Comments on: Edmonton Twitter evolution continues

By: Tys von Gaza

Tys von Gaza — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:11:22 +0000

Also had a twitter account for a while but didn't start using it until recently. The smart phone makes it easier that is for sure! For me the initial use is to connect with other developers to get the latest buzz on what is going on in the development communities I belong too.

However with the push by the other local twitters my use is changing to keep in touch with local people that I would only interact every couple of months. It is an interesting tool and I'm curious how it will continue to evolve.

Tys (@tvongaza)

By: Edmonton Fire Radio

Edmonton Fire Radio — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:03:48 +0000

We are taking a little different approach to how we use twitter. Our website hosts an audio feed for the Edmonton Fire Rescue Services, letting people listen in to emergency crews as they battle a fire, deal with a major accident on our roadways, etc. What Twitter has brought to the table is a new way for us to let people know that something is going on and they can tune in and listen to news in the making.

Not everything that we post is a 4 alarm fire and we aren’t at the computer 24/7 so not every event is posted to our twitter account. But we hope that people are able to use the service as a heads up that something is happening and avoid that particular area so the men and women that put their lives on the line to keep us and our families out of harms way can do their job.

http://twitter.com/EdmtnFireRadio

By: Edmonton Fire Radio

Edmonton Fire Radio — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:03:00 +0000

http://twitter.com/EdmtnFireRadio

By: Greg Gazin - GadgetGuy

Greg Gazin - GadgetGuy — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:39:46 +0000

I like YEG – or using the aiport codes. This way if people didn’t know what #hashtag to use they could look it up. In fact Google recognizes them immediately.

I vote for #YEG

Greg for YEG!

By: Greg Gazin - GadgetGuy

Greg Gazin - GadgetGuy — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:39:00 +0000

I like YEG – or using the aiport codes. This way if people didn’t know what #hashtag to use they could look it up. In fact Google recognizes them immediately.

I vote for #YEG

Greg for YEG!

By: Walter Schwabe

Walter Schwabe — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:07:35 +0000

Jon, I had the exact same reaction initially. Airport codes are being used across twitter in much the same way. One thing is for sure #yeg is universally and solely recognized as Edmonton. Outside of Edmonton, #edm could be applied to other things…thanks for stopping by.

Have your say here regarding the #yeg vs #edm debate once and for all… with a vote: http://you-vs-me.com/yeg-vs-edm

By: Walter Schwabe

Walter Schwabe — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:07:00 +0000

Have your say here regarding the #yeg vs #edm debate once and for all… with a vote: http://you-vs-me.com/yeg-vs-edm

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:02:50 +0000

I’m a twiter lover, distressed at the use of a hashtag which should be used to represent the airport, being used for the city of Edmonton. #edm would make SO much more sense.

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:02:00 +0000

I’m a twiter lover, distressed at the use of a hashtag which should be used to represent the airport, being used for the city of Edmonton. #edm would make SO much more sense.

By: Carla Putnam

Carla Putnam — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:10:55 +0000

I want to be a Creator, but I’m a Joiner, I think. I really need to install my new digital camera software on my ailing laptop…

As a new Twitter user, I’ve found the rate at which news spreads to be incredible. I received info from Lynda Steele and iNews880 about the Edmonton fires over the last week as it was happening. Those of us in #yeg actually managed to make the tag trend as a result!

Twitter is awesome, and I wish I’d joined before!

@CarlaPR

By: Carla Putnam

Carla Putnam — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:10:00 +0000

I want to be a Creator, but I’m a Joiner, I think. I really need to install my new digital camera software on my ailing laptop…

Twitter is awesome, and I wish I’d joined before!

@CarlaPR

By: Rachel Singh

Rachel Singh — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:55:00 +0000

Each day I am on Twitter I am also struck by the thought of how much I enjoy Twitter BECAUSE of all the new relationships I’ve built/am building. So many interesting people, many of whom have great passion and vision for the things they are involved with.

Re: Social Technographics Ladder, I find your take interesting – I am constantly thinking about this myself as my background is in social anthropology/digital ethnography.

