Twitter

In the beginning of my social networking studies I joined Twitter quite enthusiastically, with the intention of keeping my Twitter experiences purely professional. I joined up and started to follow:

• Carole Gerts
• ALIA National Conf
• Aust Lib & Info Assn
• Amer. Library Assn
• National Archives Aus
• National Library Aus
• National Library NZ
• Library of Congress.

I had all intentions to check in with Twitter daily and use my mobile to do this. But it never happened.

Delving back in to Twitter today I have evaluated why I didn't get as immersed in Twitter as I thought I would and these are my conclusions:

1. The choices I made that first day on who to follow were a narrow cross-section of followers relevant to me. I should have selected more and from a variety of areas, including more individuals.
2. I should have sent out a tweet on the day I signed up. To 'wet my feet' and getting started could have catapulted me right in to regularly tweeting. I should have been a contributor, a 'content creator' as Chawner (2008) described. 
3. Deciding to keep my Twitter experiences purely professional during the course of this subject may have 'cut of my nose despite my face' to coin a phrase my mother uses. By using Twitter for personal following as well, I probably would have engaging more quickly in to the whole Twitter experience.
4. Not having a RSS feed set up to alert me to new tweets. I set up my blog to follow the list of recommended blogs in the subject outline and together with the twitter feeds having a RSS feed would have delivered the content to me.

Today I signed up to follow Judy O'Connell and will spend some more time delving in to the world of twitter and send out my first tweet.