Posts Tagged ‘twitter’

Twitter and conversation analysis – who’s here?

{ Posted on Oct 26 2009 by annegentle }
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"Hoosier," the somewhat odd name for a native from Indiana, may have its roots in conversation. One of the stories is that when a knock from someone at the door rang out, the person inside would ask, "Who's here?" and ...Read More »

Tragedy of the commons

{ Posted on Sep 21 2009 by annegentle }
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Are professional associations going the way of bowling leagues? I don't think so. And I certainly hope not since my employer, ASI, provides software for non-profits which includes professional associations. But it is certainly an interesting premise that there are fewer ...Read More »

Twitter Guidelines from UK Government

{ Posted on Jul 28 2009 by annegentle }
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According to this article in the Guardian, there's a 5,000-word publication with the UK government's guide to using Twitter. It's available on scribd.com even, according to this Digital Engagement blog entry. I think there are good lessons to be learned here ...Read More »

Love, love, <3 The Twitter Book

{ Posted on May 21 2009 by annegentle }
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Wow, just got a print copy of The Twitter Book by Tim O'Reilly (@timoreilly) and Sarah Milstein (@SarahM, user number 21 of Twitter). Thanks go to Andy Oram, @praxagora, for referring me to it after he read a draft of my ...Read More »

Social networking and generalizations

{ Posted on Apr 06 2009 by annegentle }
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I've seen a few too many email blasts and blog entries with a lead that dramatizes social media with these sweeping generalizations about age groups using social software. The average age of Twitter users is 32, so any line about ...Read More »

Twitter for usability testing or doc testing? Sure, here’s how

{ Posted on Mar 26 2009 by annegentle }
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My coworker went to SXSW Interactive this year, and I merely went to lunch with people near SXSWi and followed the #sxswi Twitter stream, and now I am browsing through the sketchnotes. I went to BarCamp Austin on Saturday and ...Read More »

DocTrain West 2008 – RJ Jacquez, Bringing the Video Revolution to Technical Communication

{ Posted on May 07 2008 by annegentle }
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For the first time in history, there are four generations in the workplace. Adobe is working on technologies that bring elearning to the newest working generation. Adobe is hosting a virtual tradeshow in Second Life tomorrow, May 8. I can't ...Read More »

SXSW and Twitter – lost digital camera, found!

{ Posted on Mar 12 2008 by annegentle }
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I finally have an exciting handful of stories from South By Southwest based on the really neat people I met. Yesterday I wrote about the awesome attendees. Here's a story about Twitter used in a way I hadn't heard of ...Read More »

Words are it… from 17 words to topics

{ Posted on Nov 27 2007 by annegentle }
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I say I don't listen to many podcasts, but I'm currently listening to Design Critique's podcast with Gerry McGovern at the User Interface 12 conference. Timothy Keirnan was a MTSC classmate of mine and does an excellent job interviewing ...Read More »

Yes I twitter.

{ Posted on Jun 29 2007 by annegentle }
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I am enjoying twitter except for the fact that I think I'm quite bad at it. I'm annegentle on twitter if you want to add me and judge for yourself. Writing "tweets" with only 140 characters really makes me work ...Read More »
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