OK, I’m already on Twitter (@davidclover) so lets start there. I joined Twitter initially to explore and test it’s use and application – and have since found it to be a useful part of my on going networking and prefessional development. Twitter allows a quick overview of conferences I don’t go to, reports and other writing I should read, and ideas about projects and developments I should keep up to date with. It doesn’t make reading up on these any quicker but is a useful means of discovering stuff.
I’ve now got two twitter accounts – keeping my original account for professional stuff and my new one for more personal use. That evolved partially from wanting to cut down what I read but also a desire to keep the two identities partially separate. It’s not to say I won’t tell the librarians I’ve made a loaf of bread – but if you see Dan Lepard saying how good it looks you’re following the other account!
I’ve used RSS feed largely through my email account in the past – and have found it a useful way to keep ahead of a few feeds where I do want to check each entry (even if I delete most). I’ve created a Google Reader feed for other general library blogs, where I want to keep in touch with others but don’t feel the need to read everything one them. And I’ll see how that goes. My wariness is about yet another thing to check.
Storify (well aside from the fact it revealed an incompatibility with my work browser) didn’t seem as useful right now. But I may come back to it if a need reveals itself.
