Monday, March 8, 2010

Rethinking twitter

Have been thinking of uses for twitter:

Guide a programme of events/ activities with hourly scheduled reminders/ suggestions for clients

Reminder of scheduled appointments/ obligations

Brief commentary on/ reaction to events/ exhibitions

Rostering/ training reminders for staff

... must be many more ideas and applications to collect and consider ...

Immediate realtime feedback & participation in discussion or votes for meetings or conferences, such as invitation to participate in questions and discussions on the ABC QandA program (currently screening).

The last Online Conference I attended in Sydney (Jan 2009) was notable for the number of audience members participating via instant messaging or blogging ... unfortunately, utilising the technology seemed to distract some participants from the discussion at hand ... probably dependent on individual competencies for multi-tasking.

However, I'm still uneasy with the concept and terminology of being ‘followed’ by random contacts … no doubt mitigated by familiarity and regular use ...

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