By: Rachel Singh

Rachel Singh — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:55:00 +0000

Re: Social Technographics Ladder, I find your take interesting – I am constantly thinking about this myself as my background is in social anthropology/digital ethnography.

By: Allie Wojtaszek

Allie Wojtaszek — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:05 +0000

I refuse to fit into any group. Unless there is a non-conformist group.

Seriously though, I just tweet.

@AllieW

By: Allie Wojtaszek

Allie Wojtaszek — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

I refuse to fit into any group. Unless there is a non-conformist group.

Seriously though, I just tweet.

@AllieW

By: Katrina Regan-Ingram

Katrina Regan-Ingram — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:59:19 +0000

Correction to my post….I meant MLA’s not MPs (though that’s likely to happen too). Thanks to Tony for noticing!

By: Katrina Regan-Ingram

Katrina Regan-Ingram — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:59:00 +0000

Correction to my post….I meant MLA’s not MPs (though that’s likely to happen too). Thanks to Tony for noticing!

By: Walter Schwabe

Walter Schwabe — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:51:12 +0000

Brittney, love it…now if we can get the same smart reaction to happen with other media outlets we’d have a ball-game. I knew you guys were a breed apart….way to go @iNews880.

By: Walter Schwabe

Walter Schwabe — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:51:00 +0000

Brittney, love it…now if we can get the same smart reaction to happen with other media outlets we’d have a ball-game. I knew you guys were a breed apart….way to go @iNews880.

By: Brittney Le Blanc

Brittney Le Blanc — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 08:10:50 +0000

Try again with @iNews880 Walter… we’re working on getting it more interactive. We’ve been responding, posting pictures, and taking news/traffic tips through the account lately. We can’t respond to all… but we’re getting better.

By: Brittney Le Blanc

Brittney Le Blanc — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 08:10:00 +0000

By: Walter Schwabe

Walter Schwabe — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:52:43 +0000

Great comment Brittney!

I have to think that @iNews880 is concerned with ensuring that when it reports on the news it’s taken seriously as a trusted news source and not considered a joke. Yet, that particular account is simply about one-way broadcasting, it’s a “spectator,” I learned this because when I try to communicate with @iNews880 I get no response and so I accept that silence and continue to follow – that’s a choice based on understanding. The purpose of this post is less about the act of assigning some type of “label” and more about understanding the little things related to how we use the platform and associated tendencies. These details determine culture, expose levels of influence, credibility and codes of conduct etc…this information (i believe) helps us make decisions.

Thank-you to you and all others who continue to comment.

By: Walter Schwabe

Walter Schwabe — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:52:00 +0000

Great comment Brittney!

Thank-you to you and all others who continue to comment.

By: Doug Elniski

Doug Elniski — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:00:03 +0000

I look at my twitter stats and I think, who are these people and why are they following me? But as one of the legislatures early twitters and subject to some recent “house discipline” I find it a very interesting way to find out what’s on peoples minds without having to dig through a lot of junk. This is a useful tool and I am hoping to keep the dialogue relevant

By: Doug Elniski

Doug Elniski — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:00:00 +0000

By: Brittney Le Blanc

Brittney Le Blanc — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:22:39 +0000

It ate my comment yesterday — and it was much more well put… so I apologize as I try to rework those same thoughts out again. Probably incoherently due to the cold meds.

I find it interesting that everyone seems to be searching for these labels. What sort of twitterer are you? Do you post this sort of thing? Are you a linker? Do you connect with people? To what extent do you branch out to your surrounding community?

I’m not big on labels. One of the reasons I enjoy Twitter as much as I do is that it’s fluid. One week you’ll be very much a Joiner – then next you’ll be a Creator or Critic… The use a person gets out of it is very evolving, like Twitter itself is. A person can go from discussing their favourite flavour of Kool Aid to issues facing society in a matter of moments.

I think that sort of fluid nature makes Twitter, and the people on it, hard to label. (For the most part).

Labels or no labels, I’m very excited to see how this community continues to grow and where we’ll go in the future.

