Tag: Twitter

• An App is Born

  Image by biverson via Flickr The story of how twitter came about. It was simple idea, born out of a bunch of people sitting around brainstorming. It was allowed to evolve (note the discussion about settling on the 140 character limitation) and develop while interacting with users. I don’t completely understand why Odeo didn’t become […]

  Barbara Iverson

  February 2, 2009

  Blogging, Social network

  Odeo, Online Communities, social entrepreneurs, Social network, Twitter

• A variety of tools that let you search Twitter posts

  Image via CrunchBase There are some many posts and so many microblogs so it is only logical that there are a variety of tools that let you search through the “tweetosphere.” Here is a list of several that are useful. Tweetnews is a mashup of twitter.com and Yahoo.com that can often bring up news stories […]

  Barbara Iverson

  January 20, 2009

  Uncategorized

  Searching, Social Networking, Summize, Tools, Twitter

• NYT’s David Pogue figures out the 411 on Twittering

  In the end, my impression of Twitter was right and wrong. Twitter IS a massive time drain. It IS yet another way to procrastinate, to make the hours fly by without getting work done, to battle for online status and massage your own ego. But it’s also a brilliant channel for breaking news, asking questions, […]

  Barbara Iverson

  January 16, 2009

  Technology

  tech, Technology, Twitter

• Poynter Online – E-Media Tidbits

  JournoTweeting Posted by Ellyn Angelotti at 12:15 PM on Dec. 29, 2008 via Poynter Online – E-Media Tidbits. This is a great summary of what is going on with twitter and tools that work with twitter focused on reporting and journalism. Great job, Ellyn.

  Barbara Iverson

  January 5, 2009

  Uncategorized

  Twitter, Uncategorized

• Back to a blog

  I’m on sabbatical and that means thinking and having time to try things out. As you may have noticed, I had switched from my blog format to using tumblr for “iverson’s currentbuzz.org” mainly because it is so quick and easy to post something with tumblr. I realized that while I was able to database and […]

  Barbara Iverson

  December 11, 2008

  Blog, Blogging

  backend, Blog, blogger, communityjournalism, currentbuzz, Twitter, Weblogs

• More on twittering than I have time to write

  I like what Paul Bradshaw writes in general, and this compendium of the ways journalists can use twitter is one example To others it’s a social networking tool for contacts and leads, a project management tool or a research tool for developing stories.In other words it is what you make it – and the only […]

  Barbara Iverson

  May 15, 2008

  Social network, Twitter

  chicago, Paul Bradshaw, Social network, Twitter

• Twitter and Journalism in early 2008

  Journalism consists of multiple activities, from the long form to spot news. These may require different tool sets, authoring styles, talents, etc. I want to address the journalism news function of reporting breaking news, from a fire to a press conference, to any live event. Key to reporting live events, is time. How immediate can […]

  Barbara Iverson

  March 8, 2008

  Citizen journalism, Future of News, Journalism, Twitter

  Citizen journalism, jarvis, Journalism, qik.live, qik.live video, scoble, Twitter, video