Very basic features of Twitter:
- Twitter calls itself sometimes a "microblog service".
- There is a general limitation of 140 characters for each post.
- Twitter used "hashtags" (#) as keywords to organise content.
- Users are identified with the "@" symbol.
Here are some general ALD-related hashtags.
- #ALDep : Atomic Layer Deposition. (Simply ALD does not work, as it is the abbreviation for too many things.)
- #VPHA : Virtual Project on the History of ALD --- search together with #ALDep to separate from other meanings of #VPHA.
- #BalticALD : Baltic ALD conference series
- #FinALD40 : 40 Years of ALD in Finland - Photos, Stories -exhibition
- #AVSALD : American Vacuum Society conference series on Atomic Layer Deposition (was in use in 2014 especially)
- #CVDep : Chemical Vapor Deposition
- #ALDCoE : Finnish Centre of Excellence on Atomic Layer Deposition
In an individual Twitter post, you can simply click on the hashtag, to get a list of all posts containing that hashtag. You can also make searches with the hashtag.
Here are a few examples of active ALD-related Twitter accounts and users (there are tens of people with ALD background, active in Twitter):
Here are a few examples of active ALD-related Twitter accounts and users (there are tens of people with ALD background, active in Twitter):
- @aldhistoryblog (this is the ALD History Blog's Twitter companion)
- @jv3sund, the creator of BALD Engineering, Jonas Sundqvist
- @aldpulse
- @PlasmaALDGuy
- @rlpuu, personal account of the author of this blog, Riikka Puurunen
A nice feature in Twitter is that one can create separate lists of Twitter users to follow. Those lists can be held private or public. Here is one good public ALD-related list, which the author updates actively, which I recommend for finding relevant information and users:
One further note about how to mention other users in your post, which I have learnt - hope I got it right. If you mention someone by their username "@..." in the post, that user will be notified personally of the post. You can do this basically in two different ways. If you start your post with @..., this particular post will appear only in your and that person's stream. (That is: the post is public, but not so many will automatically see it.) If you begin with the post with a normal character (simply a point will do, ".@...") the post will appear in the general Twitter stream (many more will see it).
If you start using Twitter, remember to follow @aldhistoryblog!
Virtual Project on the History of ALD (VPHA) - in atmosphere of Openness, Respect, and Trust
#WikiALD = Wikipedia updates on Atomic Layer Deposition, #VPHA and elsewhere
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