What does TWITTER do?
Twitter :: the kids all do this thing "tweet" ... can anyone explain it briefly. If one sends out a 'tweet' ... who reads it? Is it like FB, just your friends, or others and how does others know...
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We live in Eastern Washington State, and we have wildland fires that are burning thousand of acres every day. I use TweetDeck to track updated information on fires, road closures and other breaking news.
My columns as of this morning are:
Chelan
Okanongan
#wawildfire
#Winthrop
#Wolverinefire
The information that's being posted are tweets by people that have first hand knowledge of what's going on, plus videos and photos. I'll be the first to admit that not all of it is useful, but there's more than enough current information to make this a very useful app.
I can reconfigure columns on the fly. If a new fire breaks out I simply start a new column with the search term, and I'm reading updates in seconds.
Floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, snow storms are all reported via Tweets. I don't send Tweets, but I use what others send to capture current events.
I also track WaDOT (Washington DOT) and the local Chelan County Emergency Management.
This app. is the fastest way to get breaking information.
My columns as of this morning are:
Chelan
Okanongan
#wawildfire
#Winthrop
#Wolverinefire
The information that's being posted are tweets by people that have first hand knowledge of what's going on, plus videos and photos. I'll be the first to admit that not all of it is useful, but there's more than enough current information to make this a very useful app.
I can reconfigure columns on the fly. If a new fire breaks out I simply start a new column with the search term, and I'm reading updates in seconds.
Floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, snow storms are all reported via Tweets. I don't send Tweets, but I use what others send to capture current events.
I also track WaDOT (Washington DOT) and the local Chelan County Emergency Management.
This app. is the fastest way to get breaking information.
