tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65633563738534164842016-04-26T20:04:23.380+01:00The Running LibrarianSwimming in the social media seaJames Mullanhttps://plus.google.com/115789879394318049208noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563356373853416484.post-69983179704447990122013-11-07T12:37:00.004+00:002013-11-07T12:37:49.087+00:00Social media in the spotlight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LJ2D2GmUTeE/Unt-WoEiihI/AAAAAAAAC_0/JUPS_0rchqU/s1600/spotlight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LJ2D2GmUTeE/Unt-WoEiihI/AAAAAAAAC_0/JUPS_0rchqU/s1600/spotlight.jpg" /></a></div>The September 2013 issue of the <a href="http://www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/membership/membership-benefits/monthly-magazine-journals-and-ebulletins/cilip-update-magazine" target="_blank">CILIP Update</a> has not one but two interesting feature articles on Social Media. The second of these two articles is called @NSPCCpro and looks at the challenges faced by the Information Services Team at NSPCC as they set out to create a <a href="https://twitter.com/NSPCCpro" target="_blank">Twitter account</a>.<br /><br />The first thing to say is that this Twitter account is seperate from the main <a href="https://twitter.com/NSPCC" target="_blank">NSPCC Twitter account</a>&nbsp;and is designed to published current awareness on child protection. There were a number of reasons why the information services team decided to open a Twitter account, which include the immediacy of Twitter, the potential reach and the opportunity for the information services team to be more interactive and build up a network of followers with similar interests.<br /><br />Perhaps the most interesting part of the article are the lessons that the Information Services Team learnt during the course of their (ongoing) Twitter journey. I've picked out some of these as there are quite a few:<br /><br /><ul><li>If you make a mistake, learn from it, but let it go. The brevity and immediacy of the medium means tweeters forgive and forget quickly</li><li>Don't stay silent too long - you have to tweet to be seen and an idle account will not attract new followers</li><li>Sometimes news breaks first on Twitter making this a good place for finding as well as sharing informatio</li><li>Actively searching for tweets and tweeters who are talking about your topic can help to find new followers and share knowledge</li><li>Tweet with added value - avoid cutting and pasting a headline and a link, try to make a tweet useful, accurate and interesting</li><br></ul><br><div>Of these I think the last two points are very useful guidance to anyone considering joining Twitter or anyone who already has a Twitter account. Whilst retweeting is a great way to share content on Twitter, it's almost too easy to do, which means that a lot of content gets retweeted without any value added to it, or any explanation as to what it actually is, which might encourage someone to read it. The latter of these two points is also important and when you've just joined Twitter, searching for tweets and tweeters is a great way to find people to follow. Looking at other tweeters profile may also display other individuals you or your organisation might want to follow.</div><div><br /></div><div>Overall this is a really interesting article, which is well worth reading if you're thinking about or even have a Twitter account.</div><div><br /></div><div>The next article written by <a href="https://twitter.com/meganjroberts" target="_blank">Megan Roberts</a>&nbsp;looks at her experience of using Social Media from both a personal and professional experience. This reads a bit like a history of social media, but it's very interesting to read what value Megan gets from Twitter and of course there are some lessons learnt.</div><div><br /></div><div>The first of these is to keep yourself up-to-date. I think this is extremely important to do. As Megan says "you become the a go-to-person and vital to the organisation. You want to be the one they turn to when they have these questions" Ultimately this makes you invaluable to the organisation, or as invaluable as you can be! &nbsp;The next lesson learnt is an important one and easy one to do and that is to "dip your toe into the world of social media" Yes it can be a bit scary but as Megan says "you messing up on social media is unlikely to end up as catastrophic event" basically there is no reason why you shouldn't give it a go.</div><div><br /></div><div>One final point from Megan's article that I liked was that you need to be flexible. Megan talks about how she has often done things that wouldn't be considered typical librarian/information roles. But importantly she has acquired skills that have been beneficial later in her career. I think this is a really important point and could apply to anyone within an organisation, not just an information professional.</div><div><br /></div><div>So two really great articles on social media, which if you're a CILIP member are well worth reading.</div><br /><br />[Photo credit - <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47423064@N00/9465288519/in/photolist-fqq5vD-8MpCLW-9YADhD-byR1uR-9iX7x6-a6vB28-b4fprt-9knAjw-7z3HJq-7z3JgU-7z3GwL-7yYUuT-7yYVkK-7z3Gpj-7z3Jb5-7yYVTD-7yYXBc-7yYWv8-7yYWMK-7z3Fzo-7yYUXM-7yYWW8-7yYUA8-bGAcnk-7yYVZP-7z3Jv1-7z3Gjd-7yYW9t-7z3J1d-7z3Gt3-7yYXs8-7z3GX1-7z3HMJ-7z3GVC-7z3Few-7z3Gvj-7yYWoe-7yYUZH-7z3HDG-7z3FWJ-7z3J9b-7yYUyk-7z3Gab-7z3HYu-7z3HQw-7yYWKT-7z3Jym-7z3EVJ-7yYUqg-7yYWCM-7z3Jo5" target="_blank">Spotlights from Flickr</a>]James Mullanhttps://plus.google.com/115789879394318049208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563356373853416484.post-7456315957212585252013-10-16T14:18:00.001+01:002013-10-16T14:18:29.896+01:00Sue Hill Networking Breakfast<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ovAtWpFVjWw/Ul6ReUiFETI/AAAAAAAAC8w/C8uzI-wkM9c/s1600/full+english.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ovAtWpFVjWw/Ul6ReUiFETI/AAAAAAAAC8w/C8uzI-wkM9c/s1600/full+english.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What my breakfast may have looked like</td></tr></tbody></table>Earlier today I was fortunate enough to take part in a <a href="http://www.suehill.com/" target="_blank">Sue Hill</a> Networking Breakfast at the <a href="http://www.roast-restaurant.com/" target="_blank">Roast restaurant</a> in Borough Market. Its been a while since I've attended one of these so I jumped at the opportunity to do so and not just because Roast serves a damn fine breakfast.<br /><br />The format of the breakfasts is that Sue Hill invite Senior Information Professionals from across different sectors to come and enjoy a breakfast and discuss issues that are affecting their day to day work.<br /><br />There are usually some very Senior Managers present so I feel very much in awe when I'm sat at the table. The format is Chatham House Rules, which means that anything said isn't attribute to anybody, essentially everybody can speak freely about their issues. So having ordered our breakfasts we went round the table introducing ourselves and our role. We then put forward two issues which were affecting our work.