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Twitter for Dummies – Part 1: more than a microblog

Last week, @gaurisalokhe invited Jon from (AidWorker Daily) and I as guest speakers in a short FAO info session about micro blogging.
I realized how difficult it is to explain what this social media phenomenon really is all about. Does “Twitter is a micro-blogging tool” associate it too much with “blogging”: “I publish, you [...]

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Twitter for Dummies – Part 2: Twitter, the social community tool

In the previous post, I elaborated what I use Twitter for, both at work and for my personal sites.
So what is this “Twitter”-thingie then, hey? How can I explain Twitter as a social community tool rather than a blogging tool…? Well try these approaches:
How to explain Twitter? Think of Skype, but different!
You know instant messengers [...]

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Twitter for Dummies – Part 3: The parts that makes Twitter work

In part 1 of this series, I described what I use Twitter for. In part 2, I highlighted Twitter as a social networking tool.
In this post, we will go slightly more technical: looking at the parts in the engine that make Twitter really useful.

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Twitter for Dummies – part 4: The Geeky Art of Nerdy Tweets

You have successfully created your Twitter account. You read part 1 of this series and have some pretty good idea what you will use Twitter for. You understand the importance of building social communities, and which tools can help you with those tasks…
And then… the blank Twitter prompt is staring in your face. What to [...]

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What is “Social Media”?

I found 10 excellent presentations about Social Media on econsultancy.com. Here is one which gives an excellent all-round introduction into the world of Social Media:

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What is RSS and what can you do with it?

There are a number of ways you can subscribe to, or get automatic updates from any site. Mostly people use our RSS feed.
What is it, and what can it do for you, as a reader or as a blogger?
1. What is RSS?
RSS or “Really Simple Syndication” is a technology used by millions of web [...]

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