Here in Central Manchester we too are prohibited from accessing Twitter, and I have no experience of it in the outside world. But with regard to emails I found the attached article very useful and have implemented many of the ideas - rules to divert certain emails out of the inbox and into a separate folder are great to help ensure that some of the less important things (from a time perspective with regard to need to know and action) don't distract from the daily grind, e.g. journal TOCs and mailbase items (!).
Is Twitter the one with posts of up to only 140 characters? That's me out with this message then, and certainly some of our more lengthy contributors ... sign me up! ;-)
Chris
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From: Clinical biochemistry discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Webster Craig
Sent: 22 September 2011 12:07
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Subject: Re: Twitter
I'm in a similar situation and the only one thats "stuck" is twitter.
This is a question been floated by the ACB (and perhaps many other organisations) particularly with regard how can they use them effectively, and now i guess, do they need to use them? I'd really be interested to get views on this.
Do we have any information on demographics, subscription rates etc for the mailbase? I'm not suggesting a replacement, just an adjunct to existing methods of communication.
My personal take on this is that email is distracting, can be difficult to manage etc. It is made easier by following the rules expanded on this site:
http://www.43folders.com/2007/07/25/merlins-inbox-zero-talk
twitter in particular seems like a more passive experience where I can control when I look and deal with stuff. Although is helped by turning off all email notifications and changing your check for email time in the mail client to 15 mins or so.
Cheers
Craig
On 22 Sep 2011, at 11:57, Jonathan Kay wrote:
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> I have accounts on every social media system I can find. I can't understand them without using them. And I can't discuss them with my informatics students without understanding them.
>
> I never use Twitter beyond that attempt to understand it.
>
> But now I have an iPhone in my pocket I don't need much more than email.
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>
> On 22 Sep 2011, at 11:50, Webster Craig wrote:
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>> Anyone use twitter? would people find it useful to have links to news etc via a twitter feed rather than going though the group and email?
>>
>> Best Wishes
>> Craig
>>
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