<br /><br />These ranged widely from, restructuring, alternative service models, content management, SharePoint vs other tools and many more. However there were definitely some issues which appeared to affect information professionals irrespective of the sector they were working in.<br /><br />We were then asked for more information on some of the issues we had mentioned and this is where things got really interesting, with discussions around the following topics:<br /><br /><ul><li>Records Management and Twitter</li><li>Open Access</li><li>Digital Shadows</li><li>The accuracy of information</li><li>Information vs Knowledge</li><li>Salt mines in Chester</li><br /></ul>The last was especially interesting as two of the attendees had visited the Salt Mines in Chester where it would seem most of the UK's archives are stored and spoke about how wonderful the experience was. Although I'm not sure I would like to have the lingering taste of salt!<br /><br />Of most interest to me were the discussions around Records Management and Twitter and Information vs Knowledge. Records Management and Twitter isn't something I'd thought about before, fortunately for me other people have thought about Records Management and Twitter and I've included some links to these resources below: <br /><ul><br /><li><a href="http://www.aiim.org/community/blogs/expert/managing-tweets-as-records-part-2-how-to-capture" target="_blank">Managing tweets as records - how to capture</a></li><li><a href="http://forums.rimpa.com.au/showthread.php?t=1290" target="_blank">Twitter and implications for Records Management</a> - Forum posting</li><br /></ul>These links are a few years old, so I wonder whether this means everyone has considered Twitter and the implications for Records Management or whether we're all choosing to ignore it?&nbsp; The other discussion I was interested in was the old chestnut of "Information vs Knowledge" I believe both Information and Knowledge can exist harmoniously alongside each other. But they do mean different things to different people.&nbsp; If you're looking for a good description of both of these terms and data then I would recommend having a look at the "<a href="http://www.infogineering.net/data-information-knowledge.htm" target="_blank">Differences between data, information and knowledge</a>" on the <a href="http://www.infogineering.net/" target="_blank">Infogineering blog</a>. <br /><br />This was another excellent Sue Hill networking breakfast, although next time I wont be ordering the Full Borough as it's some commitment.<br /><br />[Photo credit - <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23336248@N00/7706215502/in/photolist-cJYnow-91j4ZD-8gdkwL-831djA-82WYCM-82WZ8p-82X4we-82X3M6-8318nY-82X2RH-831a7Q-82WUHv-831c6A-82WY1F-82WX9K-8315Xf-82X28X-8318CN-8319MW-82WZYX-82WZec-82X1nT-8319vS-8319S3-831dcU-831aYW-831bgd-8314Q7-82WZjT-831aed-8315uj-8317Ms-82WWxg-82WYRk-8314EL-82WXvz-831bWd-831cZq-831aDw-8317Sq-82WYjF-8315mm-82X1NR-8317hj-82X4ig-8318xy-82X2tM-82X49K-831933-82WZJP-8319sU" target="_blank">Full English Breakfast from Flickr</a>] James Mullanhttps://plus.google.com/115789879394318049208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563356373853416484.post-44343892147158097852013-09-04T12:55:00.001+01:002013-09-04T12:55:34.132+01:00BIALL Conference 2013 tweetersImmediately after last years BIALL Conference I wrote <a href="http://www.therunninglibrarian.co.uk/2012/06/biall-conference-tweeters.html" target="_blank">this post</a> listing the Law Librarians who were in Belfast celebrating the achievements of Law Librarians.<br /><br />Now I did intend to do something similar this year, but as I'm sure you can all appreciate time and other factors came into play and I missed my chance to do so. Rather then prepare a list now I'm going to say the following. Thanks to everyone who was at the BIALL Conference that contributed to the conversation on Twitter. I thought that this year there were a lot more people tweeting and engaging with Twitter. This was helped I'm sure by the free wifi that was on offer.<br /><br />Perhaps we'll see even more people Tweeting at next year's conference, only time will tell. Oh and if you were new to the BIALL Conference this year and were tweeting please do add your twitter name as a comment. I'd like to ensure I'm following you all!James Mullanhttps://plus.google.com/115789879394318049208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563356373853416484.post-57180933868167904962012-06-18T13:19:00.003+01:002012-07-14T18:24:07.534+01:00BIALL Conference tweetersHaving just returned from the BIALL Conference I thought it might be nice to thank all the individuals who were tweeting, despite the lack of wifi or even a decent mobile signal there were still a lot of tweets flying around. Especially during some of the more controversial sessions and most definitely during the photo session at the Titanic exhibition.<br /><br />I highly recommend that if you aren't already, then you should start following these twitter accounts:<br /><ul><li>https://twitter.com/#!/lindish</li><li>https://twitter.com/#!/stupidgirl_no1</li><li>https://twitter.com/#!/tinamreynolds</li><li>https://twitter.com/#!/subjectadvisor</li><li>https://twitter.com/#!/cderbylib</li><li>https://twitter.com/#!/marianneber</li><li>https://twitter.com/#!/libmichelle</li><li>https://twitter.com/#!/db298</li><li>https://twitter.com/#!/lawbore</li><li>https://twitter.com/#!/battytowers</li><li>https://twitter.com/#!/librarysherpa</li><li>https://twitter.com/#!/hannahgoing</li><li>https://twitter.com/#!/libwig</li><li>https://twitter.com/#!/clareangela</li><li>https://twitter.com/#!/bellmari</li></ul><br>There were many other individuals who contributed to the BIALL 2012 Conference tweets by retweeting, the individuals listed above were the most active delegates. Thanks to all of you for adding to the sessions you attended and helping people who couldn't attend the conference experience it. I was especially impressed when a question was asked via Twitter. I was less impressed when I was told my tweeting was "very distracting" <br />James Mullanhttps://plus.google.com/115789879394318049208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563356373853416484.post-68230517415000920872011-11-30T12:11:00.001+00:002011-11-30T12:59:34.655+00:00Social Media in the CityTwo weeks ago I was lucky enough to "wangle" a place at the <a href="http://www.perfectinfo.com/">Perfect Information</a> event "Social Media in the City". I'd only seen this advertised the day before it was due to take place but given that it was taking place just around the corner from me I was hoping the organisers would let me attend at short notice and indeed they did.<br /><br />The sad news was that I was only able to stay for the first presentation, but that was fine with me because that was the one I most interested in hearing. This was a presentation from the very impressive <a href="http://wwww.twitter.com/armstrongjp">Jonathan Armstrong</a> who talked with great skill and humour about some of the risks associated with using Social Media tools.