@britl

By: Brittney Le Blanc

Brittney Le Blanc — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:22:00 +0000

It ate my comment yesterday — and it was much more well put… so I apologize as I try to rework those same thoughts out again. Probably incoherently due to the cold meds.

I think that sort of fluid nature makes Twitter, and the people on it, hard to label. (For the most part).

Labels or no labels, I’m very excited to see how this community continues to grow and where we’ll go in the future.

@britl

By: Tony Ratcliffe

Tony Ratcliffe — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:23:08 +0000

If I have to pick one category, it is Creator; however, I would like to have more choices. Perhaps that is leading me toward Critic

From my studies by and about distance learning, I became familiar with the development of learning communities. WIthin the Twitter community, I see a number of sub communities. For example, one financial advisor in the USA has developed a forum to bring us together. Others have offered advice on my research interests relating to the insurance industry. Also, I see the various hobbies (including photography) and the rapidly growing presence of the community of media personalities. Relating to the latter, those that participate will help the community grow. Those that insist on broadcasting with no interactive participation will be seen as just a news feed. When we have enough, we will stop following.

@TonyRatcliffe

By: Tony Ratcliffe

Tony Ratcliffe — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:23:00 +0000

If I have to pick one category, it is Creator; however, I would like to have more choices. Perhaps that is leading me toward Critic

@TonyRatcliffe

By: Katrina Regan-Ingram

Katrina Regan-Ingram — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:39:47 +0000

I agree with the whole Twitter evolution in the local landscape – media in particular. At CKUA, we had two announcers – David Ward and Kevin Wilson – start Twitter accounts recently. And when you hear that Ken Kowalski is having a hard time controlling Twittering MPs – you know it’s going mainstream.

By: Katrina Regan-Ingram

Katrina Regan-Ingram — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:39:00 +0000

By: Jerry Aulenbach, REALTOR®, BEd

Jerry Aulenbach, REALTOR®, BEd — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:48:47 +0000

Anyone that says they’re not interested in Twitter because they prefer meeting ‘real people’ obviously never attended a Social Web Meetup or Democamp.
http://www.meetup.com/The-Social-Web-Meetup
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/group.php?sid=56fddf5e76333283efec5d39c42556b2&gid=45468727190

I love Edmonton!

-Jerry

http://twitter.com/ZoomJer

By: Jerry Aulenbach, REALTOR®, BEd

Jerry Aulenbach, REALTOR®, BEd — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:48:00 +0000

I love Edmonton!

-Jerry

http://twitter.com/ZoomJer

By: Adam Patterson

Adam Patterson — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:28:15 +0000

I think i’m a Creator,

@adampatterson

By: Adam Patterson

Adam Patterson — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:28:00 +0000

I think i’m a Creator,

@adampatterson

By: Crystal Sherris

Crystal Sherris — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:17:17 +0000

Oops @crystalsherris

By: Crystal Sherris

Crystal Sherris — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:17:00 +0000

Oops @crystalsherris

By: Crystal Sherris

Crystal Sherris — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:16:35 +0000

I am also very happy to be part of Edmontons Tweeters! i look forward to the evolution.

By: Crystal Sherris

Crystal Sherris — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:16:00 +0000

I am also very happy to be part of Edmontons Tweeters! i look forward to the evolution.

By: Doug Kyle

Doug Kyle — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:08:30 +0000

It’ll be interesting to see how it continues to evolve. I’m looking forward to future Tweetups and Twestivals both to see how much of an impact they see as a result of the recent attention, and to see how many different types of Tweetups emerge due to a larger audience representing a more diverse set of interests.

Good post!

@DougKyle

By: Doug Kyle

Doug Kyle — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:08:00 +0000

Good post!

@DougKyle

By: Adam Rozenhart

Adam Rozenhart — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:58:35 +0000

Hahahahaha, my comment should say “… people I’m becoming involved with professionally…” I’m not sure why I threw the “not” in there. Must be the coffee-crack.

