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What’s with the newspaper links on Twitter?

by techcommdood on August 24, 2010

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By now you’ve seen a bunch of newspaper links (”_____ Daily”) links from me on Twitter. Perhaps you’ve read them. Perhaps you’ve retweeted them (thank you!). Allow me to explain what you’re seeing.

The papers are generated automatically using paper.li, a Twitter aggregator that takes a daily compilation of hash tags (or however you configure it) and presents them in a newspaper format. Any links are translated into linked stories with teasers. The paper also runs a loop of non-linked tagged tweets.

What I really like about the paper is that if I miss anything in my timeline (easy when you’re following over 700 people) I can catch it in the paper the next day! You also find new and interesting people to follow!

Anyone can create a paper, and anyone can promote a paper. Give it a try!

Papers I promote through @techcommdood:

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Should STC Summit adopt social media event tools?

July 13, 2010 Conferences

I’d posed this question in a few circles to mixed feedback. While some agree it is more than time for STC to step up and employ more interactive/informative technologies, others seem averted to the idea, in some cases seeing it as an attack on those who aren’t riding the tech/social media trend.
The idea is simple: [...]

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Are social media and online collaboration tools intimidating to the technical communicator?

February 10, 2010 Content Development

Lately I’ve been hearing from quite a few technical communicators (technical writers, editors, illustrators, etc.) that they are either intimidated by or otherwise uninterested in social media tools and online collaboration tools. Rather than use a dynamic scratch pad like Wave to brainstorm they’d prefer a phone conference. Rather than use threaded forums they’d prefer [...]

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Do you print your documentation?

February 22, 2009 QOTD

Given the downward-spiraling global economy, I thought I’d put this question out there. Do you still print your documentation? If so, and if you don’t mind, please explain the needs you are meeting with print. Are you just now moving away from print, or planning to move away? Is it mainly a cost-savings move or [...]

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