<br /><br />One of the first thing Jonathan said was that everyday we calculate the risks we take, for example if we're about to give a presentation we normally check where we're walking to ensure we're not going to trip over wires or furniture. When we drive, most people will check their mirrors regularly, especially when undertaking manoeuvres to ensure we're not about to have an accident. But when it comes to Social Media tools we ALL tend to jump in without thinking and not worrying about the consequences of doing so, because we don't believe there will be any consequences when using these tools.<br /><br />The rest of Jonathan's presentation was then devoted to explaining how Data Protection and other legislation affects how we use Social Media tools. One really interesting example was the case of <a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/edinburgh-east-fife/163_400_fine_for_revealing_hibs_stars_wages_1_1239311">Robbie Hastie</a> who used to work at the Royal Bank of Scotland. Robbie <span lang="EN-US">was an assistant manager at the Bank of Scotland, who was prosecuted under data-protection legislation for disclosing salary details of football players on a BBC online football forum. He pleaded guilty at a court in Edinburgh to the offence of knowingly or recklessly disclosing this information without consent, although having the </span><span lang="EN-US">presence</span><span lang="EN-US"> of the Information Commissioner in the forum probably didn't help. This case highlights that although the fine was small (£400) he lost his job as a result.</span><br /><br /><span lang="EN-US">Some other examples Jonathan gave were around how the power of the internet can quickly and easily ruin a company's reputation. For example Coca Cola who have a <a href="http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/contactus/myths_rumors/index.html">page on their website</a> which highlights some of the myths about Coca Cola and provides the answers to these myths.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span lang="EN-US">It was also interesting to hear about several examples of where Social media is being used as a litigation tool. For example http://westwoodscammed.me is a litigation case involving a school in the US. The case has its own website, Facebook page and Twitter feed which is uses to contact students and former employees who might want to take part in the litigation.</span><br /><br /><span lang="EN-US">Overall this was a fascinating and informative presentation, which was helped immensely by Jonathan adding anecdotes and humour into the presentation. If you want to read more about Jonathan's work then a good starting point would be his article "<a href="http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=02736E9C-E9D2-46A5-AAEF-D22DC03BCFD9">Technical difficulties</a>" which was published in Managing Partner magazine last year.</span> <br /><br /><span class="736311912-30112011"></span> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />James Mullanhttps://plus.google.com/115789879394318049208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563356373853416484.post-85596004702565205482011-06-21T20:32:00.003+01:002011-06-21T20:48:56.588+01:00To blog or not to blog...<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-As6wh8qE_gY/TgDy14VY3kI/AAAAAAAAAhw/O8jqWOQ8Vmc/s1600/4351730264_aeec3fcff5_m.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620759342427463234" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 184px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-As6wh8qE_gY/TgDy14VY3kI/AAAAAAAAAhw/O8jqWOQ8Vmc/s320/4351730264_aeec3fcff5_m.jpg" border="0" /></a> Recently I took a look at this blogs subscribers. I'm going to be honest and tell you it's not a massive number.<br /><br />I immediately posted on Twitter about how depressing it was seeing how few people were actually subscribing to my blog. Well the resulting tweets were inspiring. A lot of people it would seem pick up blog posts of interest from <a href="http://twitter.com/jimmy1712">Twitter</a> rather then from an RSS feed or from an email subscription. I've certainly seen that today with all the fantastic blog posts about the <a href="http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/careerdevelopment/cdg-benefits/events/pages/new-professionals-conference-2011.aspx">New Professionals Conference</a> as well as those individuals who are undertaking the <a href="http://cpd23.blogspot.com/">CPD23</a> course.<br /><br />Those indviduals I salute and look forward to reading your blog posts. I will also be continuing with my blogging, having been encouraged by the responses I received on Twitter.<br /><br />[<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alamodestuff/4351730264/">I blog therefore I am from Flickr</a>]James Mullanhttps://plus.google.com/115789879394318049208noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563356373853416484.post-38574270897309413022011-03-15T20:08:00.004+00:002011-03-15T20:20:25.274+00:00A gentle introduction to TwitterI love this video which has been published to the <a href="http://dissident.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/03/a-gentle-introduction-to-twitter.html">Dissident blog</a> this is quite literally a gentle introduction to Twitter for those people who are new to Twitter. I've embedded the video below for your viewing pleasure.<br /><br />For more detail on some of the things you can do in Twitter look no further then "<a href="http://www.connectegrity.com/2011/03/twitter-clinic-ff-dm-and-rt-explained/#">Twitter Clinic: #FF, DM and RT explained</a>" this is a great post explaining some of the features of Twitter. The post is one of several in a series called the "<a href="http://www.connectegrity.com/2011/02/twitter-clinic-a-hashtag-case-study/#">Twitter clinic</a>" on the <a href="http://www.connectegrity.com/category/blog/">Connectegrity blog</a>.<br /><br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/20008272" frameborder="0" width="400" height="225"></iframe><br /><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/20008272">Nancy White &amp; Suzy - An Intro to Twitter</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user5986423">CommunityMatters</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p>James Mullanhttps://plus.google.com/115789879394318049208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563356373853416484.post-31087077883409028712011-03-09T10:00:00.003+00:002011-03-09T10:00:08.235+00:00Avoiding social media depression<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TZcVrFkPlfs/TXTylOe0-fI/AAAAAAAAAfo/osSggZqocYk/s1600/1046561_sadness.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581352559575366130" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 140px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TZcVrFkPlfs/TXTylOe0-fI/AAAAAAAAAfo/osSggZqocYk/s200/1046561_sadness.jpg" border="0" /></a>Someone I'm following on Twitter recently retweeted this <a href="http://socialmediatoday.com/salesaddiction/271789/how-avoid-social-media-depression?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Social+Media+Today+%28all+posts%29">blog post </a>and I felt compelled to have a look at why you could become depressed using Social Media.<br /><br />The <a href="http://socialmediatoday.com/salesaddiction/271789/how-avoid-social-media-depression?