Serenityanne made a good suggestion in another thread. She wondered if we could use Twitter to send updates from the kickoff at IHOP for those who weren't able to come out at midnight.
I know nothing about Twitter, but I like the idea of using Twitter or some other live chat to provide realtime updates and allow for word wars, etc. for those who aren't able to make it to the write-ins. We have a region that extend far beyond ND and members who have already said that they may not be able to make it to many write-ins. But I like the idea of including people in the writing frenzy that is a write-in.
I do email and Facebook and that's about the extent of my internet-socializing. Does anyone else have a suggestion or way to set this up?
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Oct 28, 2009 - 09 48
In Rhode Island we have a Twitter account for this same purpose. I don't really know how it works in practice since we haven't done our first event yet. But I really like the idea because I would love to stay connected to you folks even though I'm not around.
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Oct 28, 2009 - 10 13
A twitter account is "per person"... doesn't make sense for a whole group to have access to one account.
Would it not make more sense to have everyone search for a particular code, like #nwnd, in their posts?
For instance. I have a twitter account. (http://twitter.com/jdstorer2, in case you're curious) On the right hand side, there's a "search" box. If you type #nanowrimo in there, you'll see that people are already posting about NaNo. You can then "Save this search" with the link at the top of the results, and it will appear under the search box.
That way, people can keep track of anyone posting, under their own accounts, about any NaNo-related events (essentially, every post would have to include, somewhere, #nwnd) and then contribute to the discussion.
Or they don't even have to have an account, they can view it from the home page by typing #nwnd into the "search" field.
(In case you are curious, replies are done by starting a tweet with @username... for example, to direct a tweet at me: "@jdstorer2 How are you today?")
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Oct 28, 2009 - 10 39
My thinking on the twitter page would be that either of the ML's for our regional group, or one person who is going to be in attendence at the events would be the single person with access to the actual twitter account for posting real-time updates on what's going on @ events and even adding new calander items, etc. Everyone else could subscribe to the RSS feed for updates posted to the page and also make replies to them (if they have a twitter account) in that way everybody could participate even when unable to travel to attend events in person. If as you suggested do a search in twitter for all posts containing #nwnd, there is the possibilty of getting tons of unrelated posts that most would surely not want to wade through. I was just looking for a way for myself and others who cannot make the trip to IHOP to still get in on the excitement of kicking off what I hope will be best selling novels for each of us come Nov 30th;]
r
Would it not make more sense to have everyone search for a particular code, like #nwnd, in their posts?
For instance. I have a twitter account. (http://twitter.com/jdstorer2, in case you're curious) On the right hand side, there's a "search" box. If you type #nanowrimo in there, you'll see that people are already posting about NaNo. You can then "Save this search" with the link at the top of the results, and it will appear under the search box.
That way, people can keep track of anyone posting, under their own accounts, about any NaNo-related events (essentially, every post would have to include, somewhere, #nwnd) and then contribute to the discussion.
Or they don't even have to have an account, they can view it from the home page by typing #nwnd into the "search" field.
(In case you are curious, replies are done by starting a tweet with @username... for example, to direct a tweet at me: "@jdstorer2 How are you today?")
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Oct 28, 2009 - 10 41
My thinking on the twitter page would be that either of the ML's for our regional group, or one person who is going to be in attendence at the events would be the single person with access to the actual twitter account for posting real-time updates on what's going on @ events and even adding new calander items, etc. Everyone else could subscribe to the RSS feed for updates posted to the page and also make replies to them (if they have a twitter account) in that way everybody could participate even when unable to travel to attend events in person. If as you suggested do a search in twitter for all posts containing #nwnd, there is the possibilty of getting tons of unrelated posts that most would surely not want to wade through. I was just looking for a way for myself and others who cannot make the trip to IHOP to still get in on the excitement of kicking off what I hope will be best selling novels for each of us come Nov 30th;]
r
Would it not make more sense to have everyone search for a particular code, like #nwnd, in their posts?
For instance. I have a twitter account. (http://twitter.com/jdstorer2, in case you're curious) On the right hand side, there's a "search" box. If you type #nanowrimo in there, you'll see that people are already posting about NaNo. You can then "Save this search" with the link at the top of the results, and it will appear under the search box.
That way, people can keep track of anyone posting, under their own accounts, about any NaNo-related events (essentially, every post would have to include, somewhere, #nwnd) and then contribute to the discussion.
