Monthly Archives: August 2009

Some interesting and useful Twitter Stats

August 4, 2009
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Some interesting and useful Twitter Stats

Influential Marketing has a post with some useful stats  from the Sysomos report on Twitter.  I wonder why Tuesday is the most active day. hmmm.  There is more information on the orginal post and you download the full report if you’re inclined 21% (One Fifth) of Twitter accounts are empty placeholders. Nearly 94% of all Twitter accounts have less than 100 followers. March and April of 2009 were the tipping point for Twitter. 150 followers is the magic number. A small minority creates most of the activity Half of all Twitter users are not “active.” Tuesday is the most active Twitter day. APIs have been the key to Twitter’s growth & utility. English still dominates Twitter. Twitter is being led by the social media geeks. Bonus Geographical Stat/Quote: The cities with the biggest Twitter populations are New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, San Francisco, and Boston. Los Angeles is the fastest growing city on the list.” Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Buzz it up Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend

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Your Inbox Is Not a To-do List

August 3, 2009
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Your Inbox Is Not a To-do List

I’ve been talking and thinking about time management a lot lately (the fabulous Brenda Hough and I are doing a prefconference workshop about it at Internet Librarian) so when I saw this from Zen Habits I knew I had to share it Why Your Email Inbox Is NOT a Good To-do List: a very brief summary You can’t change the subject lines There might be multiple actions in each email You can’t re-order the emails (usually) You can’t prioritize your to-dos An email inbox contains distractions Go read the whole thing for explanations and suggestions on tools to use for a to-do lists. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Buzz it up Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend

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A Day in the Life of a Digital Branch Manager

August 3, 2009
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A Day in the Life of a Digital Branch Manager

I took these notes today as part of The Day in the Life project, if you would like to read more please see the wiki, if you’re interested in how it all got started read this post First thing in the morning with coffee in hand I answer emails, and DMs from Twitter that had come in the night before. Being on the East Coast a lot comes in after I’ve stepped away from the computer for the night. Arrive at work – First thing  answer emails, make a few updates the website, chat with Head of Teen Services about updates to her page. Meeting with Director – we’re moving her blog from Blogger to WordPress because of some of the options she want, and walk through adding some RSS feeds to Outlook. Back to website Deal with paycheck problem Work on patron survey about the website that will go up on Monday. Spent most of the rest of the afternoon working in policies one for Social Media in general and one specifically addressing Flickr.  Both of these will be part of the Digital Branch Guidebook when its complete. Part of this will address how the Digital Branch helps the library meet its

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