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Video: Twitter Search in Plain English
By leelefever on June 16, 2009 - 3:09pm
Today we released a new video called "Twitter Search in Plain English"
The video uses an metaphor of the small town of "Twitterville." The town has an election and the people use Twitter to track real-time news, a hashtag to organize discussions and trends to find new information.
While it wasn't our intention, the video matches closely with the events currently taking place in Iran, where people are using Twitter to organize and share news about their disputed election.
If you know people who get Twitter, but don't understand things like hashtags and trending topics, this video will help.
Watch Twitter Search in Plain English.
thanks! excellent video
As you mention, this is a timely and useful video -- and helpful for people to get more out of Twitter as well.
And, on a more visual note, I really like the drawings, especially the town. I'm going to have to watch again, because I can tell there are some funny tweets in there!
love it
lee and sachi - another great video. like anastasia said, this one is going to be useful to so many different people. i'll be using it in my classes. thanks!
Fantastic
We were discussing social media in my online class today and the topic of Twitter came up, of course. My instructor was having a difficult time grasping the concept of hash tags. This video will help to explain them to her. Excellent timing.
Things simplified
I too find it difficult to understand the jargon, but now its much easier.
Twitter Search Explained
As always you give such great content in a short presentation that is lively and understandable.
Another job well done. Thank you! I am going to tweet it!
really enjoyed your videos!!
as a diy musician, i was turned onto your site by ariel hyatt's book,
"music success in nine weeks." i really appreciate your clear, concise videos; especially those that helped clarify the world of web 2.0. keep up the good work!
Twitter
Great metaphor for twitter!
Thank you
I love these videos and am sending my family to your website to help them catch up to the internet way of life.
I am also learning something about teaching....and I am in my second career...teaching my profession. Thank you!
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This is absolutely great. Having a hard time how this buzz about Twitter really works. Thanks for making such an nice presentation. This really gives me a complete heads up.
Jonathan,
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