Blogging and Social Media Presentation

Slide 4: Twitter

Posted in Slides by blv1016 on March 12th, 2008

Twitter

is a versatile tool largely used for microblogging short posts of 140 characters or less. Users can interact with Twitter via web, SMS mobile phone messages, or via instant messaging programs such as AOL Instant Messenger or Google Talk. Through third party plug ins, users can also interact with Twitter via email. Twitter also can be integrated in to Facebook, WordPress, and many other new media platforms and technologies.

Sign Up For Twitter Here

Twitter Resources and Tools
Youtube Video, Twitter In Plain English

Twitter Mail is a service that allows Twitter interaction via email instead of or in addition to interaction over the web.

is a service that allows you to subscribe to syndicated content, and be notified with in Twitter as new material is posted.

http://www.twittersearch.com allows you to search recent Twitter posts. Twitter posts generally also appear in Google and other search engines.

Example Uses and Implimentations

ACB Radio Main Menu Show and Podcast
Mika Pyyhkala micro blog
Chris Brogan micro blog
Darrell Schandro micro blog
Use of Twitterfeed to monitor syndicated content in Twitter
Woot.com Advertisements Via Twitter
CNN via Twitter
Today Show links via Twitter.

GCAL is a Twitter bot that facilitates updating Google Calendar via any Twitter input mechanism, web, cell phone SMS, or instant messaging.

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