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Social+Media+Today+%28all+posts%29">blog post</a> is actually very interesting and quite compelling. In it the author outlines the concept or idea behind Social Media depression:<br /><ul><li><em>While the premise of Social Networking is to connect with others to build relationships, if we're not careful we can become much more isolated than before we started communicating online</em></li><br /><li><em>We engage in comparison. When we see our connections online posting all the wonderful things going on their world, we cannot help but wonder why things are going so well for them - especially if we're in a down or flat time</em></li></ul><p>As the author explains the combination of these two factors "<em>have the potential to create an emotional downward spiral which is the gateway to depression"</em></p><p>So how do you avoid social media depression...the author suggests two ways:</p><ol><li>Don't believe it - Someone might be telling you they're having a fantastic time but they're probably not telling you about bad stuff that is happening to them. This is really about taking everything in the context in which it is written.</li><li>Mix it up - Yes use Social Media but don't rely on it as a communication form face time is still the best way to network and to keep up to date with your contacts.</li></ol>James Mullanhttps://plus.google.com/115789879394318049208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563356373853416484.post-32062242236294625182011-03-07T15:00:00.000+00:002011-03-07T15:00:04.204+00:00How to Use LinkedIn With Twitter<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eQ-HFcJhw_s/TXTu-yrRvFI/AAAAAAAAAfg/d0oTTOXZnd0/s1600/2382680812_34858bec65_m.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581348600741477458" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 158px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eQ-HFcJhw_s/TXTu-yrRvFI/AAAAAAAAAfg/d0oTTOXZnd0/s200/2382680812_34858bec65_m.jpg" border="0" /></a> Are you using both Twitter and LinkedIn? have you thought about how you could use Twitter to assist with your networking on LinkedIn? No, well the Social Media examiner has published a blog post called "<a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-to-use-linkedin-with-twitter-for-better-networking/">How to use LinkedIn with Twitter for better networking</a>" which looks at how you can integrate your Twitter posts with LinkedIn and the benefits of doing this.<br /><br />They list the major benefits of doing this:<br /><ul><li><em>Follow your LinkedIn connections on Twitter </em></li><li><em>Post status updates simultaneously to both Twitter and LinkedIn </em></li><li><em>Monitor and interact with your Twitter streams from within LinkedIn </em></li><li><em>Create a LinkedIn-specific Twitter list </em></li></ul><p>The blog post goes on to explaine how you can:</p><ul><li>Add your Twitter account to your LinkedIn profile</li><li>Install the LinkedIn Tweets application</li><li>Identify and follow all your connections who have Twitter accounts</li><li>Create a Twitter list of all your connections</li></ul><p>This is a really interesting and practical article. However a word of warning only add your Twitter account to your LinkedIn account if you're comfortable displaying all your Tweets here. If you're not then you'll be better off just adding the #in hashtag to your Tweets. This will publish your tweet to your LinkedIn profile.<br /><br />[<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/xotoko/2382680812/">Photo > Twitter from Flickr</a>] </p>James Mullanhttps://plus.google.com/115789879394318049208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563356373853416484.post-61016931904186080352010-12-22T10:00:00.000+00:002010-12-22T10:00:03.878+00:00Tweet for your life!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-v_lM8iY6S4/TQ82-DPrepI/AAAAAAAAAbA/vEOS_hC3uik/s1600/2511539541_b8c0356486_m.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552717305221970578" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-v_lM8iY6S4/TQ82-DPrepI/AAAAAAAAAbA/vEOS_hC3uik/s200/2511539541_b8c0356486_m.jpg" border="0" /></a><em>"Businesses need to start taking Web 2.0 seriously if they are to join the bigger conversation"</em> is the theme of <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/features/web-20-tweet-for-your-life-twitter-facebook-social-network-business-261110">this article</a> from the <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/">CBR Online</a>.<br /><br />In it the author discusses how businesses are finally beginning to see the value of using tools like Twitter as part of their IT Strategy. The article also looks at how Social Media tools are being used to "optimise internal communication" Clifford Chance for example <em>"are using this approach to share advice and comment on big cases"</em><br /><p>The role of a Corporate Intranet is also discussed briefly, amongst the bad news there is some good news for anyone who manages an Intranet currently; corporate Intranets <em>"need to be supplemented by more open, social network tools, Document management and portals don't go away, but their roles will change"</em></p><p>This is an interesting article, with comments from insiders aka vendors and two case studies of how companies are using Social Media tools to foster collaboration (Webtrends) and engage with their customers (Asigra)<br /><br />[Photo - <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carrotcreative/2511539541/">Carrot Creative</a>] </p>James Mullanhttps://plus.google.com/115789879394318049208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563356373853416484.post-4990670702207773962010-03-26T10:15:00.000+00:002010-03-26T10:15:00.157+00:00Tweeting while you work<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-v_lM8iY6S4/S6oIECYEGyI/AAAAAAAAASY/4_9Bpq65_-M/s1600/3657942692_c5a22c3177.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452179164335708962" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 155px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-v_lM8iY6S4/S6oIECYEGyI/AAAAAAAAASY/4_9Bpq65_-M/s200/3657942692_c5a22c3177.jpg" border="0" /></a> Last week I attended SLA Europe’s seminar "<a href="http://www.sla-europe.org/events/events.htm">Tweeting While You Work</a>" I was really looking forward to this event as it had been a while since I'd attending anything and Twitter is a tool that I use regularly although less so nowadays.<br /><br />The speakers in the order they presented were Dr Hazel Hall (<a href="http://twitter.com/hazelh">hazelh</a>; <a href="http://twitter.com/LISResearch">LISResearch</a>; <a href="http://twitter.com/CentSocInfo">CentSocInfo</a>) of <a href="http://www.napier.ac.uk/Pages/home.aspx">Napier University</a> in Edinburgh, Julie Hall (<a href="http://twitter.com/women_unlimited">juliehall</a>) of <a href="http://www.women-unlimited.co.uk/">Women Unlimited</a> and Julie Lewis (<a href="http://twitter.com/judithlewis">judithlewis</a>; <a href="http://twitter.com/Seshet">Seshet</a>) of <a href="http://www.seshet.co.uk/">Seshet Consulting</a> they each gave their view on using Twitter at work and as part of an Information Professionals work.