Comments on: Twitter and local mainstream media http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/2008/10/09/twitter-and-local-mainstream-media/ I am a mongrel - O ma! A gremlin... Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:34:17 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: Yule http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/2008/10/09/twitter-and-local-mainstream-media/comment-page-1/#comment-9384 Yule Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:15:57 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/?p=1072#comment-9384 Oh, that's easy, Richard: first and last name, one word, <a href="http://twitter.com/YuleHeibel" rel="nofollow">YuleHeibel</a>. . Twitter seems to be having a fail whale moment right now (the site says they're down for maintenance), but when it comes back up I'll follow you. . You can find conversations as well as people by using <a href="http://search.twitter.com/" rel="nofollow">Twitter Search</a>, too. Twitter's internal (i.e., its own, onsite) search function has gotten very awkward (used to be simpler), so it's not as useful anymore when searching for people. Twitter Search is also good for locating people geographically, provided of course that they noted in their 'bio' which city they live in. Oh, that’s easy, Richard: first and last name, one word, YuleHeibel.
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Twitter seems to be having a fail whale moment right now (the site says they’re down for maintenance), but when it comes back up I’ll follow you.
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You can find conversations as well as people by using Twitter Search, too. Twitter’s internal (i.e., its own, onsite) search function has gotten very awkward (used to be simpler), so it’s not as useful anymore when searching for people. Twitter Search is also good for locating people geographically, provided of course that they noted in their ‘bio’ which city they live in.

]]> By: richard http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/2008/10/09/twitter-and-local-mainstream-media/comment-page-1/#comment-9383 richard Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:05:38 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/?p=1072#comment-9383 Yes, but where do you tweet, Yule? I'm only new to Twitter, <a href="http://twitter.com/rwpickard" rel="nofollow">@Richard</a>, but I'd follow you if I knew your handle.... Yes, but where do you tweet, Yule? I’m only new to Twitter, @Richard, but I’d follow you if I knew your handle….

]]> By: Yule http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/2008/10/09/twitter-and-local-mainstream-media/comment-page-1/#comment-9232 Yule Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:51:49 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/?p=1072#comment-9232 Yes, Davin, if not yet really symmetrical, at least approaching something like it! . Franke, thanks for stopping by, commenting, and tweeting my blog post on! I wish I still had the page for the article that Times-Colonist did publish on the town hall meeting, but it was yesterday and I'm too tired to root around for it now. I bet you can find it, if you're really interested tho'. . Yes, I agree with you that Twitter is really different, and a great social tool. . This afternoon @timescolonist live-tweeted a talk by Saatchi & Saatchi CEO Kevin Roberts, who spoke at the UVic Business School. (The tweets were a bit sparse, though.) Wish I could have gone to that, but had to miss it due to a meeting elsewhere. If @timescolonist hadn't tweeted it, though, it probably would have escaped me, as I'd forgotten about it, and I'm not sure it'll be reported by the paper tomorrow. . So now they have my attention in <b>two</b> ways: I pay attention to get info they might not publish, and I pay attention to get URLs to the items they do publish. . Sorry about the convoluted syntax, by the way. Having a bit of a brain bailout, as I'm <b>really</b> tired and totally bagged, a combination of feeling the financial storms, a personal level of uncertainty, and worrying myself over my dog, who had surgery on Wed is one hell of an unhappy camper at present. Yes, Davin, if not yet really symmetrical, at least approaching something like it!
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Franke, thanks for stopping by, commenting, and tweeting my blog post on! I wish I still had the page for the article that Times-Colonist did publish on the town hall meeting, but it was yesterday and I’m too tired to root around for it now. I bet you can find it, if you’re really interested tho’.
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Yes, I agree with you that Twitter is really different, and a great social tool.
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This afternoon @timescolonist live-tweeted a talk by Saatchi & Saatchi CEO Kevin Roberts, who spoke at the UVic Business School. (The tweets were a bit sparse, though.) Wish I could have gone to that, but had to miss it due to a meeting elsewhere. If @timescolonist hadn’t tweeted it, though, it probably would have escaped me, as I’d forgotten about it, and I’m not sure it’ll be reported by the paper tomorrow.
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So now they have my attention in two ways: I pay attention to get info they might not publish, and I pay attention to get URLs to the items they do publish.
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Sorry about the convoluted syntax, by the way. Having a bit of a brain bailout, as I’m really tired and totally bagged, a combination of feeling the financial storms, a personal level of uncertainty, and worrying myself over my dog, who had surgery on Wed is one hell of an unhappy camper at present.

]]> By: Franke James http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/2008/10/09/twitter-and-local-mainstream-media/comment-page-1/#comment-9230 Franke James Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:12:32 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/?p=1072#comment-9230 I was intrigued as well that @timescolonist is on Twitter. I clicked through and tried to find the article that related to their tweet below. "timescolonist Town hall in Victoria riding over. Hottest issue: climate change. Conservative government frequent target of boos, jeers. 11:34 PM October 08, 2008" Wow! Hottest issue was climate change -- where's the article? But alas I could not find it. Your explanation that the story wasn’t yet online or in the paper makes sense -- and also makes me feel like I have an inside glimpse of the news "as it happens". So I would say to that dinosaur male who thought @timescolonist was going to lose brand identity. "You don't know nuttin'." Check out @ricksanchezcnn and see how Rick is weaving Twitter into his CNN broadcasts. (And he's not the only CNN anchor using it.) Twitter is a revolutionary social media tool. And it's a hell of a lot of fun. Thanks Yule for letting me peek inside your "Twitterverse" and see how local mainstream media is leveraging it their advantage. Go @lchodan! Go @timescolonist! ~ Franke James I was intrigued as well that @timescolonist is on Twitter. I clicked through and tried to find the article that related to their tweet below.

“timescolonist Town hall in Victoria riding over. Hottest issue: climate change. Conservative government frequent target of boos, jeers. 11:34 PM October 08, 2008″

Wow! Hottest issue was climate change — where’s the article? But alas I could not find it. Your explanation that the story wasn’t yet online or in the paper makes sense — and also makes me feel like I have an inside glimpse of the news “as it happens”.

So I would say to that dinosaur male who thought @timescolonist was going to lose brand identity. “You don’t know nuttin’.”

Check out @ricksanchezcnn and see how Rick is weaving Twitter into his CNN broadcasts. (And he’s not the only CNN anchor using it.)

Twitter is a revolutionary social media tool. And it’s a hell of a lot of fun. Thanks Yule for letting me peek inside your “Twitterverse” and see how local mainstream media is leveraging it their advantage.

Go @lchodan! Go @timescolonist!

~ Franke James

]]> By: Davin http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/2008/10/09/twitter-and-local-mainstream-media/comment-page-1/#comment-9228 Davin Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:46:44 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/?p=1072#comment-9228 Symmetrical communication! Symmetrical communication!

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