BETAMOUSE #5 – Lifestreaming From The Parks

Welcome to Betamouse Episode #5! Today we talk about lifestreamining from the Disney Parks… how to best use twitter, stream video, and more! Have show ideas of your own? Email show@betamouse.net!

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• Henry introduces the panel.
• Thank you to our wonderful sponsor Touring Plans! Visit Touring Plans to save time touring the Disney Parks.
• Team Betamouse Henry and Katie will be at WDW Today’s TentFest. Come say Hi!
• Henry asks about the panel’s Twitter etiquette.
• Scott tweets pictures of his children for family.
• Jeff tweets the big events he comes across at Disney, including group meets and rides.
• Katie talks about the hardship between separating the Disney community and family and friends who “don’t get it”. Katie uses Twitter for her Disney community social network and sometimes keeps Facebook separate.
• Nate does separate his WedWay Radio “personality” from his regular Facebook.
• Katie tweets anything and everything from the parks. Personal moments as well as interesting happenings. Katie also tweets audio and video.
• Nate decides before a trip whether he will be tweeting or not. When it is a family trip he tends to not tweet as much.
• Henry tweets anything and everything and also keeps two separate Twitter accounts. Henry also talks about the best practices of Disney tweeting such as keeping it positive and not negative.
• Scott continues the Twitter best practices conversation by asking: how often should you Tweet?
• Nate says that the frequency of tweets does not bother him as long as the conversation is interesting and overall the panel agrees.
• Henry asks what the panel likes to see on Twitter.
• Scott likes to see tweets of special events at Disney.
• Jeff likes personal tweets.
• Katie wants to see what’s going on in the parks at any given time.
• Nate likes to see any tweets from the Disney Parks and points out that the 140 characters makes Twitter an easy and fun read.
• Jeff likes to see panoramic views of the various lands to see crowd perspective.
• Nate wishes people would announce UStream events in advance.
• Henry asks if the panel has done any streaming of video. And in a chorus of yes; they have.
• Katie likes UStream but comments that the battery drainage may not be worth it.
• Jeff has just signed up for an account but plans to do UStream at one point.
• Henry has streamed videos through Qik and one of his favorite times to stream is Rope Drop at a park.
• Henry asks the panel where they think Twitter will evolve.
• Scott and Jeff agree that video clips will take over.
• Nate would like to see more geotagging of pictures and video and websites that utilize that technology.
• Thank you again to Touring Plans for sponsoring the Betamouse Podcast.
• Remember Katie and Henry will be at TentFest, please come say hello!
• Katie and Henry will also be running the Princess 5k so look for them there to say hello.

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