Understanding Your Neighborhood Through Twitter...
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2011-06-28/understanding-your-neighborhood-through-twitter
Fewer than fifteen percent of adults online use Twitter. But Tweets are fast becoming an indispensable tool for journalists, politicos and community activists. Reporters and government agencies use it to provide real-time updates on breaking news, while others initiate hyperlocal dialogues about neighborhood nuisances. Tech Tuesday explores local culture through social media, and gets a primer on Twitter jargon and hashtags.
Guests
Sylvia Brown
Community activist and D.C. Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, ANC 7c04 (Deanwood); @ANC7c04
Martin Austermuhle
Senior editor, DCist.com; @DCist_Martin
Ashley Parker
Reporter, New York Times; @AshleyRParker
Mandy Jenkins
Social News Editor, Huffington Post; @mjenkins
Related Links
Twitter in Plain English
For those who are entirely new to Twitter, take a look at this Common Craft Plain English video on the most basic pieces:
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So, let's see... Twitter is designed to have short messages..but the panelists insist the value is in the ongoing conversation (or a bunch of short messages.).
Curious....
Mostly I find twitter annoying (and not having the patience to sort out the twitter-ese shorthand no doubt doesn't help). And being tethered to another electronic device for micro-burst fragments is not high on my list...just as viewing facebook to see people's breakfast isn't really adding value either.
If this makes me a Luddite....I'm good with that.