Twitter time

I had not used twitter before - mainly because I thought it was for 'old' people ie over 25s who can afford internet phones.  As a pay as you go kind of gal such on the move live updates are beyond my reach.

With my fellow SSL trainee's help I added a twitter widget to my iGoogle page and am mostly following other Oxford trainees.  There have been some interesting conversations about library conferences - who's going, is it too expensive, etc.  I am also following some organisation tweets including one for UWE - where I am planning to study next year.  It's interesting to see what people are talking about but I have not done a lot of tweeting and I think it could easily become a distraction at work.

Maybe this kind of app will become more useful/used when more people use internet on their phones.

Twitter - a fable for the inexperienced

A Guardian paper blog I came across today demonstrates how web2.0 can go wrong.  The makers of a Conservative webpage aimed at attacking Gordon Brown had their site hacked and also their Twitter overtaken by anti-Tory tweeters because the tweet feed was unmoderated.  I'm still getting to grips with Twitter but it has made me think about how important it is to get sites right if you are an institution or organisation with a reputation to uphold.