All in one

Today I’m up for something new. That’s just one of my credos when it comes to social media, blogging and the use of Twitter – try something new every day. It’s a great learning experience.

Last week I found myself in an ongoing discussions about dos and don’ts on Twitter. We talked about #FollowFriday, Retweets amd netiquette and naturally the usage and usefulness(!) of the platform was brought to the table. I’ll add Twitter Favorites to this mix and see how it all plays together – well at least for me. So, with this blog I aim at multiple things:

  • be a good citizen of the twitterverse by providing some Follow Friday (#ff) recommendations inlcuding some info why these people bring value to me
  • promote the usage of twitter as a great information platform for a variety of topics
  • share my usage of Twitter Favorites with you
  • do a snapshot of what inscope.net is all about by mapping my twitter favorites from this week to my definition of inscope.net

I’ll be referring to the above mentioned discussion, so you may want to check if out if haven’t done so already. In a nutshell it was a reply to Natascha Thomson‘s blog post that ended up to be the longest #FollowFriday recommendation I ever wrote. I kinda liked that aspect. As the number of people you follow on Twitter increases, you get more noise and the filtering becomes more time-consuming. As such, I dig #FollowFriday recommendations – if properly done. I would like to know the value-add that comes with my follow-ship.

I recommend people based on multiple factors. One of them being how many interesting tweets the person provides and at what price. The noise-info ration, so to speak. A simple measure is how many tweets I favorited favored from this person. Now, let me get this straight… I use Twitter Favorites (Favs) as bookmarks. It does not necessarily imply that I liked the tweet, yet I found it worthwhile checking out! So, no need to thank me for favoring! In fact, it indicates that I thank the tweeter for providing potential useful information to me ;)

Having said all this, my top most recommendation and hattip goes to @pixelbase. His “This Week in SAP” recaps are always worth-while to get a weekly digest on SAP-related topics. He’s also been integrating tweets and it fits the mix very well!

SAP Mentors

Clearly one of the most exciting and influential experience for me recently has been the SAP Mentors initiative. Following @finnern and the @sapmentors account are a great start to get interesting infos on what’s going on.

finnern | Mark Finnern
Valentines gift from @ SOA Meets Reality interactive webinar with @ ;-) http://bit.ly/9VGAfz
January 26, 2011 9:41 am

SCN

While some people claim RSS to be dead, it’s just another #KOD (Kiss of Death) message. RSS is a great way to stay up-to-date in a convenient way. The below tweet puts it perfectly: “To be the first to know“…. @SCNblog is tweeting every time a new blog is posted on SCN.

SCNblogs | SAP SCN Blogs
New Post: Be the First to Know: New SCN Library RSS Feed: Keep track of the latest SCN library uploads with our ... http://bit.ly/f41G64
January 25, 2011 2:51 pm

SAP

When it comes to un-biased independent comments and analysis on what is happening in the ERP business @dahowlett ‘s among the first to follow.

SAP | SAP
SAP Q4 earnings investor + analyst conference on Jan 26, 2pm CET. Hashtag is #sapearnings. Webcast - http://www.sap.com/investor
January 25, 2011 6:15 pm
dahowlett | Dennis Howlett
SAP fully provides against ORCL lawsuit: http://ow.ly/3KlbA
January 26, 2011 8:48 am
applebyj | John Appleby
For my money, 2011 is when SAP go from innovation to execution - or try to. Commercial success requires product delivery #sapearnings
January 26, 2011 12:03 pm
MTHei | Martin Heisig
“@: is it me or has SAP introduced a gradient to its blue logo? #sapearnings” >> yes, that's true
January 26, 2011 11:14 am

Another great example of information roll-in via Twitter are the following tweets:

 

Java, Mobile and OpenSource

thbonk | Thomas Bnk
Proof That Android Copied Java Code http://j.mp/eIzOel <<< this is bad news...
January 21, 2011 9:42 pm
dan_mcweeney | dan mcweeney
Oops: No copied Java code or weapons of mass destruction found in Android | ZDNet: Stop the presses! Juicy “evid... http://zd.net/hD2Axa
January 22, 2011 12:11 am
heisedc | heise Developer
Patent-Experte: Android-Code verstößt gegen Oracles Rechte http://heise.de/-1175095
January 22, 2011 4:31 pm

Hacking

enterprisegeeks | enterprisegeeks
RT @: @ web page has been hacked, huh? http://twitpic.com/3s3v5u << yep, just happened today...looking into it now
January 21, 2011 10:32 pm
TomRaftery | Tom Raftery
RT @: The wrong kind of sharing: Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook page hacked http://bit.ly/eeJQIs /Oops!
January 26, 2011 12:51 pm

Gadgets

hschepp | Hilmar Schepp
AirPlay video support comes to Linux courtesy of Totem media player plug-in http://pulsene.ws/Phlx
January 22, 2011 8:24 pm

Bits N’ Pieces

Oatmeal | Matthew Inman
I have no #followfriday recommendation today so instead I'm going to re-post (spam) my #ff comic http://bit.ly/fSl16B
January 21, 2011 9:22 pm
gapingvoid | Hugh MacLeod
You actually can't have the dream and live it at the same time, but Shhhhh! Don't tell anybody!
January 22, 2011 12:04 am

Evilplans

pixelbase | Michael Koch
some more goodness coming to SAP Land ... more details in the very near future. :)
January 24, 2011 6:31 pm

Podcasts

enterprisegeeks | enterprisegeeks
New blog post - Enterprise Geeks Podcast – The Value of Privacy http://bit.ly/g6uSRo
January 25, 2011 9:55 pm

Social Media

finnern | Mark Finnern
RT: @: nice to see a known face among the profiles http://bit.ly/hyzoCx Go Mary #SAP -- Sweet. Know her a long time too.
January 21, 2011 11:25 am
Flipboard | Flipboard
Awesome! RT @: The History of Content, From Cave Paintings to Flipboard [INFOGRAPHIC] - http://on.mash.to/gy25rR
January 25, 2011 9:27 pm
mfauscette | Michael Fauscette
Twitter Launches ‘Connections,’ Its Own Version Of Facebook’s ‘Mutual Friends’ - http://tcrn.ch/fOBLgk
January 27, 2011 5:21 pm