<br /><br />It was very interesting to hear what they all had to say, the most interesting presentation by far was Hazel's who used <a href="http://twitter.com/10_tips_10_mins">Twitter</a> to provide 10 tips on using Twitter in 10 minutes. This was a great way to demonstrate another way to use Twitter. Hazel's slides which include all the tips are available <a href="http://www.dcs.napier.ac.uk/~hazelh/esis/Hazel_SLA_March_10.ppt" target="_blank" closure_hashcode_mtgp91="116">here</a>.<br /><br />One thing which made me pay attention was a point Hazel made about privacy settings on Twitter. It was literally the only thing I wrote down the entire night and was something like "Restricting access to your Twitter account is liking going to a nudist beach and leaving all your clothes on" I'd liked the analogy but I didn't and still don't entirely agree with the point Hazel was making. A few of the people I follow restrict access to their Twitter accounts, that is you have to request to follow them. I can see why they do this as it's very frustrating to be followed by some completely random person or organisation who you have no affiliation with and you cant see any reason why they would follow you.<br /><br />I know if I was to look through my Twitter followers a good percentage of my followers will be people or organisations I have no interest in following and what value they get from following me I don't know so that is at least one good reason for restricting who can follow you on Twitter.<br /><br />If you're wondering why I've included the "Loose tweets sink fleets" picture in this blog post some of the discussion was around seperating your work tweets and personal tweets, which can be quite diffcult to do. There were a few suggestions about how to do this with the most obvious being to create two Twitter accounts, one for work and one for your personal life or just use Twitter for work and use another social networking site like <a href="http://www.facebook.com/">Facebook</a> for your personal life. What's important to remember is that if you use Twitter regularly and build up some followers people will expect you to Tweet about particular subjects so if you suddenly go "off piste" and start Tweeting about random subjects you might find yourself losing followers pretty rapidly.<br /><br />So far the event’s also been covered by <a href="http://web.vivavip.com/forum/LiveWire/read.php?i=28355" target="_blank" closure_hashcode_mtgp91="117">VIP</a>, <a href="http://woodsiegirl.wordpress.com/2010/03/21/sla-europe-tweeting-while-you-work/" target="_blank" closure_hashcode_mtgp91="118">WoodsieGirl</a>, <a href="http://uncookeddata.wordpress.com/2010/03/23/tweeting-while-you-work-sla-europe-event/">Uncookeddata</a> and will no doubt feature on the SLA Europe blog. If you'd like to see photos of some of the attendees and speakers <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/slaeurope/sets/72157623658671026/" target="_blank" closure_hashcode_mtgp91="119">Photos </a>are available for viewing on Flickr.James Mullanhttps://plus.google.com/115789879394318049208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563356373853416484.post-12406712466322640082010-03-10T18:00:00.003+00:002010-03-10T18:00:01.005+00:00Getting the most out of Twitter<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-v_lM8iY6S4/S5d_mbpEj9I/AAAAAAAAARg/SjKw7573zto/s1600-h/2511539541_b8c0356486.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446962572559683538" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-v_lM8iY6S4/S5d_mbpEj9I/AAAAAAAAARg/SjKw7573zto/s200/2511539541_b8c0356486.jpg" border="0" /></a> The <a href="http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2010/getting-the-most-out-of-twitter/">iLibrarian</a> has linked to a great post from <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/claire_cain_miller/index.html?inline=nyt-per">Claire Cain Miller</a> of the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/">New York Times</a> called "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/technology/04basics.html">Getting the most out of Twitter</a>" Claire confirms something that I've been telling everyone I speak to about Twitter in the very first paragraph <em>"The truth is, you don’t have to post a message to get the most out of Twitter"</em><br /><p>Obviously if you want to post tweets to Twitter that's absolutely fine but a lot of value from Twitter comes from how it can be used to track topics and subject of interest. In her article Claire suggests five ways in which you can tap into the conversations that are happening on Twitter.</p><ul><li>Creating a custom news feed</li><li>Check your lists</li><li>Attending a conference, virtually</li><li>What’s around you right now (reviewing trending topics)</li><li>Asking questions</li></ul>This is a really interesting article, which is well worth a read for some tips on how to use Twitter beyond posting Tweets.<br /><br />If you're wondering about the photo this is from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carrotcreative/2511539541/">FlickR</a> and is available for use under a creative commons licence, the wording is so so true...apart from looking at <a href="http://twitter.com/thelolcats">lolcats</a>.James Mullanhttps://plus.google.com/115789879394318049208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563356373853416484.post-22011331123362097392010-02-05T18:00:00.004+00:002010-02-05T18:00:00.573+00:00A world of connections<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-v_lM8iY6S4/S2vvyA5RaNI/AAAAAAAAAQI/EDln56XY2fE/s1600-h/264864230_6369ad4a3d.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434701017865349330" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-v_lM8iY6S4/S2vvyA5RaNI/AAAAAAAAAQI/EDln56XY2fE/s200/264864230_6369ad4a3d.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-v_lM8iY6S4/S2vugEYMAYI/AAAAAAAAAQA/Dtd-xD1m5TI/s1600-h/spaceball.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434699610051051906" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 1px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 1px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-v_lM8iY6S4/S2vugEYMAYI/AAAAAAAAAQA/Dtd-xD1m5TI/s200/spaceball.gif" border="0" /></a>The Economist recently published a <a href="http://www.economist.com/surveys/downloadSurveyPDF.cfm?id=15383450&amp;surveyCode=%2555%254b&amp;submit=View+PDF">special report on Social Networking</a> which if you have the time is well worth reading. c<br />Called "A world of connections" the reports looks at the growth of social networks and some of the issues that arise from their use. From the introduction to the report:<br /><br /><em>"This special report will examine these issues in detail. It will argue that social networks are more robust than their critics think, though not every site will prosper, and that social-networking technologies are creating considerable benefits for the businesses that embrace them, whatever their size. Lastly it will contend that this is just the beginning of an exciting new era of global interconnectedness that will spread ideas and innovations around the world faster then ever before"</em><br /><em></em><br />If you don't want to report the full report at once, you don't have to as the Economist have conveniently made the individual articles available on their site, the articles are:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15351002" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" closure_hashcode_etdzqs="5626">A