Twitter Twittering* for Work & Health • http://twitter.com/ * (and Plurking) PF Anderson, Emerging Technologies Librarian, Health Sciences Libraries, University of Michigan, [email protected] July 15, 2008 Twitter lifecycle Twitter is … • Twitter is a type of tool • Twitter = Microblogging (sort of) • Microblogging ≠ Twitter • Microblogging = (Twitter OR Jaiku OR Pownce OR Plurk OR Tumblr) • http://cogdoghouse.wikispaces.com/TwitterCycle Twitter is … • for friends • for news • for current events • for crisis response • for silliness • for intelligent discussion Twitter for • like fishing • like sex productivity • like a chatroom • a microblogging tool • an RSS feed generator • • the social search engine • and what else? we’ve all been waiting for 1 Twitter + time management Twitter + task management Twitter + calendar Twitter + weather Twitter + traffic More 2 Twitter + health news Twitter for discovery Twitter + health Twitter + health news news Today’s buzz – Google Health Twitter + health legislation • HR 2790 – Physician Assistants 3 Today’s buzz – Google Health Today’s buzz - Google Health • attillacsordas Today’s buzz - Google Health Today’s buzz - Google Health • dporter • laktek Today’s buzz - Google Health Today’s buzz - Google Health • Google • Google API 4 Twitter + science Using Twitter in health & healthcare Twitter + doctors Twitter + nurses Twitter + Telemedicine + Twitter + dentists Second Opinion 5 Twitter + activism Twitter + make a difference Twitter + exercise Twitter + health tracking • “Tweet your pain” Twitter + food tracking Twitter + blood sugar tracking 6 Twitter + dieting Twitter + dieting + support Twitter + smoking cessation Twitter + smoking cessation Twitter + disaster & crisis Twitter + cancer preparedness 7 Twitter + emergency response Twitter + personal crisis • surgery Twitter + personal crisis Twitter + personal crisis • Twittering • Momku birth writes poetry during birth Twitter + education using Twitter + teaching health feeds 8 Twitter + events & topics Join the conversation • Twemes.com for hashtags • Conference tracking Find folks to follow: Twitter Find folks to follow: Twellow Twitter search - Flaptor Twitter search - Summize 9 Twitter buys Summize Plurking, too! Plurk Plurk Conversations Plurk + Workshop = Plurkshop Plurkshops 10 Want more? • http://del.icio.us/rosefirerising/twitter+he alth 11.