Thing 10

What is the value of Twitter? From what I've read, the value of Twitter seems to be that you can keep more closely connected to other people that you know by sharing what is going on in daily live. It also gives a format for people to contact platforms such as NPR's "Where We Live" to provide feedback about programming or to ask a question.

I've tried at least five times to establish an account tonight, but all I get is a page that says something is technically wrong. So I haven't been able to sign up.

What did you like or dislike about the web site tool? I liked both of them. Time's was a simple list of what they feel are the top 50 sites. I appreciated the summaries they provided so I didn't have to click on each site to find out what they were about. What I liked about Seomoz's Best of the Web 2008, was the 1st, 2nd, and then 3rd choices organized by categories. I clicked on a few links and found some related to health. One was iMedix. In class we spend time talking about the quantity of unreliable health information on the internet and that this type of information needs to be screened carefully. On the iMedix site you pose a question and other members respond. This might be helpful to see if you are experiencing similar health conditions or symptoms. But it might lead to misleading information. We teach kids to look for the author's credentials. I'm not certain, but it seems that on this site, you don't need to be an expert to inform others about health problems.

Update: I tried again later tonight to create an account. I was able to start it, but then the server connection failed. I'll try again later.

PS I was able to finally establish a Twitter account and I sent out a Tweet as requested. I'm following tweets from NPRhealth.