2. Let’s assume we all know…
• ‘Status’
– Facebook
– Twitter
• Hashtags
– Adding semantics (meaning) to statuses
And let’s assume we want…
• Twitter more convenient in everyday life…
3. Hashtags (recap)
• Easy to use
• (fairly) easy to understand
• Allow search & retrieval
• Many uses
– Events (#MW09)
– Memes (#followfriday)
– Opinions (#fail)
– Mood (#hungry)
– Etc.
4. What are ‘locatags’ ?
• Location-based tagging
– To tell where you are
– Make it searchable, workable
• hashtags cannot fulfill the same purpose
– Sometime hashtags connote a location, not always
– Hashtagsrefer to things, locatags means going to some
place
• Example
– “Going for a drink at >Macumba”
will allow to map all the people using locatags
5. Locatags syntax : still open
• Dave Troy / Twittervision
– L: (never quite took off)
• Nearyoo :
– ‘undertags’ (‘_’)
• Keeps readability
– ‘greatags’ (‘>’)
• Good graphic symbol of “getting into” a place
• Stowe Boyd :
– Slash (‘/’) (and closing slash for multi-words)
6. Locatagsare not hashtags!
• Locatags<>hashtags
– Some hashtags imply a location (#mwsf09) but not all
• Using a locatag means “check-in”
– You are actually there (or going there)
– Do not use if you’re merely talking about a place
• Use closing tag (<) if multiple words
– Just landed in >SFO
– Going to >Starbucks, 780 Market St, SanFrancisco<
7. Nearyoo (beta)
Beta.Nearyoo.com
is an early implementation of locatags
• Step 1 : follow @nearyoo
– Will follow you back (and listen to your tweets)
• Step 2 : use ‘>’ (greater than) before places
– “just arrived in >Houston”
– “going for a drink at >Cellar, SanFrancisco<
(closing ‘<‘ for multi-word locations)
8. Nearyoo: enabling real-life meetups
Step 3 : that’s it ! Nearyoo will:
- Locate you: Nearyoo.com/in/SanFrancisco
- Locate also Twitter users using GPS
- Allow friends to meet
- Remember :
it’s beta !
9. In a nutshell…
• Locatags are great !
• Follow @nearyoo
• Use ‘>’ before locations
in your tweets
