On Tuesday 25th August 2009 at 20:28 GMT (21:28 BST in the UK), Twitter suffered a “service interruption”. While this really wasn’t a problem for me (I’m not addicted you know – I can stop at any time!), it reminded me of the following cartoon that was featured in an article on ReadWriteWeb.
There’s a lot of hype around suggesting that Twitter is the new king of social networks. These graphical representations by mkandlez knock such claims on the head.
Since my first tweet in November 2008, I’m now in regular contact with some of the leading figures in the British and international education IT community. I doubt I would have such a useful and productive network without Twitter.
While I personally don’t “do” Facebook, my better half (she really is!) uses it as her primary tool for keeping family and friends up-to-date. Due to their very nature, Facebook-like sites will always be the favourite, at least until social network aggregation/consolidation sites like Silentale come of age.
Thank you to Swissmiss for originally sharing the top image. Please click here to read a related article by Frederic Lardinois entitled Why Do You Tweet?.
Thanks go out to Made by Many and BBH Labs for creating and to Steve Clayton for sharing.
If you’re viewing this post in an RSS reader, you may have to visit the site to see the above presentation.
For more introductory tips on Twitter, visit Danny Nicholson‘s The Whiteboard Blog.
Finally, please remember that it really doesn’t matter if people stop following you. It’s not about the numbers!
Alex Cutler, Director of Schools Development at Capita Children’s Services, has taken to posting SIMS development news live on Twitter.
Can you feel the tension? Well, can you?!
This live stream gives users and support consultants unique access to the SIMS testing and development process.
You can follow SIMSDev by clicking here.
Other SIMS Tweeters:
Feel free to leave your Twitter address below if you too tweet about SIMS (and please, I don’t mean the game!).
Updated 4th April 2009
Forget the Fail Whale and welcome the Fail Bird!
Sorry, you probably won’t understand this unless you use Twitter.
Thanks to Twitter Tips for the, er, tip.
I always use bit.ly to shorten my URLs for Twitter, mainly because of the real-time statistics it provides. It also tells me where the short URL has been recycled in another person’s tweet.
Like all on-line utilities, there are times when maintenance is required. One gets used to these services being always available, so it’s natural (even though they’re free) to feel slightly aggrieved when sites go down. It’s hard to be angry, however, when presented with a message like the one below!
I attended my first Naace Strategic Conference on Tuesday in Blackpool. Unfortunately, I could only attend the first day but I enjoyed the event nevertheless.
It was great to finally meet Tony Sheppard (who, as always, furnished me with some good advice) and I’m sure that I spotted a few other Twitter followers in the crowd; I just wish I’d had more time to say hello.
I sat next to Dan Buckley, Research and Development Director for Cambridge Education, during the keynote sessions. Thank you Dan for the engaging conversation and for providing an insight into how things should be done.
I thought the live Twitter stream was a great idea that seemed to work really well.
Please find below a Flickr stream of some of the photographs I took on day 1.
To view everyone’s Flickr photos tagged with nacce2009, please click here.
Will you be attending the Naace Strategic Conference in Blackpool next week? Do you have a Twitter account? If so, you too could be part of the official conference tweeting team!
To obtain a badge on arrival, members can register on the Naace website by clicking here.
If you are posting about the conference on Twitter, be sure to include the #naace2009 hashtag.
Rumour has it that there may be a large screen at conference displaying tweets in real-time!
For more information on the Naace Strategic Conference 2009, including last minute booking information, please visit the official website by clicking here.
Update – Thursday 26th February 2009, 18:32 GMT:
Minister of State for Schools and Learners, Rt Hon Jim Knight MP, will be using Twitter to virtually respond to questions at the conference.
Many thanks to Gareth Davies (@advisorymatters) for the updated information.
Sue Waters (@suewaters) shared a link on Twitter a short while ago to a site that generates a mosaic from either your Twitter friends or followers.
Click here to see my twitter network displayed as a couple of mosaics!
You too could have a mosaic made up of your Twitter friends or followers by clicking here. Go on, you know you want to!
What a mug!
The site allows you to export the code to embed into your site. You can also purchase bags, t-shirts, cards or mugs; prove to everyone that you really do have friends!
