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Tue, 20 May 2008 03:24:06 +0000

[...] have been challenges. The Twitter question generated so many comments so quickly that I was overwhelmed before I even began. I ended up [...]

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Open Stacks » Blog Archive » Comment Challenge Day 18 - More navel-gazing — Tue, 20 May 2008 03:07:07 +0000

[...] the one where I went fishing for comments on Twitter received 30 [...]

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:24:00 +0000

Just wanted to quickly say thank you to everyone who commented on this post. An amazing response. There are a few people I owe specific responses to in here, but I’m a little short on time, so I beg you to accept my apologies for the delay. Hope to be back soon for follow-up.

By: Luc

Luc — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:48:02 +0000

I don’t use Twitter. I keep hearing about it, I know lots of people who do, I keep reading about it. My question(s) would be. Is it worth to spend the time to learn yet another tool? Is it easy to use, so the spent time would not be too extensive? Is it intuitive? What do people use it for the most? When is the use of this tool the most efficient and for what activities/communication(s)/situations? When did people find it to be not useful? And why? If I want to know how my friends are doing, I call them, e-mail them, leave them a message on facebook, leave them a message on my space, go visit them, text them, IM them, skype them….so do I really need to twitter them as well?

By: Computers in Libraries 2008 wrap up « I’m Feeling Lucky

Computers in Libraries 2008 wrap up « I’m Feeling Lucky — Sun, 18 May 2008 04:51:31 +0000

[...] thoughts on Twitter: I recently posted to Greg’s request for opinions and thoughts on Twitter where I discuss [...]

By: Tim K

Tim K — Sat, 17 May 2008 16:33:41 +0000

Dear Twitter,

I love ya, I hate ya, you irritate the heck outta me…

That’s how I feel about twitter. I really enjoy seeing bit and pieces of the lives of my friends that I would never have the opportunity to see without twitter. I hate having to go back through older tweets to catch up. I can go days without Twitter and often post only one or two twitts a day. I don’t take Twitter very seriously, it is just a nice little bit a decoration on my greater social network. But then I am a twitt!

By: Christine Martell

Christine Martell — Sat, 17 May 2008 05:52:11 +0000

I’ve tried it a number of times. Only recently is it getting more interesting. For the longest time it seemed like a lot of people talking about what they were eating. Sorry, too busy for that. Lately, I’m starting to find more valuable tweets.

The place I still really struggle is figuring out what to say myself. Concise is hard for me, so is telling random people random facts. Still haven’t hit my stride with this part at all.

By: Liam

Liam — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:49:59 +0000

I only signed up for Twitter this week, partly because I keep hearing you guys talking about it on Uncontrolled Vocabulary.

I was resistant to signing up because:
A. I’m a shy person who doesn’t really want to broadcast minute details of my life so I didn’t see a purpose for me.
B. Last summer I caved to the “Facebook is great” posts in the librarian blogosphere, and almost immediately after I signed up there was a Facebook backlash. Maybe I’ll kill Twitter too.

Anyhow, I’m still learning. It may be fun. It may be a distraction. But I’d really like it to have some benefit professionally as well.

By: Jill O'Neill

Jill O'Neill — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:24:05 +0000

Twitter is compelling for me because it is an icebreaker. It makes it very easy for me to approach another professional (who may actually be a stranger to me) in order to ask a question, invite a presentation, etc. If I have even a shallow sense of your interests and professional expertise, it is easier for me to establish rapport.

Sometimes, the use of Twitter acts as a current awareness tool regarding issues or news. I follow several analysts on Twitter because they surface interesting material.

Sometimes, the use of Twitter allows me to see into another publishing professional’s world. I follow a CEO of a major publishing house on Twitter and his tweets surface issues or concerns in that sector of publishing that may or may not be similar to those of the publishing sector with whom I work.

By: David Igwood

David Igwood — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:08:35 +0000

I Twitter to raise awareness of my library. I keep it professional @ LPI_Library. I’m not addicted, 1-3 posts a day. I don’t want to scare anyone off with too much noise.

I do follow a bunch of folks. I drop in one or twice a day and read a screen or two. sometimes I’ll check the posts of a person to see if something important was covered.

Nice response to your request. Maybe I’ll try it.