http://collaborate.extension.org/wiki/NETC08_session_1040?action=feed&mode=view 2009-11-22T11:17:29Z Wiki page as html MediaWiki 1.14.0 Contributors http://collaborate.extension.org/wiki/NETC08_session_1040/11412 2008-04-28T20:38:42Z <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:108px;"><a href="/wiki/File:NETC_logo_sm.jpg" class="image" title="NETC logo sm.jpg"><img alt="" src="/mediawiki/files/9/9d/NETC_logo_sm.jpg" width="106" height="45" border="0" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"></div></div></div> <p><b>Session Name: </b> <i>Twitter: Stupidest Application Ever or Useful Networking Tool?</i><br /> <b>Session Number: </b>1040<br /> <b>Location: </b>Mendenhall<br /> <b>Day and Time: </b>Monday, 1:45 - 2:00 pm<br /> <b>Format: </b> Showcase<br /> <b>Topic: </b> Web 2.0 Technologies<br /> <b>Level: </b>Introductory<br /> </p> <hr /> <p><b>Session Abstract:</b> <br /> </p> <dl><dd>Twitter is an application that asks the question--what are you doing, and gives you 140 characters to answer. It's been called a microblogging tool, the modern water cooler, a community building tool, and (by some) a complete waste of time. We'll look at what Twitter is, how people use it, and what you need to do to start Twittering. </dd></dl> <p><b>Applications/Mashups/Other URLS discussed</b> </p> <ul><li>Twitter (<a href="http://www.twitter.com" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.twitter.com">[1]</a>) </li><li>Twubble (<a href="http://www.crazybob.org/twubble/" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.crazybob.org/twubble/">[2]</a>) </li><li>Twitter Friends Network Browser (<a href="http://www.neuroproductions.be/twitter_friends_network_browser/" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.neuroproductions.be/twitter_friends_network_browser/">[3]</a>) </li><li>Twitdir (<a href="http://twitdir.com/" class="external autonumber" title="http://twitdir.com/">[4]</a>) </li><li>Twitter Search (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/tw/search" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.twitter.com/tw/search">[5]</a>) </li><li>Twitterverse (<a href="http://www.twitterverse.com/" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.twitterverse.com/">[6]</a>) </li><li>Twitterholic (<a href="http://www.twitterholic.com/" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.twitterholic.com/">[7]</a>) </li><li>Twittervision (<a href="http://twittervision.com/" class="external autonumber" title="http://twittervision.com/">[8]</a>) </li><li>picobuzz (<a href="http://picobuzz.com/" class="external autonumber" title="http://picobuzz.com/">[9]</a>) </li><li>Twitter Fan Wiki (<a href="http://twitter.pbwiki.com/Apps" class="external autonumber" title="http://twitter.pbwiki.com/Apps">[10]</a>) </li></ul> <p><br /> <b>Led By:</b> Deb Coates, Manager, IT Support Services, Iowa State University Extension <br /> </p><p><br /> </p> <!-- NewPP limit report Preprocessor node count: 57/1000000 Post-expand include size: 1369/2097152 bytes Template argument size: 1090/2097152 bytes Expensive parser function count: 0/100 --> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key itwiki:pcache:idhash:2807-0!1!0!!en!2!edit=0 and timestamp 20091121134646 -->