This is the first in a series of presentations about social media. The series will continue throughout the summer and attempt to give a basic understanding and familiarly with the online and social media environment.

1. Information Networks Blogging and Microblogging

2. Sorting through it all… Photos, Videos, Art, Livecasting, Audio/Music Personal, Professional, Events Journals, Social Bookmarking, Reviews/Opinions, Info, Forums, Aggregators Virtual Worlds, Game Sharing, Online Gaming, Browser Games Social Information Entertainment Media

3. Blogging/Vlogging 1994: First Blog created by Justin Hall 1999: Blogger created. Free, user friendly blog creation Web site. Term “Blogging” is coined. 2005: Huffington Post: Blogs become more than just opinions. 2002: Blog Ads, Bloggers turn blogging into $

4. Getting Started…

8. Microblogging Plurk Jaiku (Google)

9. Why is it called Microblogging?

10. Twitter Jargon Tweeter/Twitterer Tweeple/Tweeps Tweeting Tweet Twitterverse/Twitosphere Twitterati Tweetup/TweetIn Twitter Stream Collection of tweets, in reverse chronological order Twitter User Posting messages on Twitter Message posted to Twitter A-List Twitterers, often celebrities. People on Twitter; Twitter + People Twitter + Meetup; social gathering organized via Twitter The entire collection of Tweeters using Twitter; the Twitter community

11. Opinions Questions Information Needs Conversation Ideas Sharing

15. Managing Twitter Twhirl: Desktop application. Tweet Deck: Organize Twitter. Also connects to Facebook. HootSuite: Manage multiple Twitter accounts Seesmic Desktop

16. The Fail Whale

17. Twitter Applications & Help Applications