world of connections </a>Online social networks are changing the way people communicate, work and play, and mostly for the better (Martin Giles)</li><li><a href="http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15350972" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" closure_hashcode_etdzqs="5627">Why social networks have grown so fast </a></li><li><a href="http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15350950" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" closure_hashcode_etdzqs="5628">Twitter’s transmitters </a>The magic of 140 characters</li><li><a href="http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15351026" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" closure_hashcode_etdzqs="5629">Profiting from social networks</a> Social networks have a better chance of making money than their critics think</li><li><a href="http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15350940" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" closure_hashcode_etdzqs="5630">Small businesses and social networks</a> Small businesses are using networks to become bigger</li><li><a href="http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15350928" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" closure_hashcode_etdzqs="5631">Yammering away at the office</a> A distraction or a bonus?</li><li><a href="http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15350994" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" closure_hashcode_etdzqs="5632">Social contracts </a>The smart way to hire workers</li><li><a href="http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15350984" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" closure_hashcode_etdzqs="5633">Privacy 2.0 </a>Give a little, take a little</li><li><a href="http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15350960" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" closure_hashcode_etdzqs="5634">The future of social networking </a></li><li><a href="http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15351018" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" closure_hashcode_etdzqs="5635">Sources and acknowledgments </a></li></ul><p> </p>James Mullanhttps://plus.google.com/115789879394318049208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563356373853416484.post-48480343122055770762009-12-16T17:45:00.001+00:002009-12-16T17:45:00.254+00:00The "Tao" of tweeting<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-v_lM8iY6S4/SyEsCQvWmQI/AAAAAAAAANo/vCblNJizGiA/s1600-h/3771279981_1dc1e9b16e.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413656644440987906" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-v_lM8iY6S4/SyEsCQvWmQI/AAAAAAAAANo/vCblNJizGiA/s320/3771279981_1dc1e9b16e.jpg" border="0" /></a>In a recent post on <a href="http://www.mashable.com/">Mashable</a> called "<a href="http://mashable.com/2009/12/03/the-tao-of-tweeting/">The tao of Tweeting</a>" Soren Gordhamer looks at some of the lessons that could be learned from the ancient chinese book the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao_Te_Ching">Tao te Ching </a><br /><br />The four lessons that Soren has identified are:<br /><ul><li>Show versus tell - or how we should provide good, quality information related to a subject matter, rather then just tell people how great we are.</li><li>Have a passion for the process - This is really about being passionate about Tweeting, not only about how many followers you have.</li><li>Finding a balance - This is about knowing when to Tweet and perhaps more importantly when not to!</li><li>Focus on what you can add, not the technology - This is about remembering that its not the technology that matters, it's what you add to the "What is happening" box</li></ul><p>This is a really interesting post, which surprisingly struck a real chord with me!</p><div><div><div>[Hat tip - the <a href="http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2009/the-tao-of-tweeting/">iLibrarian</a>]</div></div></div>James Mullanhttps://plus.google.com/115789879394318049208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563356373853416484.post-11883368652076206232009-11-23T10:00:00.003+00:002009-11-23T10:00:04.453+00:00Finding what you need when you need it...how Web 2.0 can helpI know it's almost December but I felt duty bound to report on an article published in The September 2009 issue of <a href="http://www.infolaw.co.uk/newsletter/index.asp">Internet Newsletter for Lawyers</a>, which I've only just read. The article called "<a href="http://www.infolaw.co.uk/newsletter/index.asp?s=penny+edwards">Using Web 2.0 within your organisation</a>"* is written by Penny Edwards of Headshift. Penny recently co-authored the report "<a href="http://www.headshift.com/blog/2009/06/social-networking-for-the-lega.php">Social Networking for the Legal Profession</a>" so has considerable knowledge of how Web 2.0 could and some may say should be used within Law Firms.<br /><br />The article begins by looking at some of the problems that exist within Law Firms in relation to managing information. <em>"Much of the problem of information overload on projects is really a case of "filter failure". By stemming the flow of emails, making visible activities to people's team and colleagues, and enabling people to better navigate across information irrespective of where or how it is stored will help to ensure people find what the need to work more effectively"</em><br /><p>Penny then discusses some of the tools that could be used, these include internal <a href="http://www.twitter.com/">Twitter</a> like messaging applications, <a href="http://www.yammer.com/">Yammer</a> is the tool that immediately comes to mind. Penny explains (and I agree) that these tools when integrated into a wiki or workspace allow people to "signal" to colleagues what they're working on, so that if they want to their colleagues can question them and discuss related ideas.</p><p>The article continues with a brief look at how dashboards can be used to provide one place for all activity, the <a href="http://www.thoughtfarmer.com/">Thoughtfarmer</a> wiki application is an example of this type of tool, although most wiki applications like <a href="http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/">Confluence</a> will offer some sort of profile page. The article follows up this with a section on how personal information like emails could be managed better by using personal start pages, the <a href="http://www.socialtext.com/">Socialtext</a> application is given as an example. Similar to dashboards these tools enable uses to subscribe to recently added or updated content. Finally and this will be of interest to many Law Librarians is the potential for RSS to transform the current awareness services provided by Information Officers. <em>"They distinguish was needs to be actioned...as opposed to what needs to be read or considered...They also curb email bombardment, giving people the ability to scan the information quickly"</em></p><p><br />*You will need a subscription to read this article. </p>James Mullanhttps://plus.google.com/115789879394318049208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563356373853416484.post-32835409377219313472009-11-05T10:25:00.000+00:002009-11-05T10:25:00.870+00:00Thnking about Twitter lists<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-v_lM8iY6S4/SvAGxqDmoqI/AAAAAAAAALw/gU4S_4hVXx0/s1600-h/3383916444_c17344b56e.