27.10.2011
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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We have been using TwapperKeeper in many of our Twitter-related analyses over the years and enjoyed using the Summarizr feature that Andy Powell built. After Twitter decided that TwapperKeeper had to shut down their API we switched to the great … Continue reading
20.07.2011
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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At the PLE conference in Southampton last week (I know my recap is still missing) I participated in the workshop “Tweetstorming PLNs: Using Twitter to brainstorm about Personal Learning Networks”. The workshop was organized by Eleni Boursinou and Nino Pataraia … Continue reading
24.05.2011
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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You might have wondered about the bunch of unsolicited mails coming from Twitter since today. The added a new feature to their notification system that allows you to get notified whenever someone mentions you in a tweet, favorites one of … Continue reading
23.05.2011
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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Nach den guten Erfahrungen mit meinem ersten Twittagessen in Paderborn, wird es Zeit mal wieder ein Meetup der Paderborner Twitterer zu organisieren. Das Feedback damals war, dass ein Treffen am Abend wohl besser wäre, daher habe ich den Beginn mal … Continue reading
11.03.2011
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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We are still exploring ways to best visualize topical relations between Tweets. This time we used Artefact-Actor-Networks and Gephi to build a zoomable graph of hashtag-connected tweets. We took all the 6800+ tweets that have been tagged with #ple_bcn from … Continue reading
22.02.2011
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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Today TwapperKeeper announced that they will shut down their API as well as the export and download capabilities on March 20, 2011. We regret to inform our users that on March 20, 2011 we will be removing the “Export and … Continue reading
31.01.2011
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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In this post I’ll explore the social interactions in Twitter that were made by participants and supervisors of an exploratory seminar as well as the external experts that joined the discussion. The seminar was designed to let students explore the … Continue reading
13.10.2010
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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At the WCC 2010 in Brisbane we had a paper that dealt with “rules” for using Twitter in educational settings. We named the article “All I need to know about Twitter in education I learned in Kindergarten” based on a … Continue reading
09.05.2010
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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With the recent announcement from Twitter to allow arbitrary metadata attached to each tweet (so-called annotations), the Twitter platform is getting even more interesting for tool developers. ReadWriteWeb writes: With annotations, third-party Twitter developers can add any additional metadata to … Continue reading
05.05.2010
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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Since today Twitter is offering a simple service to embed tweets into blog posts (and other HTML pages). Simply go to http://media.twitter.com/blackbird-pie/ and enter a Tweet URL (okay, this could be done easier in the future, e.g. through integration in … Continue reading