May 12, 2015
Creating a network
Microblogging
• Twitter, Jaiku, Facebook updates• http://twitter.com, search for Salford• 140 character limit• Web links• Many clients for PCs and mobile devices
– Tweetdeck, Tweeties, etc.• Upload pictures and link e.g.Twitpic• Link to audio e.g. via Audioboo
• http://www.neuroproductions.be/twitter_friends_network_browser/
Twitter networks
• Build a trusted network
• Give and take– Link posted by trusted node ‘better than
search’– Amongst social noise, questions asked and
answered
• Stream flows by – can’t see it all
• Assume all is public
Visualising networks
• Understand 1st and 2nd order connections– Can utilise 1st order connections to get in
touch with 2nd order connections
• Can use as aid to trimming and growing network
Frances Bell Facebook Friend Wheel Sep 2007, see http://francesbell.com/2007/09/07/18/
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Frances Bell Facebook Friend Wheel October 2009
Issues
• Digital identity / profile• Symmetry of connection
– Compare Facebook and Twitter
• Public / private• Social/ business/ professional
– I explored this here http://francesbell.com/2009/07/23/moving-between-categories-in-online-identity/#more-262
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My bookmarks online
Getting started in Delicious
• Explore, join, bookmark and tag• http://delicious.com/francesbell
Networking in Social Bookmarking
Asymmetry, eavesdropping/overlooking, group work, shared vocabulary http://delicious.com/network/francesbell
How does your personal network influence finding and sharing behaviours?
Findinglinks
Saving/ sharinglinks
Network influences volume
Network influences impact
2 virtuous circles if finding/sharingStrength is in overlap
Delicious
Putting it all together
• Understand RSS
• Set up iGoogle page
• (Demo) http://www.google.co.uk/ig
Now go off and try it out