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Note: This is the fourth question of a 15-part questionnaire I sent out to over 90 libraries with Twitter accounts. 65 libraries responded. I used this information for a web 2.0 article for my LIS5313 class at Florida State University. Once the article is finished, I will share it on the blog. In the meantime, [...]
[blip.tv ?posts_id=1624455&dest=-1] I created a video as part of my LIS 5313 web 2.0 article. (We had to incorporate media into our posting). I decided to focus on the third-party applications and tools that make Twitter so easy to use and so accessible. I based it on the top 10 applications/tools that libraries/librarians in my [...]
Many libraries ( a good 30% surveyed) said they did not use any third party applications to enhance their library’s twitter account. The other 70%, however, did use some sort of application. The most popular, in order of those mentioned most:* Twhirl A social software desktop client, based on the Adobe AIR platform. Runs on [...]
Through following some folks on Twitter, I noted that quite a few were using and positively tweeting about TweetDeck. I decided to take a look. I downloaded it, tried it out and must say really like it. TweetDeck is an Adobe Air desktop application. It is another way to improve the functionality of Twitter several [...]
Monitter plays an interesting take on Twitter, allowing people to keep tabs on tweets with certain words they’re interested in. The folks at monitter describe their application as “a twitter monitor… it lets you “monitter” the twitter world for a set of 3 keywords — all in one place — and watch what people are [...]
