people like lists...

...so share things with others using a list format...

Here's a list of some of my recently saved favourite tweets from my other twitter account:

1. 

@therealbanksy

2.

cheeming boey @iamboey

3. 

Jennifer Davis @JDavisArt

4. David Hume Kennerly - a Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer uses an iPhone, Hipstamatic & other apps to create pictures :

@jessweiss1

and finishing this list with a list....

5. 8 Ways to Improve Your Online Portfolio @Needimages 

"Is your website really showing your art to its best advantage?"

Vase (detail) by artist Charan Sachar

reading your twitter feed (pt2)...

...can reveal information about others' blog credentials.

If you're the curator/editor/researcher/photographer of an important art institution's blog feed, it's a BIG deal.

Jacob Horn - Editorial Assistant at New York's Whitney Museum is taking over the museum's Instagram account.....

He specialises in:

"Writing and editing, research experience, technical literacy, communication, social media, museums and cultural institutions" 
- from LinkedIn

Whitney Museum on Instagram

Instagram

Instagram

Instagram

see also: part 1 of read your twitter feed

read your twitter feed (pt1)...

...because it can contain useful snippets of information.

Using my phone's Twitter app I checked my account - the one linked to this blog. 

I limited my reading to the last 24hrs of its timeline feed.

I either 'retweeted', or 'favourite-d' things I wanted to follow up using the symbols on the lower edge of my timeline of tweets

 ....i.e. things tweeted by those I've chosen to follow

This screen grab of a tweet from @DazedMagazine is particularly pertinent to those using Flickr as their photo blog....

notice the orange star is highlighted - because I saved the tweet to my favourites

It links to an article about Flickr - a popular photo blog for artists, that is about to make money from the images you may have there.

"Are you one of the millions of people signed up to Flickr? It's time to switch your license settings. The Yahoo-owned photo-sharing site has just announced that it will start selling prints of some 50 million Creative Commons-licensed images, but the photographers involved won't see any of the profits. Nope. Not a single penny." 

Read more of the article at Dazed magazine's digital publication site

If you use Flickr and wish to change your Flickr license settings consider the pros and cons of doing so.

The Creative Commons site lists the various licences available to you.


reading your twitter feed part 2

good bios

personable...

Sandra Dieckmann

"Sandra is an artist & womanimal. 
 She was born in Germany, works and lives in London and will go elsewhere."

on Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr

Sandra Dieckmann

Wolf-gang

to-the-point...

Drawings and Notes

"A weblog about drawings, scribbles, notes and an occasional painting or photograph."

on Twitter, Blogger and Tumblr

Drawings and Notes blog

Artist - Alexi K

"I do not work for free. Neither should any artist, but there are always exceptions on a project, so I maintain an open mind and consider each project individually.

I prefer a reasonable up-front fee for a consultation and / or sketches. My time is as important as anybody's, and that's what you are paying for." 

on Blogger, Twitter, Wordpress

what is trolling?

Online trolling is the posting of offensive, upsetting and inflammatory comments  on social media (e.g. Facebook) and micro-blogging sites. Anyone who does it is called a troll.

The term can also be applied to those who post rude and inappropriate opinions and comments on blogs.

The aim of the troll is to post things where they can be seen publicly, and where they can illicit a reaction.

It is important to consider how you might deal with this if it happens to you.

Should visitors to your blog say whatever they want? after all - it's a public space.

The answer is no. 
You don't have to accept any of the above bad, online behaviour.

Remove comments if you want to.
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link ---> How to remove comments on Blogger

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What to do if someone trolls you on Twitter

Click on the cog symbol

- top right of your Twitter page 

A drop down menu appears...

Click on settings...

 You'll see this menu in the left hand column of the page...

 Click on 'Help'...

You'll find yourself on Twitter's 'Help Center' page.
Look for this box....

Clicking on 'Online abuse' will give you lots of information about what to do, and how to report abusive content to Twitter.

multiple accounts

The chances are that you're already using all or some of the following: Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest or Facebook

What are you using them for? i.e. what kind of blogger are you?

If you've set them up already it makes sense to carry on using them - right?

Not necessarily.

If your blog is for professional / academic purposes it needs to reflect that fact.
Drunken nights out, silly pictures of you and your friends....or the cat, just won't do. Even if images and embarrassing statements are buried way back on your timeline (the running order of your blog from the most recent post to previous posts found by scrolling down) - others will find them. 

However, if you're already using these blogging platforms, enjoy them, and are probably proficient at using them....

....why not open another account using the same platform?

Start your blog afresh - and only put relevant information on it.

blog connections

Use your blog and your Twitter account (microblog) to make connections.

Your blog articles will be longer because tweets (microblog messages) are limited to 140 characters - though you can add pictures too.

This means you'll use them for different things.

The main thing is to show your followers that things you do online are connected.

I'm going to tweet a connection to this blog - I think I'll choose the post/article about: 'opening a twitter account'

I copied the address of the post: http://weblogweblogweblogweblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/opening-twitter-account.html

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If you want to open one article at a time click on the blog archive in the right column. 
Alternatively go to 'search 'we blog' top right - this may give you a choice of several articles. 
Click on the title i.e. the name of the post that you want.
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On my Twitter homepage there's a box top left inviting me to:

'Compose new Tweet...'

Notice that the address is accompanied by a very simple introduction to what the link is about - 'a new blog about blogging'...

