Twitter in 140 Words

Since Tweets are only supposed to be 140 characters, I'll continue with that theme and write a 140-word post. Yesterday, Al Tompkins from the Poynter Institute told us about all these cool apps for iPhones, Androids, and BlackBerrys that we can use to do mobile journalism! One of the programs he mentioned was BubbleTweet, which basically gives you one minute to record anything, and it publishes to your Twitter. From your page, a bubble pops up, and your video automatically plays. I tried using that here, and I tied that in with what Richard Deitsch, a media critic at SI, told us today during a phone conference. He gave us good tips for Tweeting—that once it goes live, it’s permanent, and to be careful voicing strong fan opinions because it reduces your credibility. So those and RTs. 140—Fin!