sla2008 re-tweeter

I have developed a re-tweeter for sla2008 based on the Twitter API and John Eckman's code.  Thanks John!

Starting on Wednesday June 11, 2008, the sla2008 Twitter account will become a re-tweeter.  What's a re-tweeter you ask?  It's simple.  When a follower of sla2008 posts a tweet with the hashtag #sla2008 in their tweet - probably best at the end of the tweet - that tweet will be posted to the sla2008 account.  The username of the person who sent the original tweet will appear at the start of the message followed by a ":".

If your mobile phone or handheld is setup to receive tweets from sla2008 (See Twitter Phone FAQ), you will receive the tweets everyone posts to your phone or handheld.  Also, you can check the sla2008 page directly to read what people have been tweeting about.  They will also appear on your "recent" tab as messages from sla2008.

There will be a 6 minute delay before tweets are re-tweeted.

Re-tweeting is helpful for:

• separating out your sla2008 related tweets from your other tweets
• sending broadcast messages (6 minute delay) to all sla2008 followers
• seeing what sla2008 followers are tweeting about without necessarily having to go to the sla2008 page (you have to have device updates from sla2008 turned on if you want the tweets sent to you)
• creating an archive of tweets on the sla2008 page

This will be an opt-in service.  Only your tweets with the hashtag (#sla2008) will be re-tweeted.

Using a number of tools out there, you can also follow the #sla2008 hashtag:

• Twitter (RSS)
• Summize (RSS)
• Tweetscan
• Hashtags.org

Further Reading

• Introduction to Twitter (SLA Innovation Lab)
• Twitter away at SLA (Daniel Lee aka Yankeeincanada)
• Twitter in Plain English (Common Craft)

Comments

[brianeisley]

What a coincidence, I've done the same thing for ALA's 2008 Annual Conference. Looks like we had the same idea!

Mine works a little differently, though; instead of a hash tag, it takes direct messages. For example, "d ala2008 yourmessage".

You can check mine out at http://twitter.com/ala2008 or get more info at http://www.brianeisley.com/TwitterALA2008/ .

[Cindy]

Daniel - thanks for setting up the twitter, retweets, and this great explanation! Looking forward to the conference and all the connections everyone will be making!