[Chaos-l] Astro Twitter?

[walter fowler]

But do we know if Lance Armstrong is going to be looking at the Jovian moons
or the Persiads?  Walter

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:19 PM, E. Allen Davis <
starstorm151 at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> I like the idea as relates to what Robert is suggesting.  It would probably
> be great during the week when most of the time we cant get together.  allen
>
> E. Allen Davis
>  starstorm151 at embarqmail.com
>
>  "M'Illumino              "I am enlightened
>  D'Immenso"              by the immensity."
>
>   -Ungaretti               -Ungaretti
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Lerch" <mark.lerch at quest.com>
> To: "E. Allen Davis" <starstorm151 at embarqmail.com>
>  Cc: mark63clegg at aol.com, "Chapel Hill Astronomical Observation Society" <
> chaos-l at rtpnet.org>, robertnielsen at nc.rr.com
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 12:00:13 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: RE: [Chaos-l] Astro Twitter?
>
> The technology here has gone nuts.  yeah, you can do it on cell phones,
> send/receive "tweets" on all kinds of devices now.
>
> Personally, I think it's 99% noise.  But in some cases it can be useful.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: E. Allen Davis [mailto:starstorm151 at embarqmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 11:56 AM
> To: Mark Lerch
> Cc: mark63clegg at aol.com; Chapel Hill Astronomical Observation Society;
> robertnielsen at nc.rr.com
> Subject: Re: [Chaos-l] Astro Twitter?
>
> I guess one can do this on a cell phone?  Does that mean you are using
> texting to do that on a phone?  I guess i could also use my Macbook as long
> as I had a wireless connection at my house.  allen
>
> E. Allen Davis
>  starstorm151 at embarqmail.com
>
>  "M'Illumino              "I am enlightened
>  D'Immenso"              by the immensity."
>
>   -Ungaretti               -Ungaretti
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Lerch" <mark.lerch at quest.com>
> To: "E. Allen Davis" <starstorm151 at embarqmail.com>,
> robertnielsen at nc.rr.com
> Cc: mark63clegg at aol.com, "Chapel Hill Astronomical Observation Society" <
> chaos-l at rtpnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 11:36:50 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: RE: [Chaos-l] Astro Twitter?
>
> You can read someone's updates by just going to their twitter page, for
> example, Lance Armstrong:
>
> www.twitter.com/LanceArmstrong
>
> you don't have to join.
>
> He was posting regular updates during the Tour de France, which were much
> more valuable to read than what the media put out.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org [mailto:chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org] On
> Behalf Of E. Allen Davis
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 11:34 AM
> To: robertnielsen at nc.rr.com
> Cc: mark63clegg at aol.com; Chapel Hill Astronomical Observation Society
> Subject: Re: [Chaos-l] Astro Twitter?
>
> HOw does one get on Twitter...I hear folks talking about it but admit I
> know nothing about this.  allen
>
> E. Allen Davis
>  starstorm151 at embarqmail.com
>
>  "M'Illumino              "I am enlightened
>  D'Immenso"              by the immensity."
>
>   -Ungaretti               -Ungaretti
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Nielsen" <robertnielsen at nc.rr.com>
> To: "Chapel Hill Astronomical Observation Society" <chaos-l at rtpnet.org>,
> "E. Allen Davis" <starstorm151 at embarqmail.com>, mark63clegg at aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 10:22:52 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Astro Twitter?
>
> Everyone,
>
> I had a thought this morning ... spurred on by Alice's mention last
> night of the two "Jovian Moon Extravaganza" nights coming up (August
> 26th and September 2-3).   Since these happen on a Wednesday night, I
> probably couldn't travel to a really dark site to view them.  And in
> fact, viewing Jupiter from your backyard is completely possible
> (assuming you don't have trees or buildings blocking the way).   But if
> I observed in my backyard, I would lose the camaraderie of observing
> with other folks.  So ...
>
> I work in the social networking arena, within IBM, and I've always
> viewed Twitter as meaningless.   I mean, who sits there and waits for a
> new message on some inane subject to appear on their computer.   But
> then I got thinking and could see how Twitter could be useful to
> "communicate" during an astronomical event, such as the Jovian moon
> transits coming up.   You would need to be "connected" somehow to
> Twitter (I don't have a cell phone that would pull it off, so I would
> need to be near an Internet connection), but I can do that at home.
> But I can almost think it would be fun to be viewing the occultations
> and transits and communicating with you folks in realtime ... or even
> communicating with other astronomers across the world!
>
> And yes, they do this sort of thing.   If you get on Twitter and look
> for "io transit" ... there were people tweeting about a transit last
> night.   There was also a "channel" called #meteorwatch related to the
> Perseid meteor shower.
>
> Anyone want to try this 8/26 or 9/2?
>
> Robert
>
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