Thing 4 - RSS Feeds, Twitter, Storify

Firstly, I love Twitter!  I tried it years ago, and it seemed pointless, then as it became more popular I tried it again a couple of year ago and really got into it.  I have two accounts, a private one and a work account (@SiobhanWGLib), which I have on my smartphone.  I do like the spontaneity of it, although some people have had issues with this!  It's good for conferences, and generally getting the zeitgeist of whatever subject you may like.  There is also plenty of nonsense, as well as Justin Beiber, for some reason.  So, swiftly moving onto RSS feeds - I have set some of these up, and they are a great idea for keeping track of loads of different websites, without having to visit each one separately.
Storify is something that I hadn't tried before, and it reminds me of paper.li, which creates a newspaper out of your twitter feed.  This is even better, though, as you can add all sorts of social media and other websites to create your story.  Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work on my work computer, but I will try it at home, because it's the sort of thing that I may find very useful in the future.

Thing 4 - Current Awareness - Twitter continued

I’ve really been enjoying using twitter, even though I’ve set up a new work account and am only following a few people.  It’s excellent for short, instantaneous updates, well before news items or articles can appear.  I kept an eye on Occupy Cardiff last week, and even though not much was tweeted, I was able to see a few photos in the afternoon well before they appeared elsewhere.  I’m still not sure really what to post, as it’s a work account!  I’m watching other similar accounts to see what they post, as I don’t just want to have boring retweets!
I’d better get off Twitter now, and have a look at RSS feeds and Pushnote.

Thing 4 - Current Awareness (Twitter)

I have started with Twitter, and hope to look at the other aspects of the thing next week.  I do have a personal twitter account, but decided to set up one for work.  As I’ve done it before it was simple enough, but I carefully chose who to add.  I stuck to more professional interests, although I did add Stephen Fry as I believe that it’s compulsory.
I can certainly see how it can be useful, and I’ve used hashtags and searches before - just not professionally!  I have seen some conferences that used this functionality and it can almost feel like you’re there in some ways, as you get little updates.  I’ve followed a number of organisations, plus Phil Bradley and Karen Blakeman, of course.