Archive for October 9th, 2009

Thursday had an interesting session on Twitter - “Tweeting it out - critical examinations of Twitter across disciplines.”

There was a great discussion on the uses of Twitter, and how users will carefully select what they tweet on - and not least the wording. One of the respondents from the presenter’s survey, said that she wouldn’t tweet about anything that she wouldn’t want her mom, boss or boyfriend to read about. This is an interesting statement, as it show just how “narrative” we have become in our everyday lives. Also, we have begun thinking in ‘updates’ and ‘tweets’. Personally, I can help but think in updates and tweets, even when I’m not near a computer!

Twitter is still a social media on the rise. In a previous post, I cited Sysomos and their numbers on the use of Twitter and other social media. Their report states that:

• 85% of all Twitter users write less than one post a day
• 21% of users have never written a post in Twitter
• 5% of users account for 75% of all activity on Twitter
• 93,6% of users have less than 100 followers and 92,4% follow less than 100

The numbers are different from country to country. These numbers are the overall numbers from Twitter users, and is therefore not country specific. The numbers are interesting when compared to Matthew Allen’s presenation on “Online Connectivity” (thursday) in which he stated that 61.81% of internet users prefer to “take” from the internet, whereas only 39.19% prefer to “give” to the internet.

My personal use of Twitter is definitely on the rise. I guess you need to find your own personal use/purpose for these tools, and this may take a while. I strive to tweet my professional life on Twitter, and have as such chosen my public ‘profile’ - at least when it comes to Twitter. But, sometimes a more personal tweet makes its way into the stream of tweets, and I guess it’s just another mirror image of who I am - I’m a professional communicator who prefers having a semi-perosnal relationship with the people I’m engaged with professionally (hence the smiley)

And just for fun, I’ve added the following Dilbert strip (from 04/10/09), which addresses the alternative uses of Twitter…

Onsdag blev der tid til at lege turist i Chicago - og byen viste sig fra sin bedste side med høj sol, og en rimelig temperatur set med Chicago-øjne…

Jeg startede dagen med en “architectural boat ride” rundt i Chicago river. En fantastisk tur, med en meget levende guide der vidst stort set ALT om alle bygninger på vejen. Jeg fik selvfølgelig fyret en masse billeder af, og her et par stykker af dem:

Bagefter stod den på shopping på “The Magnificent Mile”, en gade der har alt fra H&M til Burberry. Det blev dog ikke til så meget shopping - der var nok for meget at vælge imellem…

I stedet snuppede jeg mig en ‘late lunch” på Eve i Wabash Street - kan anbefales!

Sidst på dagen fik jeg lige rundet de sidste turist attraktioner som man ikke kan forlade Chicago uden at have set - herunder “The Bean”, Buckingham Fountain og Millenium Park:

Jeg fik gået en hel del den dag, og jeg tror jeg så en smule sjov ud da jeg nærmest humpede tilbage til mit hotel efter en 10-timers tur rundt i Chicago. Men det var det værd!

Vi ses igen Chicago