By: Adam Rozenhart

Adam Rozenhart — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:58:00 +0000

Hahahahaha, my comment should say “… people I’m becoming involved with professionally…” I’m not sure why I threw the “not” in there. Must be the coffee-crack.

By: Walter Schwabe

Walter Schwabe — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:54:30 +0000

I want to apologize to those who posted comments and lost them here. We were attacked today and the site was down for approximately 30 mins or so…during that time we lost some comments. I’m hoping that you’ll return and let us know what you think of the above content. Clearly #yeg folks are passionate about social media and Twitter, which is exactly what I’ve witnessed…

Thank-you for your patience today…
Walter

By: Walter Schwabe

Walter Schwabe — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:54:00 +0000

Thank-you for your patience today…
Walter

By: Adam Rozenhart

Adam Rozenhart — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:38:47 +0000

The thing that floors me about Twitter is the high degree of collaboration. Over the past two months, I’ve connected with people I’m not becoming involved with professionally, and it’s opened so many doors to new opportunities.

A great example is the coffee fail whale I crowdsourced as a lark. It’s turned into a [very minor] phenomenon. Where else would this have been possible?

By: Adam Rozenhart

Adam Rozenhart — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:38:00 +0000

A great example is the coffee fail whale I crowdsourced as a lark. It’s turned into a [very minor] phenomenon. Where else would this have been possible?

By: Shauna McConechy

Shauna McConechy — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:59:15 +0000

I really enjoyed this post. Outlining and categorizing Alberta’s Tweeters is taking the sociological aspect of Twitter to another level. Good stuff.

By: Shauna McConechy

Shauna McConechy — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:59:00 +0000

I really enjoyed this post. Outlining and categorizing Alberta’s Tweeters is taking the sociological aspect of Twitter to another level. Good stuff.

By: Alain Saffel

Alain Saffel — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:50:29 +0000

I think I’d qualify as a creator with a critical edge.

I’m really happy being part of the Edmonton Twitter community. There’s no better place!

By: Alain Saffel

Alain Saffel — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:50:00 +0000

I think I’d qualify as a creator with a critical edge.

I’m really happy being part of the Edmonton Twitter community. There’s no better place!

By: Troy Wason

Troy Wason — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:33:55 +0000

As a recent move to Edmonton (from Calgary) I would like to say that the Edmonton Twitter community has been extremely welcoming and friendly. I hope that I fall within the category of Creator and will continue to do so as I get to know other members of this vibrant community. Thank you for the friendliest of welcomes and I hope to meet as many of you as possible in the very near future.

Warmest regards,

Troy Wason
http://twitter.com/imparo

By: Troy Wason

Troy Wason — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:33:00 +0000

Warmest regards,

Troy Wason
http://twitter.com/imparo

By: Tys von Gaza

Tys von Gaza — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:30:23 +0000

Also had a twitter account for a while but didn’t start using it until recently. The smart phone makes it easier that is for sure! For me the initial use is to connect with other developers to get the latest buzz on what is going on in the development communities I belong too.

However with the push by the other local twitters my use is changing to keep in touch with local people that I would only interact every couple of months. It is an interesting tool and I’m curious how it will continue to evolve.

Tys (@tvongaza)

By: Ian McKenzie

Ian McKenzie — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:01:14 +0000

I’ve had a Twitter account for a couple of years, but haven’t put it to much use. The active Edmonton Twitter community is changing that for me.

By: Ian McKenzie

Ian McKenzie — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:01:00 +0000

I’ve had a Twitter account for a couple of years, but haven’t put it to much use. The active Edmonton Twitter community is changing that for me.

By: Melanie Nathan

Melanie Nathan — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:48:56 +0000

I like that Edmonton’s media community finally found twitter and is giving it some coverage. I think @mastermaq and @mobilemommy did a great job representing too. Yay for Edmonton

http://twitter.com/melanienathan

By: Melanie Nathan

Melanie Nathan — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:48:00 +0000

I like that Edmonton’s media community finally found twitter and is giving it some coverage. I think @mastermaq and @mobilemommy did a great job representing too. Yay for Edmonton

http://twitter.com/melanienathan