{"id":659,"date":"2009-03-13T10:58:33","date_gmt":"2009-03-13T14:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wmlinfospot.wordpress.com\/?p=659"},"modified":"2016-07-20T16:12:53","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T20:12:53","slug":"joining-the-twitterverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/2009\/03\/13\/joining-the-twitterverse\/","title":{"rendered":"Joining the Twitterverse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/TheEllenShow\">Ellen DeGeneres<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/The_Daily_Show\">The Daily Show<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/tweetcongress.org\/\">110 members of Congress<\/a> all Twitter &#8211; so why not us?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-660\" style=\"border:0 none\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2009\/03\/twitter-charge-companies-tweet.jpg\" alt=\"twitterlogo\" width=\"370\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From now on, get the latest Weinberg Memorial Library news (and an RSS feed of our blog posts) by following us &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/uofslibrary\">@UofSLibrary<\/a>.\u00a0 While you&#8217;re at it, reply and let us know what you think of our Library!\u00a0 In 140 characters or less, that is.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re like us and new to the Twitterverse, here are a few resources to help you get started on your new so-microblogged life:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Feeling tweepish about not knowing what the heck your tweeple are tweeting about? You need the <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.pbwiki.com\/Twitter+Glossary\">Twitter Glossary<\/a> from the Twitter Fan Wiki.<\/li>\n<li>With <a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/\">Twitter Search<\/a>, you can watch what the world is doing in real time.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nearbytweets.com\/\">Nearby Tweets<\/a> helps you find other tweeple in your city.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tweetdeck.com\/beta\/\">Tweet Deck<\/a> is an application that can help you manage your incoming tweets.<\/li>\n<li>Last but not least, if you&#8217;re presenting to a group of techno-savvy people anytime in the future, check out speaking expert Olivia Mitchell&#8217;s recommendations for <a href=\"http:\/\/pistachioconsulting.com\/twitter-presentations\/\">&#8220;How to Present While People are Twittering.&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Need help figuring out who to start following?\u00a0 Here are some of our favorite Scranton tweeters &#8211; it is #followfriday, after all!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/univofscranton\">@univofscranton<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ScrantonAquinas\">@ScrantonAquinas <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ScrantonAlumni\">@ScrantonAlumni<\/a> The University&#8217;s Alumni Office<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/scrantonsbdc\">@scrantonsbdc<\/a> The University of Scranton&#8217;s Small Business Development Center<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/timestribune\">@timestribune<\/a> Local news from the Scranton Times-Tribune<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ScrantonLibrary\">@ScrantonLibrary<\/a> The Scranton Public Library<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;ve also noticed a mysterious new Twitter account, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/scottpilarz\">@scottpilarz<\/a>.\u00a0 Could it be our very own University president?<\/p>\n<p><em>Update: On our <a href=\"http:\/\/libwiki.scranton.edu\/mediawiki\/index.php\/Main_Page\" target=\"_blank\">Research Guides wiki<\/a> you can now find an <a href=\"http:\/\/libwiki.scranton.edu\/mediawiki\/index.php\/Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">introduction to Twitter<\/a>, as well as a continually updated list of <a href=\"http:\/\/libwiki.scranton.edu\/mediawiki\/index.php\/University_of_Scranton_Tweeps\" target=\"_blank\">University of Scranton Twitter accounts<\/a> and our favorite <a href=\"http:\/\/libwiki.scranton.edu\/mediawiki\/index.php\/NEPA_Tweeps\" target=\"_blank\">NEPA Tweeps<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ellen DeGeneres, The Daily Show, and 110 members of Congress all Twitter &#8211; so why not us? 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