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399823403389985442" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-v_lM8iY6S4/SvAGxqDmoqI/AAAAAAAAALw/gU4S_4hVXx0/s320/3383916444_c17344b56e.jpg" border="0" /></a> If you're thinking about or are using <a href="http://mashable.com/category/labels/lists/twitter-lists/">Twitter lists</a>, you might want to take a look at Chris Brogan's blog post "<a href="http://www.chrisbrogan.com/twitter-lists-im-not-down/">Twitter lists I'm not down</a>"<br /><div></div><br /><div>In his post Chris' describes how yes Twitter lists are useful but when it comes to using them to list people there is a problem, as Chris explains <em>"In talking with friends about it on Twitter, people immediately started DM-ing me, telling me that they felt left out or even LESS important because they weren’t on any lists. Lists are exclusionary by nature. They’re static. There’s a lot of reasons why they might not be all that pleasant for people"</em><br /></div><div><em></em></div><br /><div>I have to admit I'd never really thought about Twitter lists in this way. I can see now how they will be exclusionary. So what are other people doing, are you creating Twitter lists?</div>James Mullanhttps://plus.google.com/115789879394318049208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563356373853416484.post-61011149746587112872009-10-16T10:00:00.001+01:002009-10-16T10:00:04.369+01:00Did you know...4.0I love this video about the changing media landscape which was developed for the Media Convergence Forum in partnership with The Economist.<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6ILQrUrEWe8&amp;hl=" width="560" height="340" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" fs="1&amp;" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />[Hat Tip - <a href="http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2009/did-you-know-40/">The iLibrarian</a>]James Mullanhttps://plus.google.com/115789879394318049208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563356373853416484.post-62766585833040741172009-08-10T10:00:00.000+01:002009-08-07T22:13:48.622+01:00Dealing with social networking overloadA lot of people talk about Information Overload being a real problem and I agree to a degree inormation oerload is a problem for many. I was recently interviewed by a post-graduate Information Science student who was looking at this very problem and how it affects the work of Information Officers and Professional Support Lawyers. One of the problems I see is that we prepare a huge amount of current awareness material, which we then send out but we never ask our clients, whether what they're receiving is actually useful or whether there could be a better way for us to send it to them. That will be the subject of another post no doubt.<br /><br />In this post I want to talk about how information overload is becoming a problem in relation to the many social media tools people use. <a href="http://mashable.com/">Mashable</a> have written a post on this very subject. Called "<a href="http://mashable.com/2009/07/30/social-networking-overload/">How to deal with social networking overload</a>" the article provides four step plan for helping you figure out how to keep up with your social media universe and get over that overloaded feeling. The steps outlined in the plan are:<br /><ul><li>Ask yourself why you're using a particular site? Is it because you heard about it from your friends, who all heard it was cool. Ideally you should have a genuine reason for using each social networking site you use.</li><li>Consider your purpose - or what value you think each Social Networking site provides you.</li><li>Creating boundaries - is a very important point - this is about keeping one social networking site for friends and family and one for work. This is actually quite difficult to do and the boundaries are and will continue to be blurred between the two different types of usage.</li><li>Communicate your plan - or make it clear how you intend to use each site - just because you're on Facebook doesn't mean you have to change your status every two minutes and tweeting 20 million times a day might be fun but your friends might soon stop reading everything you Tweet.</li></ul><p>I found this a really interesting article, which I recommend everyone read for some good suggestions on how to manage your Social Networking applications.</p>James Mullanhttps://plus.google.com/115789879394318049208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563356373853416484.post-17739266221623647842009-08-07T21:38:00.002+01:002009-08-07T21:50:58.732+01:00Twitter resourcesTwitter continues its plan to take over world (very quickly at the current rate of growth) so it's no surprise to see people writing more about Twitter. The three resources below caught my eye. Thanks to the <a href="http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian">iLibrarian</a> for bringing these to my attention.<br /><br /><ul><li><a href="http://business.twitter.com/twitter101">Twitter 101 for Business</a> is a special guide which includes everything from specific case studies to Twitter terminology and even gives users the option to download a set of slides in order to train others on using Twitter. </li><li><a href="http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2009/why-people-use-twitter/">Why people use Twiter</a> looks at why people use Twitter. The statistics are published by <a href="http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007193">emarketer</a> on their website.</li><li>The final resource is a really interesting post called "<a href="http://mashable.com/2009/08/01/facebook-vs-twitter/">When do you use Twitter versus Facebook</a>" the results are; <a href="http://www.twitter.com/">Twitter</a> for:- Connecting with Someone You Don’t Know- Breaking News- New Learning and Discovery, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/">Facebook</a> for:- Local News/Events- Connecting with Someone You Know- Help on an Issue </li></ul>James Mullanhttps://plus.google.com/115789879394318049208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563356373853416484.post-7504324448892111292009-07-17T14:00:00.000+01:002009-07-17T14:00:03.950+01:00Competitve intelligence in a Web 2.0 worldGreg Lambert over at the <a href="http://www.geeklawblog.com/">3 Geeks and a Law Blog</a> has written an interesting post on "<a href="http://www.geeklawblog.com/2009/07/competitive-intelligence-in-web-20.html">Competitive intelligence in a Web 2.0 world</a>" the post looks at some of the tools and techniques you can use to find people on Twitter.<br /><br />In the post Greg uses the example of trying to find Lawyers who work in particular law firms, but there is absolutely no reason why Greg's techniques cant be applied more widely. For example Greg suggests using Tweepsearch to find people who fall within certain "categories" so for instance if you wanted to find all "Law Librarians" who were on Twitter you would run <a href="http://www.tweepsearch.com/search?query=law+librarian&amp;commit=Do+Your+Thing%21">this search</a>.