Thing #19 Web 2.0 - Twitter
I looked at the Twitter feature on the Recipes for Success site. I signed up for this about the time that Stacey Aldrich was leaving OPL and hadn't used it since. She gave me her name so she is currently the only person I am following. I guess I thought you needed to have a mobile device - but no. It works anyway you can get to the web. I notice Stacey was posting Twitters with mobile devices, web, mobile web, Twitterific (Twitter application for Macintosh) and Twinkle -(Twitter application for iphone). I had had an e-mail request a few months ago from an old friend requested to be one of my Twitter followers and so I finally approved him. Tried to get into my hotmail account contacts so I could invite my contacts to follow me, but it said I had no contacts..... I'm not sure why it wasn't connecting because I've got a lot in there. It has a drop down where you put in your email address and then it chooses the msn, hotmail, gamail, etc. It wouldn't let me search my web based cox.net e-mail contacts list - so was frustrating.
I also subscribed to the Twitter feed from the Cleveland Public Libary. I think sending people tiny doses of information is a good way to keep them up to date without getting into a lot of detail. They twittered about the Sarah Vowell author visit, achievement tests, poetry collection, hard copy reference, clipping files....something for everyone - with a link for more information. It is so easy to get overwhelmed with detail but when you are limited to only 140 characters, you have to cut to the chase. I think it is a very effective use of the technology and we should try it. I'm not sure who Cleveland has in charge of their Twits -probably their publicity department - but it is something OPL should certainly consider.
I also subscribed to the Twitter feed from the Cleveland Public Libary. I think sending people tiny doses of information is a good way to keep them up to date without getting into a lot of detail. They twittered about the Sarah Vowell author visit, achievement tests, poetry collection, hard copy reference, clipping files....something for everyone - with a link for more information. It is so easy to get overwhelmed with detail but when you are limited to only 140 characters, you have to cut to the chase. I think it is a very effective use of the technology and we should try it. I'm not sure who Cleveland has in charge of their Twits -probably their publicity department - but it is something OPL should certainly consider.
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