This was presented at the Canberra Girl Geek Dinners on 14th of October 2009. We had 5 minutes to present our topic - so here's my 5 minute run down of interesting twitter tools.
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Twitter: more than a microblogging tool
1. More than a micro blogging tool By Ruth Ellison Twitter @RuthEllison For Canberra Girl Geek Dinners #3 On 14th October 2009
2. Chocolate appreciator Work at Stamford Interactive Usability person Information architect Loves gadgets User experience designer Robot lover I’m Ruth
5. I dunno, it’s this weird thing where you tell people what you’re doing
6. Twitter is... A social networking & microblogging tool* 140 characters to express yourself * Refer to Twitter in Plain English for an excellent visual explanation of twitter http://www.commoncraft.com/Twitter
What this talk is focussing on today is a quick run down of some of the interesting twitter tools that exist out there.
Twtvite is a free event management tool based on Twitter that helps you organize and promote local Tweetups. People can RSVP, you can have waiting lists, maps, print name tags and more.
Ok, this isn’t a ‘tool’ as such but it’s an entertaining way of using twitter to learn about history.Check out http://historicaltweets.com/
http://www.fitclick.com/ - Requires you to enter your twitter name and passwordYou can track food and count calories, carbs, fat & more with FitClick Diet Tweets. Tweet the food..
Live streaming of video on twitter.My workmate’s presentation at Web Directions South 2009 conference was live stream so my workmates in Melbourne could follow along.
Politics and Twitter June 2009 Governor Schwarzenegger tweeted the above
>1000 responses in the first hour of launch19 categories
Twitter icon from http://randaclay.com/freebies/free-twitter-graphics/