many SMS tweets that you can’t make a phone call If it ever goes away, your content is gone Considered too distracting by some If you don’t participate, you won’t get anything out of it

27. 7 Tips to a Good Twitter Experience Follow unto others @comment others Link to your stuff Don’t take non-responses personally Be patient Avoid addiction Use your name Source:http://meryl.net/2008/04/01/7-tips-to-a-good-twitter-experience/

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29. Questions??? Christa BurnsSpecial Projects Librarian Nebraska Library Commission christa.burns@nebraska.gov 800-307-2665 twitter.com/cjburns http://delicious.com/CJBurns42/twitter