The Twitter Backchannel at #CIRTLForum

Here’s a quick analysis of the Twitter backchannel at the CIRTL Network Forum. As of 10:10 am this morning, the #CIRTLForum Twitter stream included 679 tweets from 56 unique individuals, including at least six who weren’t physically at the Forum. Here’s a list of the most frequent contributors, by Twitter handle:

Twitter User	Number of Tweets
derekbruff	114
sarahmilleruw	103
GinaSpitzUW	64
PeterC_UW	61
rkniemer	43
GinaSpitz	38
iTeach4NE	34
sciencegeekgirl	28
drhmw	26
DebRookPaleo	24
BrentABerger	16
cirtlnetwork	15
celetkewicz	14
scientificteach	10
robingreenler	10

And here’s a word cloud (generated by Wordle) of those 679 tweets:

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Thanks to all those who contributed to (or just lurked within) the backchannel! It was incredibly robust for a relatively small conference.