Archive for October 2, 2009

analyzing a person on twitter

Brittany Gafas, otherwise known on twitter as Staticinyourskin, follows 66 people who appear to be a mixture of mostly friends and celebrities. She has a sense of humor considering that her location says “Wonderland” and her Bio says “Curious and Curiouser.” I can tell many things about her life from her tweets. For example, she works for a special needs school which involves music therapy. Her job is sometimes draining, but she absolutely loves it. She also is a Phillies fan, because she is attending one of their games. She has been living with her parents who have been married for 32 years, but they are selling their house soon. She tweets between 6 and 10 times a day ranging through all hours of the day and night because she mostly updates her status from a mobile device or the web.

Brittany is also my next door neighbor, so I have left out the details which I already know about her. However, after knowing her for almost 22 years, I can definitely understand how Twitter can really portray who someone is. Her tweets are a mirror image of many aspects of her personality as well as her professional life.

Twitter Application Blog

“Just Tweet It” is a Twitter application that allows users to search for people with similar interests listed in their bios. There is a directory listing by topics and subtopics. Once you find a directory category, it lists all twitter users in that category. Just Tweet It also allows users to list themselves in this directory with a more category-specific bio about themselves. For example, i searched the Education category. Within the Education category, there are many subcategories such as; teacher, students, colleges, universities, homeschooling, etc. By choosing a category or subcategory, a directory listing of Twitter users with those particular interests appear. This application can be extremely useful to people in the education field because it allows you to follow people with the same interests. Sharing ideas, thoughts, lesson plans, behavior action plans, technology, support, etc. can all be done through this twitter application. The internet has been a huge breakthrough for teachers in terms of sharing lesson plans and ideas. The  Just Tweet It Twitter application has just made it even more convenient for teachers to share ideas and collaborate.

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