Using Storify to Tell the Unconferenz 2011 Story
While attending the recent Unconferenz 2011, I saw many tweets and pics related to the #UNZ11 event. I was thinking these words from the participants themselves would make a great synopsis of the event. Luckily Storify allows you to build such a story. Check out the results after some Storify commentary.
Storify is still in beta and there are some rough edges. Your “state” isn’t saved so when you save a draft or switch from Twitter to Facebook inputs for example, you have to start at the “beginning.” I don’t mean the beginning of your story but the beginning of your research. The #UNZ11 hashtag has several pages of results but each time I left the Twitter input screen, I would have to redo my #UNZ11 search and scroll down pages of results to find my place. And dragging items from the left column to the right column can be tricky at times. You really have to place your locations in each column properly for drag and drop to work ideally (try it and you’ll see what I mean). For the Flickr input, I thought I could add in a Flickr photo set, and it seemed to work the first time. Trying it a second time didn’t work so instead, I used the link input to add additional Flickr sets to the story.
Still though, if you’re thinking of building a story from social media inputs, give Storify a try.
And now, on to the Unconferenz 2011 Storify.
March 3, 2011 @ 9:05 pm
Hey,
That’s actually a pretty nifty find. So basically this thing pulls in tweets, images, links, and puts them in a “feed” of sorts? From what you wrote it sounds like depending on the topic or hashtag selecting items could take a while if the topic/event is big.
I guess my biggest question is how to you search for content? Twitter seems easy enough as you look for hashtags (and I guess Flickr too), but is it like a Google search from other feeds?
March 3, 2011 @ 9:21 pm
It is easiest if items were tagged (ie #unz11). You can look at individual users but that would take some time. It depends on the input to determine how you search for content. For Twitter, you can see your timeline, tweets, search, your favorites, and lists. For Facebook, you can only search. There is a Google input to search for things too.
But yeah, finding content can take time. Luckily, #UNZ11 had a manageable amount of content to sift through and mainly on Twitter or at least tweeted out (if on Flickr, etc.)