Using Twitter to Share Monitoring Logs
Kelly AE4FG
Using Twitter is a good and immediate method to communicate what we are monitoring. If you hear something interesting, this is a way to share your experience with others.
Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read each others' updates, known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters, displayed on the author's profile page and delivered to other users - known as followers - who have subscribed to them.
As a group, we can use Twitter Search to communicate what we are monitoring by adding #tarheelscanner to our tweets. Hash tags or pound signs (#) help to designate the topics for searches.
What is needed to do this?
You don’t need to sign-up for Twitter if you just want to watch messages. Just go to http://search.twitter.com and search for #tarheelscanner. There is an RSS feed that is created from the search if you want to use it.
To send and to automatically search for these messages:
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]Create a twitter account of your own at: http://twitter.com. Be sure to not select the “Protect my updates” for your account.
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]If you want automatic updates, install an application that can easily search twitter messages.
Free desktop applications can be used to monitor the #tarheelscanner messages.
Recommended Desktop Applications
All of these support: Twitter searches and Facebook updates.
Seesmic: Seesmic DESKTOP
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]Supports multiple Twitter accounts
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]Can move everything into one column
AlertThingy: AlertThingy - Your social deskop!
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]Supports multiple Twitter accounts
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]Can move everything into one column
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]Columns can’t be moved around
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]Supports RSS feeds
TweetDeck: Features « TweetDeck
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]Supports only one Twitter Account at a time
There are many more! Twitter Fan Wiki / Apps
What are those special characters I’m seeing? #, @, D, OH, RT
There are different characters that you can include in your tweets to direct messages, etc. Here’s a good article about this and more:
Twitter FAQ: RT, HT, OH Explained. | Brent Ozar - SQL Server DBA
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]#word – Tags the word for easy searching. Using the pound sign before a word is called a "Hashtag". This is what we’re using for messages directed to the group.
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]@username – Message intended for username. The @ symbol means that the message is directed to that user, but it is still sent “in the open” for all to see.
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]d username – Send a message directly to a user. Nobody else will see it.
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]OH “message” - Tweet something OverHeard. Put the message text in quotes.
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]RT: - Re-Tweet. Resending a tweet. Give credit to the person who sent the original tweet using @userid in the message.
Trends tracked from # tweets
Here are a couple of pages that show what people are talking about on Twitter by tracking how often topics are discussed using #:
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]http://hashtags.org - includes graphs and counters
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]http://www.whatthetrend.com - includes Flickr and news stories
Short tutorials
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]CNET – Get Started with Twitter Video: Get started with Twitter | CNET TV - CNET
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]CNET – The Real Deal 152: The Real Deal 152: Intermediate Twitter | Webware - CNET
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]CNET – Newbie’s Guide: Newbie's guide to Twitter | Webware - CNET
Who Else to Follow:
@Radioreference.com
@RR_LiveAudio
@KE4ZNR (Yours Truly)
@longbch Kelly AE4FG
@RW911 Raleigh/Wake County 911 Incident Feed
Do you have a Twitter account and want to be listed above? Tweet me @KE4ZNR or PM/Email me with the info and I will update the above.
Happy Monitoring!
Marshall @KE4ZNR
Kelly AE4FG
Using Twitter is a good and immediate method to communicate what we are monitoring. If you hear something interesting, this is a way to share your experience with others.
Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read each others' updates, known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters, displayed on the author's profile page and delivered to other users - known as followers - who have subscribed to them.
As a group, we can use Twitter Search to communicate what we are monitoring by adding #tarheelscanner to our tweets. Hash tags or pound signs (#) help to designate the topics for searches.
What is needed to do this?
You don’t need to sign-up for Twitter if you just want to watch messages. Just go to http://search.twitter.com and search for #tarheelscanner. There is an RSS feed that is created from the search if you want to use it.
To send and to automatically search for these messages:
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]Create a twitter account of your own at: http://twitter.com. Be sure to not select the “Protect my updates” for your account.
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]If you want automatic updates, install an application that can easily search twitter messages.
Free desktop applications can be used to monitor the #tarheelscanner messages.
Recommended Desktop Applications
All of these support: Twitter searches and Facebook updates.
Seesmic: Seesmic DESKTOP
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]Supports multiple Twitter accounts
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]Can move everything into one column
AlertThingy: AlertThingy - Your social deskop!
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]Supports multiple Twitter accounts
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]Can move everything into one column
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]Columns can’t be moved around
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]Supports RSS feeds
TweetDeck: Features « TweetDeck
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]Supports only one Twitter Account at a time
There are many more! Twitter Fan Wiki / Apps
What are those special characters I’m seeing? #, @, D, OH, RT
There are different characters that you can include in your tweets to direct messages, etc. Here’s a good article about this and more:
Twitter FAQ: RT, HT, OH Explained. | Brent Ozar - SQL Server DBA
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]#word – Tags the word for easy searching. Using the pound sign before a word is called a "Hashtag". This is what we’re using for messages directed to the group.
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]@username – Message intended for username. The @ symbol means that the message is directed to that user, but it is still sent “in the open” for all to see.
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]d username – Send a message directly to a user. Nobody else will see it.
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]OH “message” - Tweet something OverHeard. Put the message text in quotes.
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]RT: - Re-Tweet. Resending a tweet. Give credit to the person who sent the original tweet using @userid in the message.
Trends tracked from # tweets
Here are a couple of pages that show what people are talking about on Twitter by tracking how often topics are discussed using #:
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]http://hashtags.org - includes graphs and counters
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]http://www.whatthetrend.com - includes Flickr and news stories
Short tutorials
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]CNET – Get Started with Twitter Video: Get started with Twitter | CNET TV - CNET
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]CNET – The Real Deal 152: The Real Deal 152: Intermediate Twitter | Webware - CNET
Ø[FONT="] [/FONT]CNET – Newbie’s Guide: Newbie's guide to Twitter | Webware - CNET
Who Else to Follow:
@Radioreference.com
@RR_LiveAudio
@KE4ZNR (Yours Truly)
@longbch Kelly AE4FG
@RW911 Raleigh/Wake County 911 Incident Feed
Do you have a Twitter account and want to be listed above? Tweet me @KE4ZNR or PM/Email me with the info and I will update the above.
Happy Monitoring!
Marshall @KE4ZNR
