I've added Midland Swan as a friend using my Facebook alias just to confuse me and everyone else. I made a facebook page earlier this year because one of our IT staff wanted to bring some staff dinosaurs into the 21st century and get into Facebook and Twitter so that we could all better participate in the library's commitment to Web 2.0 services. I created the page and it has been dormant since. This is the second time I have used it and I don't really think that I will become a great user unless it's to update pictures of the adorable Archie (our hairy son). I think it's mostly because I don't like the world knowing my business, not that I'm a sleeper for Al -Qaeda or anything. I just really like my privacy. I know there are privacy settings and all but it still feels uncomfortably out there. As far as work is concerned, I understand the need for Cockburn Libraries to be out where people are communicating and Facebook is a good way to market a product. Every band or movie star seems to have a facebook page so as a marketing tool it clearly has its uses. Luckily, thanks to Lawley we do have a really good Facebook presence.
I'm now off to become a Twit, Twitterer, Twitster, Twitee, Twitmeister, Tweeter...
I have Tweeted. My Twitter name is kim@cockburn. I have tried to change my name twice to The Renovator for symmetry's sake, but don't seem to have mastered that black art as yet. I now follow a bunch of people and have unsuccessfully tried to leave a tweet on #waweb20. Persistence is a virtue, right? ...Persistence might be a virtue but it's also a time waster. Giving up on this one for now. Maybe someone could enlighten me. What the heck am I doing wrong? In reply to SwanLibraries "anyone seen this site: http://wthashtag.com/Waweb20
Yes I have, but what do you do with it and how do you post on it? I see GozzieHoon and Lawley and cccrumber is there too. I'm a member but don't know how to post. Woe is me.
I tweeted about our "What does Christmas Spirit mean to you?" activity and competition at Coobellup Library, whereby children and adults are encouraged to decorate a Christmas ornament for our Christmas Tree and write what Christmas Spirit means to them on the back of the ornament. While the majority of people have entered into the true spirit of the season, some jaded kiddies clearly just aren't feeling it. As experienced library staff, I am sure you can imagine some of the comments we have had on the back of our Christmas ornaments!
What do I think of Twitter? Again not for me on a personal level but yes it is clearly a powerful marketing and information/entertainment tool in the right hands. Just don't tell me what you've had for breakfast. I don't care.
Kim, You just add #WAWeb20 to any of your tweets and then they appear in any search for that phrase, which is all the http://wthashtag.com/Waweb20 is showing. Add the #_____ is essentailly adding a subject heading to your tweet I think if you you used twitter for a bit, and followed a few interesting tweeters you may get to like it.
ReplyDeleteHi Kim, the site I posted merely collects together any public tweet that has the #WAWeb20 hashtag in it. Consider it a keyword finder :)
ReplyDeleteI posted the link because as well as showing tweets that use the hashtag, it gives an explanation of what the hashtag is being used for. I find that kinda nifty because I often see tweets with strange hashtags and I have no idea why they are using that tag or what it means?
Thanks SwannieT and Lawley. It's good to know there is someone out there reading this stuff and offering good advice to bumblers like me.
ReplyDeleteLawley, I will take your advice and find a few interesting tweeters and give it more of a go.
Thanks again for the helping hand.
mmm, bacon on toast for my breaky today, nothing like a mid week indulgence! We can't change the jaded children's minds but we can provide the pleasant environment to encourage them to stay 'out of trouble' after school. I still hold out hope that they'll learn something through osmosis, just by being in the library ;) If only they could understand that we loan the DVDs for free, there's no need to steal them :(
ReplyDeleteWell ok, yes I was interested in what you had for brekky but only because it's 1.07pm and I haven't had lunch yet. Smarty pants.
ReplyDeleteIt all comes back to what we are comfortable with. Some of us are quite happy to have the world share our life while others are very private. I only use facebook to keep in touch with friends and family who are travelling or who live interstate. I like to share holiday photos as well.
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