Twittering at MLA 2008
There are a number of medical libraryfolk using Twitter, so I thought it might be fun if we were able to conveniently send each other short messages during MLA 2008. All I had to do was set up the MLA2008 account and register it with GroupTweet.
Here’s how you can join in:
1. Go to http://twitter.com/ and sign up for a free acount
2. Go to http://twitter.com/mla2008 and click “Follow.” Shortly thereafter, you’ll receive notifcation that the MLA2008 account is also following you.
3. When you want to send a message to ALL the medical libraryfolk who follow the MLA2008 Twitter account, type: D MLA2008 [Your message here].
The MLA2008 account will take this direct message and tweet it so all who are following MLA2008 receive it.
If you want, you can set up your mobile phone/device to receive tweets (silently or on vibrate when in a session, please- be polite and considerate) and use it to organize or gather information.
Nikki Dettmar today used it to let us know where there was good, free WiFi not far from the Hyatt:
Questions? Check Twitter’s documentation or leave questions in the comments below. 
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December 31st, 1969 at 11:59 pm
@lwu5 @shamsha anyone here on MLA 09 or have MLA clout? @davidlrothman took lead on @MLA08 which morphed into @medlibs http://is.gd/k0t6
May 16th, 2008 at 10:50 am
[...] His easy to follow instructions for getting started are at davidrothman.net. [...]
May 20th, 2008 at 6:53 am
[...] · Twittering at MLA 2008 (David Rothman) [...]
May 26th, 2008 at 1:21 am
I looked at using GroupTweet a while ago, and apart from the privacy concerns:
http://www.grouptweet.com/pages/privacy
there just seemed to be too much overhead in setting it up – it just wasn’t worth it.
A FriendFeed Room is a much better way to do something like this now.
May 26th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Really can’t agree, AJ. Set up was quick and easy. Also, there are no privacy concerns, just users who failed to read the instructions.
We had great success using it at the MLA 2008 event.
May 26th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
[...] Well, I think the MLA2008 GroupTweet I set up can be called a success. Patricia Anderson did an analysis of its use during the Plenary IV Session that makes very interesting reading. [...]