Learning in Libraries and Loving It
So I was confused about Twitter. It didn’t seem particularly useful. And it’s not. But it sure is fun. Actually, I’ll qualify that by saying that it sure is fun if you’re selective about who and how many people you befriend (though a couple people seem to be having a grand ol’ time befriending the entire twitterish contingent of librarians… more power to them, but I couldn’t do it).
Comments closedI had a brand new experience yesterday afternoon. A faculty member who will be joining the Music department in the fall was exploring the library web site, landed on my liaison page, and IMed me (via my Meebo box) from his current residence in Finland! What fun!
Comments closedHmmmm… So I was chatting with CW Sunday night (for me, Monday morning for her) and decided to get myself a Twitter account. Why go on being completely confused by something I hadn’t tried? So I tried it, and now all of a sudden I’ve got 5 friends. How did that happen? I’m confused again. I suppose they were friends of CW and saw me that way.
So for all 5 of my followers out there, I might remember to update the thing every once in a while, but don’t hold your breath too hard. Think of the times you’ve IMed me only to discover that I’d forgotten to change the notification. Now multiply that by a million to account for the fact that I actually use IM for my work, so I try to keep on top of the notifications.
So I’m trying it. So far… it’s ok. Nothing great. But then, I don’t have family who are constantly (or really ever) online, and the same with my friends. So I don’t have the same incentive that other people might.
Oh, and Happy Birthday Steven!
Comments closedCan somebody please clue me in? Twitter looks… cute. But I don’t get it. Why would anyone care what I was doing every minute of every day? I’m really not that interesting. And how would I remember to update it every second? And… just… why?
[Update: I see David has the same question. Help us, please. I don’t want to be a fuddy duddy, but I’m confused.]
[Update nearly a year later: This post still gets enough hits (and even a comment or two) that I thought I’d just clarify: I use twitter. I’m addicted to it. I’m still not convinced that a library should have a twitter account, though I know it works for a couple of libraries. But as a tool for personal enjoyment and professional connections between librarians, it’s great… except when it’s down, at which times we all curse it vehemently.)
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