Submitted by jonathan.tarr on May 03, 2009, 04:46 PM

As I have previously announced on this blog, we at HASTAC are big fans of Twitter and have used it productively since October to reach out to new audiences, keep our finger on the pulse of the social networking world, and even make a few friends.

Submitted by John Jones on Jan 05, 2009, 07:30 PM
One drawback of any academic conference is the constant feeling that you are missing something. Typically, multiple panels are scheduled at the same time, and it can be difficult to know what knowledge is being produced and exchanged in sessions you are unable to attend. Last week's MLA conference, where I was on a panel on microblogging with Brian Croxall, Matt Gold, and David Parry, was no exception. Because of the quality of the discussion session following our presentations, however, we wanted to take a step toward rectifying this situation. We decided that we would do our best to provide the details of our talks and discussion--as well as the subsequent blogged conversations that have arisen out of the panel--for those who weren't there. Since the event was initiated and then organized using different social and collaborative media (Twitter, Skype, Pageflakes, etc.), we created a Google Doc of our notes and the following conversation. If you were able to attend the panel and would like to edit and update the document to cover something that we missed, please email the panel chair, Brian Croxall at b.croxall [at] gmail [dot] com, and he will be glad to give you editing privileges on the Google Doc on which this post is based. Otherwise, please feel free to continue the discussion in the comments section below. What follows is our best attempt at a recreation of the panel based on our recollection and notes. Update: Cathy Davidson blogged about the panel on HASTAC a few days ago. Here's a link to her post.

Submitted by jonathan.tarr on Oct 15, 2008, 10:54 AM

For those of you who have followed the Twitter account we set up for the Digital Media and Learning Competition, thanks for following! The competition closes today at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time (GMT-4) and then we'll begin the great sort. I was the person behind that Twitter account, and will continue to post occasional updates from it for our 260+ followers. As a one-to-many communication tool, Twitter is right up HASTAC's alley and allowed us to quickly grow an informal network of interested folks.