Liveblog with Twitter

I’ve done the liveblog thing a few times using ScribbleLive and LOVE it – that is a great app for capturing thoughts in the moments, pulling in tweets from people who are in the room and a quick, easy way to help people track along with an event you are attending. But.. What if you are at an event you’d like to liveblog but can’t take your computer? Wouldn’t it be great to somehow connect WordPress and Twitter to let liveblogging happen?? Well, now you can!

Does this sound like an infomercial pitch yet?? :)

There’s this great WordPress plugin called Twitter LiveBlog that works beautifully – I put it to the test last week when I was at an event with Bill Hybels. You can check out my liveblog post from that event here.

Basically it works like this. Install the plugin and update all the settings with your Twitter account info. To begin a new liveblog post you simply send //NLB// (title) as a tweet from your phone or Twitter app. Whatever you put as “(title)” after “//NLB//” will become the title of your new liveblog post.

Begin sending tweets through the event. Let people know that you are liveblogging and you may be tweeting more often than you normally do. The tricky part is sending updates that will be helpful and relevant to BOTH your Twitter and blog audiences.

When the event is done, send //ELB// as your last tweet and the plugin will know that you are finished. Voila!

If you’re on Twitter, you can follow my updates at @chrisfromcanada