twitter: more than a microblogging tool
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This was presented at the Canberra Girl Geek Dinners on 14th of October 2009. We had 5 minutes to present our topic - so here's my 5 minute run down of interesting twitter tools. Thanks to Google for sponsoring!TRANSCRIPT
More than a micro blogging tool
By Ruth EllisonTwitter @RuthEllisonFor Canberra Girl Geek Dinners #3On 14th October 2009
I’m Ruth
User experience designer
Usability person
Loves gadgets
Robot lover
Chocolate appreciator
Information architect
Work at Stamford Interactive
What is this twitter thing anyhow?
Isn’t it some kind of instant
messaging program?
I dunno, it’s this weird thing where
you tell people what you’re doing
Twitter is
...
A social networking & microblogging tool*
140 characters to express yourself
* Refer to Twitter in Plain English for an excellent visual explanation of twitterhttp://www.commoncraft.com/Twitter
It’s about building connections & doing stuff
Doing stuffLet’s look at some interesting twitter tools...
Find stuff....
Organise stuff...
Learn about stuff...
Share stuff...
Source: http://twitpic.com/j5n1l
Source: http://twitpic.com/jebrh
Source: http://twitpic.com/ixrv0
Random stuff...
Political stuff...
Getting the citizen involved
See http://mashable.com/2009/08/25/myidea4ca/ for more info
Thanks!
Ruth Ellison
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.ruthellison.com
@RuthEllison
Find this presentation at www.slideshare.net/ruthellison