Or they don't even have to have an account, they can view it from the home page by typing #nwnd into the "search" field.
(In case you are curious, replies are done by starting a tweet with @username... for example, to direct a tweet at me: "@jdstorer2 How are you today?")
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Oct 28, 2009 - 10 41
My thinking on the twitter page would be that either of the ML's for our regional group, or one person who is going to be in attendence at the events would be the single person with access to the actual twitter account for posting real-time updates on what's going on @ events and even adding new calander items, etc. Everyone else could subscribe to the RSS feed for updates posted to the page and also make replies to them (if they have a twitter account) in that way everybody could participate even when unable to travel to attend events in person. If as you suggested do a search in twitter for all posts containing #nwnd, there is the possibilty of getting tons of unrelated posts that most would surely not want to wade through. I was just looking for a way for myself and others who cannot make the trip to IHOP to still get in on the excitement of kicking off what I hope will be best selling novels for each of us come Nov 30th;]
r
Would it not make more sense to have everyone search for a particular code, like #nwnd, in their posts?
For instance. I have a twitter account. (http://twitter.com/jdstorer2, in case you're curious) On the right hand side, there's a "search" box. If you type #nanowrimo in there, you'll see that people are already posting about NaNo. You can then "Save this search" with the link at the top of the results, and it will appear under the search box.
That way, people can keep track of anyone posting, under their own accounts, about any NaNo-related events (essentially, every post would have to include, somewhere, #nwnd) and then contribute to the discussion.
Or they don't even have to have an account, they can view it from the home page by typing #nwnd into the "search" field.
(In case you are curious, replies are done by starting a tweet with @username... for example, to direct a tweet at me: "@jdstorer2 How are you today?")
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Oct 28, 2009 - 10 44
Sorry All! I am not sure why my comment was copied 3X's.
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Oct 28, 2009 - 10 53
I'm not trying to incite any irritation on anyone's part. It just doesn't make sense to me that one person, who may or may not be at every event, to post updates for the whole group. I suspect we'll all have many meetings throughout November which will be separate from the whole group, and I was simply planning ahead for those times.
And we can always choose something unique. That's what the #code is for - separating out posts that only matter to you. We can make the string more complex, like #NaNoWriMoND2009 or #nnwmnd2009... Just an idea.
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Oct 28, 2009 - 11 50
I guess I'm confused as to using Twitter for NaNo at all. What can we do there that we can't designate threads for in the forums? (I promise not to delete them, unless they're Jade's.)
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Oct 28, 2009 - 11 53
I can already see this forum becoming slower as time goes on. I can imagine that it will be pretty slow during NaNo. I've heard Amanda tell of the servers being down last year. It makes sense to plan ahead.
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Oct 28, 2009 - 11 58
Should we make use of Twitter, I do like John's idea of using codes, or whatever. This way, anyone can contribute to a "conversation," and those of us without it can observe from afar. ;-) It also makes it much easier for someone to be able to report from each event, since different people can do so.
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Oct 28, 2009 - 12 46
I like your suggestion of a more complex code. That would reduce the chances of getting junk posts like someone having a Mork&Mindy moment and writing NaNo NaNo.
Quote: And we can always choose something unique. That's what the #code is for
- separating out posts that only matter to you. We can make the string
more complex, like #NaNoWriMoND2009 or #nnwmnd2009... Just an idea.
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Oct 28, 2009 - 12 51
The other advantage to using a code is that it take the responsibility off of a single person to provide updates. Rather than one person having to remember to update those who aren't at the write-ins, everyone who twitters can provide their own news and updates.
We didn't do Twitter in Edinburgh, but we'd have word wars via email with out-of-town members who couldn't be at write-ins. It was a cumbersome way to go about it and I can see something like that being fun to twitter at a write-in.
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Oct 28, 2009 - 17 41
This is why we need Google Wave! If anyone has an invite this would be a great way to use it.
I'm very new and didn't make it to the meet up on Sunday, but I do like the idea of the Twitter hashtag. That way anyone with a Twitter account can tweet anything they want, and people can follow even if they aren't on Twitter. My username on Twitter is muttersome, by the way.
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Oct 28, 2009 - 18 08
"Tweet". That's the right verb. So people who use Twitter do not "twitter". Disregard my improper verb usage throughout this thread. What is the name for a someone who tweets? Tweeter? Twitterer?