Everyone, I did a search for "museum" on Twitter a few weeks back and found about two dozen museums. I've been on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/jims ) for about a year or so and frankly haven't done too many updates.
An interesting way to use Twitter is to set up auto-posting via a service like TwitterFeed. This will automatically post blog postings or other information from RSS Feeds. This could be useful for museums that have RSS feeds for blogs, events, Flickr groups, or dynamic collections. I blogged about Twitter feed two weeks ago. I http://www.ideum.com/blog/2008/09/05/using-twitterfeed-to-update-twitter/ TwitterFeed requires OpenID, so you will need to set up an account if you don't have one already.I use TwitterFeed in conjunction with more personalize posts. Another way to update microblogs is Ping.fm (http://ping.fm/). This allow you to update multiple accounts simultaneously. Best. Jim Jim Spadaccini Ideum "ideas + media" 4895 1/2 Corrales Road Corrales, NM 87048 phone: 505-792-1110 fax: 505-792-1111 portfolio & blog: http://www.ideum.com Try RSS Mixer: http://www.rssmixer.com On Sep 18, 2008, at 6:25 AM, Beck Tench wrote: > We're using Twitter at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC. > I'm trying to make it a "what it's like to be at the museum everyday" > snack bite of information. We've got about 70 followers in a little > over two months. > > I've tweeted with a visitor while he was here and we ran a #hanna > tweet experiment, asking folks to tweet their weather conditions using > the Beaufort scale (which is something we have an exhibit on). We've > also had a retweet of a particularly funny animal dept. blog post and > I have tracked traffic on our site relative to tweet days/times and > we're seeing small spikes. > > http://twitter.com/lifeandscience > > Small successes, but they've all been "feel good" ones. > > Beck Tench > Director of Web Experience > Museum of Life + Science > http://lifeandscience.org > (919) 475-3421 > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Chuck Patch <chuck.patch at gmail.com> > wrote: >> Hi Perian, >> >> One potential use of Twitter that may only be relevant to folks >> living in >> disaster-prone areas is for post -disaster communications. I wish >> we had >> this following Katrina a few years ago when the cell network was on >> its >> knees for weeks. Here's a video that describes its use for that >> purpose: >> >> http://tinyurl.com/yq93w2<https://204.213.35.27/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://tinyurl.com/yq93w2 >> >> > >> >> Chuck Patch >> >> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Smith, Koven <Koven.Smith at metmuseum.org >> >wrote: >> >>> The Brooklyn Museum (@brooklynmuseum) and Columbus Museum of Art >>> (@columbusmuseum) are both using Twitter to communicate with their >>> audiences. Brooklyn Museum's stream has pointed me to some really >>> interesting stuff over the past year. >>> >>> Incidentally, I've been playing with Twitter Stream Graphs of late, >>> which is actually how I discovered the Columbus Museum of Art's >>> stream: >>> http://www.neoformix.com/Projects/TwitterStreamGraphs/view.php >>> Twitter >>> Stream Graphs parses out the relevant concepts from tweets, >>> aggregates >>> them, and graphs them over time, so you can see what people are >>> posting >>> about and when. I graphed "Metropolitan Museum of Art" just to >>> see what >>> was interesting about us to the Twitter community, and found a >>> relative >>> paucity of postings until the opening of the Poiret show in late >>> August, >>> then a settling down again, followed by a huge explosion in postings >>> when our new director was named. >>> >>> I guess it's a little geeky, but still really fascinating. >>> >>> Koven J. Smith >>> Associate Manager of Interpretive Technology >>> The Metropolitan Museum of Art >>> 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10028-0198 >>> (212) 396-5063 >>> koven.smith at metmuseum.org >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On >>> Behalf Of >>> Anna Holloway >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:19 PM >>> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv >>> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Twitter? >>> >>> We've experimented with Twitter, Pounce, Tumblr and Plurk - but >>> only as >>> a means for communicating with staff and interns to this point. >>> We're >>> hoping to launch a Mariners' tweet later in the fall - but so far >>> we've >>> only used it internally. >>> >>> That said, there's definite potential there to keep visitors/members >>> engaged! >>> >>> >>> >>> Anna Holloway, Vice President, Collections & Programs The Mariners' >>> Museum 757-591-7740 >>> 757-591-7312 (fax) >>> >>> The USS Monitor Center - Now Open!!! >>> An Ironclad Promise of Adventure >>> visit us at www.marinersmuseum.org >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On >>> Behalf Of >>> Perian Sully >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:12 PM >>> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv >>> Subject: [MCN-L] Twitter? >>> >>> Alright, alright, I'm slow to the game, but are any of your >>> institutions >>> using Twitter to communicate with your audience? I haven't used it >>> myself, and only just set up an account to try and check it out. >>> >>> >>> >>> How is it working for you? Is it one-way communication between you >>> and >>> your followers, or are they able to interact with you in some way? >>> How >>> have you found this to be effective? >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks in advance for any help or insight! >>> >>> >>> >>> Perian Sully >>> >>> Collection Information and New Media Coordinator >>> >>> Judah L. Magnes Museum >>> >>> 2911 Russell St. >>> >>> Berkeley, CA 94705 >>> >>> Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 >>> >>> Fax: 510-849-3673 >>> >>> http://www.magnes.org >>> >>> http://www.musematic.org >>> >>> http://www.mediaandtechnology.org >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >>> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >>> >>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>> >>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >>> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >>> >>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>> >>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >>> Computer >>> Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >>> >>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>> >>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >> >> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >> >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >> > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
