Just because I can. Wordpress.com now has an option to create and add polls built right into the post toolbar. Sweet! So I made up a poll. I’m not planning to do anything with this info, other than probably write a blog post about it. 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
Posts Tagged ‘ Twitter ’
I’m not narcisitic, you’re eavesdropping
In many of the articles I read about the Social Web, especially Twitter, the author laments that they don’t care that I had a peanut butter and banana sandwich for lunch, or what I thought of the latest American Idol. I’ve long felt that these writers are missing the point and this week I came across two sources that articulate this better than I could have. The first is Clay Shirky’s book Here Comes Everybody, he makes the point that with new advances in technology people mistake broadcasting media (1 to many) for communications media (1to 1). New tools allow people to use broadcasting media for communication. He gives this example – if you read a blog of someone you don’t know and see that they got wasted last night and today when shopping for clothes you think what’s the point? Who cares? Yet if you went to a food court in a mall and eavesdropped on the same conversation it would be clear that you are the weird one. We’re so used to the old web that we think if we can read it, it’s targeted towards us and with the new Social Web this just don’t hold true
Twitter: making the cut
As we’ve seen from previous posts keeping up and feeling overwhelmed is something I struggle with regularly. There are so many great people out there in libraryland, it makes sense that I would want to keep up with all of them. As part of my “I’m not a Superhero” therapy I’m admitting I can’t do everything I’ve been attempting and over the next month or so I’ll be weeding. I started with Twitter. First I needed to figure out what I need/want to get from Twitter, so I went to my del.icio.us account. I’m an avid user of delicious and while I don’t like the option to automatically post my links to my blog I’ve decided I should share them more often. Here are the ones I reread Chris Brogan’s 50 Ideas for Using Twitter for Business and Do What Works for You David Leek King’s Twtter Explained for Librarians, or 10 ways to use Twitter Sarah Houghton-Jan’s Being Wired or Being Tired: 10 Ways to Cope with Information Overload I also considered some of the popular and/or successful librarians who don’t use Twitter. I wont point fingers, but they are out there. I decided what I want from
MRRL’s Twitter account gets a shout out
Please excuse me a moment of self indulgence, MRRL’s twitter account got a shout out in a recent Library School Journal article about libraries using Twitter. Since the flickr account and the blog are a labor of love on my part I’m so happy when I see that they are getting some love from someone else. We’ve got the twitter account set up to show the RSS from the blog and flickr, pretty freaking sweet! 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
Web2.0 levels playing field
Or at least social hierarchy. Last year was my first Internet Librarian Conference, after being in my new position as Digital Services Librarian for only 2 months I hadn’t had an opportunity to meet many people face to face and there were a lot of names I didn’t recognize. I attended presentations and met people from the likes of Jenny Levine, Aaron Schmidt, Amy Kearns, David Lee King, Michael Porter, Jason Griffey, Amanda Etches-Johnson, TomIpri, Christie Hill, Helene Blowers, Erin Downey Howerton, Joshua M. Neff and many more. I’m striving to be like these people and one of the things I love about sites like Twitter & Facebook and Blogs is that it allows little ole me to keep in touch and often communicate in real ways with these people. I can particpate in community and conversations that wouldn’t have been possible with just email or static websites. Even better, for someone like me who has a hard time putting names with face, most of these have a little picture of the person! Why am I writing this? It’s been a rough couple of weeks for me work-wise and I’m remembering all the things I’m grateful for. My connections in Libraryland, however distance they may be, are something I’m
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