A few weeks ago I noticed a Twitter name for the IDEA2008 Conference held at Chicago’s own Harold Washington Library. Having an interest in the conference I began following “idea2008″ on my feed. As the conference approached I began seeing updates on hotel information, networking, and pre-conference ideas. During the conference it became a quick way to disseminate information, especially to cellphone Followers, and keep updated on the progression of each day. Via the feed speakers were announced and thanked, after-hours networking events were posted, and transportation information was available.
I was also following attendee mstephens7 who was taking notes and jotting ideas via the feed. He switched between making announcements to followers of keyword #IDEA2008 (by inserting this into a post, followers can search by keyword and view all posts that include #IDEA2008) and his own “personal” notes that are public to all followers.
I wasn’t present at the conference, but it was an interesting way to stay up-to-date on its proceedings. Note-taking via Twitter is an interesting concept that should incited future discussion.
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