Techafina » Social Media http://www.techafina.com technology distilled Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:09:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Get Your Political Fix – On Twitter http://www.techafina.com/posts/get-your-political-fix-on-twitter/ http://www.techafina.com/posts/get-your-political-fix-on-twitter/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:57:59 +0000 Sharon Rosen http://www.techafina.com/posts/get-your-political-fix-on-twitter/ Below is a sampling of what you can find on Twitter… or rather, WHO you can find. The list is in no particular order, nor does it represent my views on – anything at all. Enjoy.

http://twitter.com/BarackObama – yes, Mr. President himself
http://twitter.com/thewhitehouse 
http://twitter.com/USSupremeCourt 
http://twitter.com/HouseFloor
http://twitter.com/NationalDebt – this is depressing, but if you want it – it’s here
http://twitter.com/boblatta – Congressman for Ohio’s 5th District
http://twitter.com/danburton – US Representative, Indiana’s 5th District
http://twitter.com/ThadMcCotter – Congressman for Michigan’s 11th District
http://twitter.com/RobWittman – First Congressional District of Virginia
http://twitter.com/RobertBluey – Director of Online Strategy @Heritage.
http://twitter.com/Heritage – Heritage Foundation
http://twitter.com/timryan – Congressman for Ohio’s 17th District
http://twitter.com/johnculberson – TX Congressman
http://twitter.com/GOPLeader

Happy Tweeting folks!

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The Replies tab was useful to clue you in on the other half of the conversation, if you were curious enough to take a look. Earlier today, I came across @Pistachio and noticed that she is using a GREAT work-around for Twitter’s missing feature! In her Bio, she has added a link to her replies on http://search.twitter.com. That’s fantastic! I immediately copied her methods and did the same for myself, and at the same time noticed a new search feature in action. The ability to use a “threaded view” was added to Twitter Search a few weeks ago but I didn’t pay too much attention to it at the time.

To see the beauty of the threaded views, take a look at this example. I do not know @danhounshell, and do not receive his Tweets. Therefore, I didn’t know what @JamesShaw was specifically replying to (aside from the fact that his Tweet makes sense, but let’s pretend it didn’t for the moment). Out of five Tweets, the only one I saw was the one that had my name (@SharnAtlanta) in it. Take a look at the screenshot below.

Now, when we click the “Show Conversation” link below the Tweet, we see the entire threaded conversation! I can now see:

And voila! You can now see BOTH sides of the conversation! I hope this features becomes a regular part of Twitter.com! In the meantime, be sure to bookmark Twitter Search for future reference and insight to those one-sided conversations.

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I was notified of a fantastic rendition of Social Media – as Spoken Word by Rasheen Porter. Rasheen, let me just say, you blew me away with this video.

For anyone not in loop with regard to Social Media, here are all the items Rasheen mentions (within ONE minute!) with the respective links.

SocialMedian: http://www.socialmedian.com/
Michael Arrington (of Tech Crunch): http://www.techcrunch.com/about-michael-arrington/
LouisGray: http://www.louisgray.com/
Google Reader: http://www.google.com/reader/
StumbleUpon: http://www.stumbleupon.com/
Corvida: http://shegeeks.net/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/
FeedBurner: http://feedburner.com/
ReadBurner: http://www.readburner.com/
12 Seconds: http://12seconds.tv/
seesmic: http://seesmic.com/
Lijit: http://www.lijit.com/

What, you haven’t seen this video yet? Take a look: http://tinyurl.com/socialpoetry

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  1. The Social Path, A blog by David Griner with a focus on Social Media
  2. SheenOnline, A blog by Rahsheen Porter with a focus on Web 2.0, Social Media and a splash of GTD. I found several of his posts very inspiring!
  3. Chris Brogan shared 20 free e-books about Social Media
  4. Sarah Perez with ReadWriteWeb shared with us Three New AIR Apps to bring Facebook to your Desktop
  5. The Paisano explained How to Export from Google Docs
  6. If you have been trying to decide if Groundswell is for you, take a look at the free PDF excerpt (I really need to buy this book!)

That takes care of this week, I hope you all have had a wonderful weekend!

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So, why use Twitter? I’ve been using Twitter since September of 2007 as my virtual hallway conversations, to replace a part of my work day that simply doesn’t exist. I am a full time “remote” worker, collaborating with folks all over the US – but no one within 100 miles of me. Granted, I love working remotely, but there are some aspects of “traditional office life” that are useful and even appreciated. For me, Twitter fills that gap. Here is an example from my Twitter stream:

Okay, so no, this wouldn’t happen at a “real” office, but if I experienced something that I thought was funny (that wasn’t appropriate to share with my conference call), I would probably tell the folks on the other side of my cube. So, instead, I tell my Twitterverse.

I find Twitter to be good company when I’m bored, people I can access with something in common if need be, or even just a sounding board when I need an opinion. When I wanted to research eye surgeons prior to having PRK, I asked for some insight on how to find out about a doctor’s background. A friend of mine reached out to me after seeing my “Tweet” and gave me a link to the Texas Medical Board, and in essence, assisted in my decision in choosing a surgeon. Twitter can be all sorts of things to all sorts of people.

Now, Twitter hasn’t been 100% perfect. Call it growing pains, call it mis-management, no matter what you call it, there are lots of people talking about it. I’m more leery about Twitter now than I had been months ago – will Twitter still exist in 6 months? Will I lose contact with the people on Twitter I have begun to know on a personal level? In the last month a new Twitter-like service has been born called Identi.ca. Identi.ca is similar, but different. One common theme among many people on Identi.ca is that they are fed up with Twitter, and ready to jump ship, almost. It’s difficult to cut ties completely if you have an established network and don’t want to leave your network behind. Many are doing what I am doing and cross-posting to both Identi.ca and Twitter at the same time – which allows us to grow our network at Identi.ca, and not leave our friends behind at Twitter.

Will both survive? Hopefully this isn’t a “Neither can live while the other survives” kinda thing. Personally, I believe there is a place for BOTH services, and I look forward to watching Identi.ca grow, as I too continue to meet more folks there. It’s kind of like moving into a new neighborhood, everyone is friendly and eager to meet their neighbors.

You can find me at either service at the following addresses:
http://twitter.com/SharnAtlanta
http://identi.ca/sharnatlanta

See you online!

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Now you can also be found on FriendFeed, Twitter, Identi.ca, Pownce, Tumblr, Plurk, Brightkite, and probably a few dozen more. A few days ago I learned about Kwippy, and today I just learned about a new one called Chi.mp that is currently in Alpha (because Beta just isn’t good enough anymore).

This is a picture I linked to from my Tumblr page on January 3rd, 2008. I felt like this picture really said what the article title claimed “This Is How The Internet Is Describe In One Photo.” Of course, now I can think of a lot of things missing from the photo. My perspective has changed quite a bit in 6 months, but then again, so has the scene of Social Media.

Do you have any opinions about where you think this is going, or how you feel about making your life a collection of data streams? I’d love to hear it!

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Whether this is happy news for you, or simply just news – this is a good time to make sure you know either your login, password, or email your account is associated with. The strange thing is, where is the launch date in this “announcement“?

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