Category: Geeky Stuff

Uses for Twitter

24 January 2008 0

Thanks to Brenda for the heads up on this article about academic uses for Twitter – raises all sorts of possibilities inside organisations as well. If only we could get some of the more pedestrian ones to recognise the possibilities around social media instead of fearing that staff will ‘waste company time’.

By Viv McWaters

Tuesday morning inspiration

22 January 2008 0

On a surfing trip through the blogosphere I found these inspiring: From Stephen Shapiro: When individuals are incented to “do the right thing” rather than hitting targets, you will find increased creativity, improved performance, and a happier workforce. From ChangeThis: a manifesto about ‘Ideacide’ – why ideas die and what you can do to pitch…

By Viv McWaters

Twitter

21 January 2008 2

OK – I’ve finally succumbed and joined Twitter. My friend Johnnie Moore says ‘it’s like water cooler conversations for those of us who work alone’. And he also describes it as ‘nano blogging’ (cos you can only use up to 140 characters per post). He’s written some interesting blogs about Twitter too – so if…

By Viv McWaters