Click on 'Tweet', and, look, it's sitting next to 'New York Times Arts' something I chose to follow on setting my Twitter account up....

home timeline (only you see this)

On my profile page (what others see) it looks like this:

Others following me on Twitter can now choose to click on the link (if they think it looks interesting) and it will bring them back to my blog.

Connection made!

twitter: tweeting for the first time

After you've chosen who you want to follow (you'll definitely add more later), you'll get this screen:

note: cropped screen grab of my twitter page 

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You can tweak the 'time zone' or 'sensitive' sections now... or later.

Use the wheel/cog icon top right to pull down the menu. 

Choosing 'Settings' will give you the above.

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Twitter suggests what your first tweet might be:

I think I'll choose Twitter's message suggestion because the hashtag (#) will link me with other first tweets.....

Done!

Read the message at the top of my twitter page screen grab:

"Nice one! All of the Tweets you write appear on your profile page. Your Tweets also appear in your       home timeline as well as the home timelines of the people who follow you."

If you've read it - and understood it - click on the grey x top right of the message and it'll disappear.

This post is a follow on - part 3 - of setting up your Twitter microblog.

Part 2 was: using a hashtag (to find others on twitter)

Part 1: opening a twitter account

using a hashtag (to find others on twitter)

part 2 of twitter set up

(part 1 here)

So.....I've opened a new Twitter account, but, I'm not following anyone yet. This means I've nothing to read on my timeline.

The quickest way to find Twitter accounts I might be interested in is to use a hashtag - # - in front of a word or phrase.

I'll try putting #creative blogging in Twitter's search bar - you'll find it top right on your Twitter page....

(screen edit)

I wasn't particularly interested in those so I've refined / narrowed my search to #art blog. Immediately Twitter suggests the following.....

These are definitely things I'm interested in. 

Clicking on them prompts Twitter to suggest other accounts too.

Select as many as you want. I'm going to choose 30 for now.

Very soon your timeline will provide interesting information, snippets, formal information, informal chat etc....depending on who you've chosen to follow.

Here's how my Twitter account looks 24 hours after set up:

I already have 5 followers, and 1 Notification....and I haven't actually 'tweeted' yet!

Part 3 of setting up your twitter account

opening a twitter account: part 1

a step by step guide to microblogging on Twitter....

1. go to the twitter website

2. decide whether you want to use your 'real' name. 

3. In the 'New to Twitter' section I decided to use this blog's 'About Me' name (located in the right hand column of this page)

I supplied an email and password. 

Only I know what they are. 

You should keep your sign in details private too.

All done?

Hit 'Sign up for Twitter'....

4. I've chosen not to use my own name on the form. I want everything to link with this blog's identity.

Take a minute or two to decide what's best for you. I prefer a little anonymity.

If you're not sure, a pseudonym is good for now - as the form says: 'you can change it later'.

IMPORTANT - when creating your password consider a mixture of upper and lowercase letters, plus a number.

Apparently my password is perfect!

Play around with possibilities until twitter tells you your password is perfect too. MAKE A NOTE OF YOUR PASSWORD.

Don't tick the 'keep me signed in on this computer' box if others use the same computer as you, or if like me, you have another twitter account.

All done?

Hit 'Create my Account'

5. Next Twitter takes you through a series of steps...

6. You can leave as many of these ticked as you want (Twitter ticks them all by default).

I want my twitter account to be about creative blogging - I can't see that on the list....so I've un-ticked everything. I don't want a cluttered home timeline - others' tweets...unless I've selected them.

7. The next page gives lots of 'suggestions' too...
I worked through the list to remove all of the crosses....

....and eventually ended up with this....

8. Like any blogging platform Twitter wants to get as much data from you as it can. 

I've said it before: Be mean about the personal information you give away.

That includes your email contacts.
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This step '4 of 5' is sneakily designed.

Look in the bottom right hand corner of the screen....

It says in small, neutral, un-eyecatching grey - 'Skip this step' 
(Look how much it's enlarged so that you can see it!)

That's the button I suggest you hit!

9. And finally...your Twitter account is set up...

Don't be tempted by the next lot of 'suggestions' ...unless you really want to follow the tweets of these individuals.

Setting up your Twitter account - part 2

microblogging: twitter

"I don't get Twitter - who wants to know what anyone had for dinner?"

That's a comment I hear whenever I discuss the idea of Twitter - a microblog.

A microblog is simply a smaller version of a blog - its posts are more succinct, and its content smaller.

Posts (or tweets) are short (140 characters maximum), and most commonly done from your mobile phone.

You can decide to make its content personal (as you can with any blog). 

Other uses might be:

research, storage and/or networking...

use it to save / share weblinks  about your subject
use it for short notes to self
utilise twitter to post photos 
use it to network and connect with others 

Your Twitter account can be set to public or private 
Consider what's best for you.

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*useful Twitter safety and security information* 

these are blogs too....

Blogs and blogging aren't just about lengthy tracts of writing, and in depth research. 

You probably already have, and regularly use, one or more of the following blogs:

Facebook
Instagram
Twitter
Tumblr

These social blogs encourage you to share - when you sign up for them, and as you use them. 

Like Blogger they're all free to use.

They're great, but beware! 

Why?

...because the (often personal) information you supply when you sign up for them contains invaluable data. It's recorded, as is everything we do online, and used by advertisers, organisations, government bodies and the like.

Be mean about the personal information you give away.