Jen Scheer
6,574 followers
http://jenscheer.com
Former Space Shuttle technician. Artist, photographer, inventor. Space Tweep Society founder, @FragileOasis contributor, and 2010 Shorty Award winner.
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#spacetweeps
If someone with a protected profile follows you, you should automatically be able to view their acct. Otherwise it just enables stalking.
I want to show people that the space program isn't staffed by a bunch of scientists running around in lab coats & share a bit of what we do.
Right now it's TwitBirdPro for iPhone. I gave feedback, & the developer listened & incorporated my suggestions in an update. Awesome!
Once I had someone RT me- except I never tweeted anything even remotely like what they RTed. I'd say that was a big Twitter faux pas.
Overheard (re: Ares 1-X cover): "We polled our engineers & the troubleshooting plan is- pull as hard as you can."
I've made many contacts throughout NASA that I'd never have met w/out Twitter- enabling collaboration, constructive communication, etc.
Don't just broadcast information. The power of Twitter is in the communities that are created; the interactiveness is what makes it work.
Twitter has changed my long term career focus- now it is the public outreach/education aspect of space rather than the nuts & bolts of it.
Tweet original content rather than just retweets or links. RTs & links are important, but I follow someone to hear what *they* have to say.
A friend sent me an "invitation" & I was curious. What's funny is she didn't end up tweeting after sending the invite. I'm over 13,000 tweets
It never trended, but I think the hashtag #AWSURLATASS is pretty funny: Astronomers Who Stay Up Really Late And Talk About Stupid Stuff.
Charlie Bolden, NASA's administrator. I think he'd enjoy it & gain great insight on how Twitter can help achieve education/outreach goals.
spacetweeps, NASA, GLXP, spacevidcast, spaceflightnow, evadot, moonwatch, meteorwatch, astrospacenow, talkingspace
Not very long. Only a few hours, as sick and twisted as that may be.
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