Sunday, September 26, 2010
#scichat gathering - 9/21
I participated in last Tuesday's #scichat gathering (9/21). I have to say Twitter is not my natural habitat. It felt quite alien, like being at a party where you don’t know anybody or any of the in jokes. This session was open – without a topic – so that might have had something to do with it. I don’t like the format, or at least am not used to it. I’d like to be able to see my post embedded with the posts that come up without having to have two browser pages open and toggle back and forth. It makes following the thread or knowing if your tweet was seen by others a bit tricky. Information and comments just keep trickling in, like an old school stock ticker. People send links to projects and lesson ideas, or just random stuff that they think is cool. Too much information, or at least not enough organization. I have been back several times and have found, at least so far, that the format makes it difficult to find what is relevant for me. I guess scrolling through the posts isn’t much different than scrolling through headlines, looking for what interests me. In future sessions having a topic might bring a little focus for a newbie. On a positive note, I now have a Twitter account. Also, the #scichat Daily is pretty cool. This is the sort of thing I might come to as I’m browsing the daily online news(I guess I’m a sucker for the traditional print media format, or on online version that mimics it), plus it has a live stream of the #scichat Twitter page.
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Tom-
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking the plunge with Twitter. I don't think the 9/21 session was the "norm" for what happens. However, I expect that the format does take time to get your hands around.
The #scichat Daily (http://www.paper.li/tag/scichat) that you mentioned summarizes most of what was "tweeted" using the #scichat tag the day before. It is pretty dynamic, new each day and tends to have a few great resources each day