<br /><br />There is some really good advice in this post which could be applied to both the searches we do when we're looking for colleagues and potentially when we're undertaking legal research.James Mullanhttps://plus.google.com/115789879394318049208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563356373853416484.post-90410726499419900422009-07-08T20:51:00.001+01:002009-07-09T13:02:36.559+01:00Twitter for LibrariesI've seen and used a lot of useful Twitter resources recently so I thought it was only fair that I share them with you. The first is <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/4nT7HF1mCkA/3086">Twitter for Libraries</a> a post from the <a href="http://www.web2learning.net/">What I learned today</a> blog.<br /><br />Then there is <a href="http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2009/twitter-search-in-plain-english/">Twitter search in plain English</a>, which is another great video from the team at <a href="http://www.commoncraft.com/video-twitter-search-plain-english">Commoncraft</a>. Thanks to the <a href="http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/">iLibrarian</a> for alerting me to this. The iLibrarian has also posted about the <a href="http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/">Twitter Guide Book</a>, which looks like a really use resource for anyone thinking about or currently using Twitter.<br /><br />Enjoy!James Mullanhttps://plus.google.com/115789879394318049208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563356373853416484.post-24024963682174025692009-05-11T09:30:00.003+01:002009-05-11T09:30:00.533+01:00How to..ReTweetThis is a <a href="http://mattsingley.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/how-to-retweet-and-be-retweeted/">great post</a> I was made aware of recently which looks at how to ReTweet and be ReTweeted. To ReTweet is to basically forward a Twitter post that you have seen to your followers, thereby spreading information around the Twitterverse.<br /><br />But how do you actually ReTweet a Tweet and perhaps more importantly create content on Twitter that is going to be ReTweeted? The post make several suggestions as follows:<br /><ul><li>Keep your ReTweet short</li><li>Read what you're sharing</li><li>Know your audience/followers</li></ul><p>To get your Tweets ReTweeted:</p><ul><li><img class="gl_list_bullet" alt="Bulleted List" src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" border="0" />Write good content</li><li>Include links</li><li>Remember your character count</li></ul><p>Some useful suggestions here and a post that is well worth reading.<br /></p>James Mullanhttps://plus.google.com/115789879394318049208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563356373853416484.post-71105565741631476752009-05-06T10:00:00.000+01:002009-05-06T10:00:00.626+01:00Socialising in the workplaceA really interesting article <a href="http://www.communicatemagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=269:socialising-in-the-workplace&amp;catid=44:currentissue&amp;Itemid=113">here</a> from <a href="http://www.communicatemagazine.co.uk/">Communicate Magazine</a> which reports on the use of <a href="http://www.twitter.com/">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://www.yammer.com/">Yammer</a> and other Microblogging tools within organisations. Notably at the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.bbc.co.uk">BBC</a> and <a href="http://www.uk.capgemini.com/">CAPGemini</a>, which are two of the organisations whose use of Social Media tools is discussed.<br /><div></div>James Mullanhttps://plus.google.com/115789879394318049208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563356373853416484.post-86583900777273159102009-04-30T13:05:00.003+01:002009-04-30T13:09:15.984+01:00Can you tame Twitter?The <a href="http://www.anecdote.com.au/">Anecdote blog</a> has an interesting <a href="http://www.anecdote.com.au/archives/2009/04/taming_twitter.html">post</a> on whether it's possible to tame Twitter and email. From the blog post:<br /><br /><em>"I think it's useful to have an analogy to explain how to use a technology. I think of Twitter as like my virtual tea room or cafe. It's the place I go to hear the chatter about what's happening. I will tend to sit down with some friends (using Tweetdeck) while also looking forward to meeting someone new. I'll share some ideas and resources and ask people for their help, experiences and opinions.</em><br /><em><br />The problem was that I was in cafe (socializing) mode all day long when I should have enjoyed this social space like I use to when I worked in an organisation, at 10.30am and 3.30pm.</em><br /><br /><em>So my new regime has been to only participate in Twitter at 10.30 and 3.30 (for about 30 minutes at a time) and in times when I've decided I'm going to just have some fun (evenings, weekends). This doesn't mean that I'm going full pelt at Twitter in each session. It just means I have a read and participate during these times."</em><br /><br />This is both an interesting analogy and an interesting way to limit the amount of time spent on Twitter. Could this also work for email though? according to the Blog post yes. This is a quite interesting strategy, which may work for some people. One of the things I do is not have my email open if I know I need to concentrate on a particular piece of work as it's way too much of a distraction. I also never have Outlook open over my lunch break. If I'm sitting at my desk and see that little envelope appear it's way too easier to just have a look at the new email!James Mullanhttps://plus.google.com/115789879394318049208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563356373853416484.post-16736419955128280522009-04-27T10:00:00.000+01:002009-04-27T10:00:00.186+01:00Lexis Nexis does Twitter!I'm a huge fan of Twitter, but had never thought to use it to keep up to date with what Legal Publishers are doing. So I was pleasantly surprised to see that Lexis Nexis are using Twitter with not one but seven different <a href="http://twitter.com/search/users?q=lexisnexis&amp;category=people&amp;source=users">Twitter Accounts</a><br /><br />Of these I'm currently only following <a href="http://twitter.com/lexisnexis2009">LexisNexis2009</a> however It got me thinking what if anything are the other legal publishers doing on Twitter?<br /><br />The answer is not much. <a href="http://twitter.com/search/users?q=westlaw&amp;category=people&amp;source=users">Westlaw</a> have one account on Twitter. PLC Fastdrafts also have a <a href="http://twitter.com/legalDocuments">Twitter account</a>, which actually looks quite interesting.<br /><br />Of the rest the following Twitter accounts exist:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://twitter.com/CCH_Whats_New">CCH What's New</a></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/complinet">Complinet</a></li></ul><p>So not exactly extensive coverage from the UK Legal Publishers. I may of course have missed some if they exist. Do let me know if this is the case and I will add them to this blog post.</p>James Mullanhttps://plus.google.com/115789879394318049208noreply@blogger.com1
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