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Despite my best efforts to ruin everything for everyone, it appears that TAM 9 is actually going to happen. Therefore, it is time for my annual post about how to use Twitter to keep up with everything that is happening outside of the conference itself.
Allow me to clarify that last point: Everything contained within this post is about tracking the after-hour (or before-hour, I guess) social activities at TAM 9. This has absolutely nothing to do with any other Twitter feeds that might be broadcasting details what the speakers are saying. In fact, if any of that kind of chatter starts to spill over to this list, I'll send Scrut to have a talk with you.
The system we have been using for the past few years makes use of the GroupTweet service. What this does is essentially create a private group within Twitter that we can post to, and those tweets are only seen by the people who follow this account. This keeps your TAM-related tweets restricted to this group; none of your other followers will see your tweets (unless, of course, they're also following this account).
The process is very simple:
1. Follow TAMInfo on Twitter. I have a service running that will automatically follow you back, though it can take a few hours to happen. If your account is protected, please make sure to allow TAMInfo when you see it.
2. If you have something to send to the group, you do so with a direct message. For example:
d taminfo We're all meeting in the Del Mar in 10 minutes.
3. Within a couple minutes GroupTweet will rebroadcast this and everyone who follows TAMInfo will see it.
That's it! No #hashtags are required. Just follow those simple steps and it will work fine for you.
Right now I have the GroupTweet function turned OFF so as to keep the list clean. I'll turn it on the weekend before TAM starts and will keep it going for a few days after it all wraps up.
Allow me to clarify that last point: Everything contained within this post is about tracking the after-hour (or before-hour, I guess) social activities at TAM 9. This has absolutely nothing to do with any other Twitter feeds that might be broadcasting details what the speakers are saying. In fact, if any of that kind of chatter starts to spill over to this list, I'll send Scrut to have a talk with you.
The system we have been using for the past few years makes use of the GroupTweet service. What this does is essentially create a private group within Twitter that we can post to, and those tweets are only seen by the people who follow this account. This keeps your TAM-related tweets restricted to this group; none of your other followers will see your tweets (unless, of course, they're also following this account).
The process is very simple:
1. Follow TAMInfo on Twitter. I have a service running that will automatically follow you back, though it can take a few hours to happen. If your account is protected, please make sure to allow TAMInfo when you see it.
2. If you have something to send to the group, you do so with a direct message. For example:
d taminfo We're all meeting in the Del Mar in 10 minutes.
3. Within a couple minutes GroupTweet will rebroadcast this and everyone who follows TAMInfo will see it.
That's it! No #hashtags are required. Just follow those simple steps and it will work fine for you.
Right now I have the GroupTweet function turned OFF so as to keep the list clean. I'll turn it on the weekend before TAM starts and will keep it going for a few days after it all wraps up.
