if you’re on twitter you may know that there is a feature called “lists.” putting people you follow into a list makes sense if you follow different kinds of people and want to be able to separate their tweets. maybe you don’t want your favorite sports team tweets mixed in with tweets about your type of work, for example. when twitter introduced this list feature i was not surprised to find myself on many lists titled “librarians.” i was surprised, initially, to find myself on lists titled “professional organizer.” when i think of a professional organizer i immediately think of the calm, gentle guides that lead people to get rid of the trash in their homes on the tv show, hoarders. when i thought further about it though, i realize that what i do all day is organize data. i have a professional degree in organizing data, in fact! so yes, i am a professional organizer.
further conversation may be had about whether libraries are hoarding spots and if some libraries would benefit from a hoarding intervention, but that’s for another time. 🙂
here’s a quick video if you want to learn how to make your own twitter list (direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7KzH7aw5sU):
