Twitter as a micro-blog can begin a conversation that is truly global. This can be seen, literally, with the following visual applications:
Twittearth maps a sampling of tweets on a 3D model of the world.
Likewise, Twittermap displays its samples on a goggle map.
Twittervision can toggle from a classic 2D map to a 3D model of the earth as the tweets roll in around the world.
With geocoding applications, twitter maps can display tweets for customized scenarios. An example is tracking attendees at a conference. A street map may be tailored to pinpoint the comments tweeted at specific locations within the campus of the event.
If you are into graphics, Twitter StreamGraphs allows the user to plot keywords versus time. This graph presents a visual model of how people are conversing on different subjects on the web throughout the public timeline.
As a part of marketing strategy, savvy companies strive to address consumer needs. Therefore, Cotweet, that’s for company tweet, can become an integral part of Customer Relation Management (CRM), helping companies reach and engage their customers.
All the above were more cool twitter applications Bill French shared at the 2009 EntConnect conference.
Bill gave a specific example of a twitterer complaining about her cable TV service. Shortly, a cable rep twittered her back asking how he could help. This is evidence that large organizations are regularly monitoring the conversation within twittersphere. And when a hot, new product is released, you can bet that tweets are taken most seriously.
Information is power, especially for a writer, who is taking the public pulse on any number of subjects. Yet, as twittering is exploding globally, this conversation creates responsibility, which will be the subject of my next blog.
Any thoughts on this brave new twitter world?
Related links:
EntConnect website: www.entconnect.org
Twitter and its applications:
Twitter: twitter.com
Twittearth: twittearth.com
Twittermap: twittermap.com/maps
Twittervision: twittervision.com/
Twitter StreamGraphs: neoformix.com/Projects/TwitterStreamGraphs/view.php
Cotweet: cotweet.com/
Bill French links:
myst-technology.com
blogsite.com
Showing posts with label global. Show all posts
Showing posts with label global. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
The Twitter Big Bang
The Big Bang has happened. Twitter is everywhere.
Need proof? 61 percent of TV sitcoms recently mentioned twitter.
So Bill French’s story began at the 2009 EntConnect conference.
What a timely topic. Last November, my writer’s group,
Words for the Journey, had turned me on to twitter so I have an elementary understanding of it.
Bill French was the first of many presenters to speak on Social Media. He is one of the founders of MyST Technology Partners, Inc., which is “… focused on creating new and useful Web 2.0 products and services.”
Okay. What does Web 2.0 have to do with writing? Among many things, Web 2.0 facilitates communication and collaboration on the World Wide Web. And if you are reading this blog and commenting on it, you are doing just that.
Bill started with the basics.
Social Media participation necessitates two ideals:
1. Outbound messaging – How you message
2. Inbound monitoring – How you listen
The micro-blog tool, twitter, limits these information chunks to 140 characters.
Bill envisioned twitter like a giant water main, carrying an ever growing stream of information. In itself, twitter has no monetary value. The real value comes from the siphons. Applications tap into this stream of consciousness and derive meaningful information from this public timeline. Bill projected that by 2010 there will be 1100 twitter applications created to do just that.
As a writer, twitter and its applications can be a valuable tool for listening in the global conversation, gathering information, and starting a conversation, but certainly not ending it.
The following blogs, I will share some of the social media tools presented at the conference and how they may be of value to writers. And I would like to hear your thoughts, experiences, insights.
Related links:
EntConnect website: www.entconnect.org
Twitter: twitter.com
Bill French links:
myst-technology.com
blogsite.com
Need proof? 61 percent of TV sitcoms recently mentioned twitter.
So Bill French’s story began at the 2009 EntConnect conference.
What a timely topic. Last November, my writer’s group,
Words for the Journey, had turned me on to twitter so I have an elementary understanding of it.
Bill French was the first of many presenters to speak on Social Media. He is one of the founders of MyST Technology Partners, Inc., which is “… focused on creating new and useful Web 2.0 products and services.”
Okay. What does Web 2.0 have to do with writing? Among many things, Web 2.0 facilitates communication and collaboration on the World Wide Web. And if you are reading this blog and commenting on it, you are doing just that.
Bill started with the basics.
Social Media participation necessitates two ideals:
1. Outbound messaging – How you message
2. Inbound monitoring – How you listen
The micro-blog tool, twitter, limits these information chunks to 140 characters.
Bill envisioned twitter like a giant water main, carrying an ever growing stream of information. In itself, twitter has no monetary value. The real value comes from the siphons. Applications tap into this stream of consciousness and derive meaningful information from this public timeline. Bill projected that by 2010 there will be 1100 twitter applications created to do just that.
As a writer, twitter and its applications can be a valuable tool for listening in the global conversation, gathering information, and starting a conversation, but certainly not ending it.
The following blogs, I will share some of the social media tools presented at the conference and how they may be of value to writers. And I would like to hear your thoughts, experiences, insights.
Related links:
EntConnect website: www.entconnect.org
Twitter: twitter.com
Bill French links:
myst-technology.com
blogsite.com
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)