Twitter in New Zealand
Monday, October 1st, 2007
I’m curious to see how New Zealand organisations take up the Twitter application. So far I’ve only found one of each.
Radio New Zealand News
Greenpeace New Zealand
Tags: New Zealand, twitter
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How to use Twitter
Monday, October 1st, 2007
If you’re like me you would have only recently heard about Twitter. Twitter is a global community of friends and strangers answering one simple question: What are you doing? Answer on your phone, instant messaging service or on the internet.
Twitter first came into my inbox in early August via a press release about filming of the Sony Bravia Play-Doh TV ad in New York. By the time I worked out what it was the shoot was finished along with twittering about it. I finally decided to join up to take part in a Twitter experiment associated with the Australian Blogging Conference on Friday last week.
So here’s how it works. You sign up at www.twitter.com. You have the option of using instant messaging services (like GTalk) and your mobile phone to receive and send messages. Then you add people to your ‘follow’ list using email addresses.
Little did I know that Twitter had been online since July 2006, the creation of co-founder Evan Williams of Obvious. Evan of course is known for his development of Blogger along with Meg Hourihan.
Twitter is likely to become a standard tool for politicians and journalists. Senator John Edwards has used Twitter to update people on his presidential campaign trail. Someone thought it would be a good idea for Kevin Rudd and John Howard.
BBC is using Twitter to post micro bulletins, as is ABC News
1. Get quick human answers Craig Childs at Lifehack has another list: 1. Use Twitter as a To-Do list I’ve managed to connect Twitter up with my Facebook profile and as a special feature in the Pacific Highlander sidebar. The Facebook application doesn’t appear to be updating instantly but I’m sure that problem will be ironed out. If you’re interested in following my evolving stream of consciousness visit my Postkiwi Twitter profile. I imagine it could be useful to have a number of Twitter profiles to be used with different networks or for different purposes. But I’m not in a hurry to head down that track quite yet. Tags: Technology, twitter
Chris Brogan at LifeHack suggests six ways to use Twitter
2. Share briefings on conferences and news
3. Friendsourcing - accessing a network of friends and acquaintances
4. Micro Attention Sharing - small mini blog entries
5. Direct people to good causes
6. Stay in touch with what friends are doing without being intrusive
2. Personal or professional messaging service
3. Provide a newsletter
Throng Launches Web 2.0 TV Listings
Monday, September 24th, 2007
New Zealand television review site Throng has today launched a world-first web 2.0 television listings format. In development for more than two years, the new format replaces the traditional TV guide grid and makes it easier to find what is on at a glance. Shows are displayed based on what is on now, what starts in the next hour and what is on in prime time tonight. Shows are weighted according to popularity on throng.co.nz. Members of the website throng.co.nz personalise their listings to highlight their favourite shows and hide ones they’re not interested in.
“We’ve thought long and hard about TV listings and what we’d like them to be. We found traditional listings hard to scan because they’re organised by channel and you can easily miss things. We’ve removed the clutter and made your choice simpler,” says co-founder Regan Cunliffe, also at Cre8d design.
See the new look listings from today at throng.co.nz.
Tags: New Zealand, Television, Throng
