Alcanuck's on twitter: http://twitter.com/alcanuck ... who dares to follow me :) I'm following hpllearning's twittering to see what's up with our new website. Not sure if I'll go as far as attempting to twitter from my cell phone - way too expensive and besides, that IM auto complete feature is so annoying!
Honestly ... I'm not too excited by the concept of microblogging. I have not been able to think of any really useful library applications for the concept, although I do have to admit that the way it was used to communicate web updates during the recent launch of our new site was kinda neat. I guess it could be somewhat useful if a group of library staff were able to follow each other's twitters to be informed about everyone's whereabouts. It could look something like:
alcanuck - stuck in snow returning from Martock will be late - 2 hours ago from cell
sj - fetching newspapers - 2 hours ago from web
kws - cursing google site search - 2 hours ago from web
pw - turning on computers - 2 hours ago from web
jm - weeding - 2 hours ago from web
nc - laminating maps - 1hour ago from web
as - banana muffin, yum - 1 hour ago from web
as - reading book reviews - 1 hour ago from web
alcanuck - arrived! Working on SFPs - 50 minutes ago from web
mc - roving meeting, CWS - 45 minutes ago from cell
greebie - dreaming up more "things" - 30 minutes ago from cell
alcanuck - colour printer misbehaving again!!! - 3 minutes ago from web
kws - breakfast - 2 minutes ago from web
alcanuck - hungry already ... - 50 seconds ago from web
alcanuck - compiling stats for kws - 3 seconds ago
nc - sandwich boarding - 1 second ago
Just imagine the awe inspiring potential for micromanaging your staff!
Ok, enough of my facetious attitude. Here are some more serious thoughts on microblogging from HPL's "Other Librarian".
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
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