Twitter

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Twitter

• Intro _at_asusoda

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What is Twitter?

• _at_rstevens Twitter is IM without awkwardness.
  source
  
• _at_zeldman Twitter is the 00s answer to
  Seinfeld a networked application about nothing.
  source

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Tweets

• Twitter is 100 messages (all 140 chars)
• Messages can be sent or read on twitter.com, a
  twitter client, Jabber/Gtalk, or on your mobile
  phone
  
• Twitter messages are tweets

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Who sees tweets?

• Follow interesting people to see their updates
• Tweets be sent to the public/all your followers
  (you can set your tweets to private)
  
• Tweets can be public _at_replies (_at_username)

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Private messages

• If you have a direct reply for someone following
  you and others wouldnt really benefit from
  seeing it, send d username message to send it
  privately. (d direct)
• example d arizzunshine whens the next
  meeting? where arizzunshine is my username

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Only messages?

• Long messages ( 140 char) cant be sent over
  twitter
  
• Be brief! Have a lot to say? Link to your blog
  post, reddit comment, etc.
  
• Long URLs cant be sent over twitter.
• Use TinyURL.com, RURL.com etc. to shorten links!
  (automatic in some clients)

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Topic of Conversation

• Those with the most followers tend to discuss
• technology news/tips/preferences (or their
  interests, as appropriate)
  
• interesting/humorous personal tidbits
• and yes, people love twittering about twitter!

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_at_asusoda

• Twitter user asusoda (twitter.com/asusoda) will
  send out meeting notices
  
• Considering using it for more, as well.
• Perhaps relaying tech questions/tips to SoDA
  members following _at_asusoda
  
• Click follow on page, or message follow
  asusoda to twitter via client/site/cell

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And me?

• If you were wondering, Im at twitter.com/arizzuns
  hine

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Discovering Interesting People to Follow

• Many bloggers also twitter (this is called
  microblogging) follow an interesting blogger
  
• If someone you are following _at_replies someone,
  they may be relevant to you as well
  
• Can search for people by interest or keyword
  (e.g. php, developer, photographer)

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API

• Twitter has an API as well, so there are
  interesting apps and bots using Twitter as well

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