2.10 Using Micro-Blogs

Use the Micro-Blog feature to capture quick personal notes, or to inform others of what you are currently working on. This provides a greater transparency, so those you work with know what you are doing, and how they might offer assistance to help you accomplish your tasks.

Micro-blogs differ from regular blogs because their purpose is not to present an entire topic or argument, but rather to give a quick snippet of information from the author of the micro-blog. Micro-blogs should be only one or two short sentences.

For more information on traditional blogs within Novell Vibe, see Section 6.2, Working with Blog Folders.

2.10.1 Posting a Micro-Blog

  1. Navigate to the home page of your personal workspace.

  2. In the What are you working on? field, specify your micro-blog entry, then click Share.

2.10.2 Viewing the Micro-Blog Entries of People You Are Following

You can view the micro-blog entries of people you are following in three convenient ways:

For information on how to follow people in Vibe, see Section 2.5.1, Following Workspaces and Folders.

Setting Up a Live Feed to View the Micro-Blog Entries of People You Are Following

Like Twitter, Vibe enables you to see live feeds for the micro-blog entries of the people you are following.

For information on how to set up a live micro-blog feed, see Section 2.13.1, Setting Up a Live Feed.

Using the Relevance Tabs in Your Personal Workspace to View the Micro-Blog Entries of People You Are Following

  1. Navigate to your personal workspace.

  2. Click the Micro-Blogs and Shared Items tab.

    The Micro-Blogs being Followed column lists the micro-blog entries of the people you are currently following.

Using Your Mobile Device to View the Micro-Blog Entries of People You Are Following

Vibe enables you to use your mobile device to view the micro-blog entries of the people you are following, as described in Viewing the Newest Micro-Blog Entries of People You’re Following in Using Novell Vibe on Your Mobile Device in the Novell Vibe 3.4 Advanced User Guide.

2.10.3 Viewing the Micro-Blog Entries of Vibe Users You Are Not Following

Viewing a User’s Micro-Blog Entries by Using the Presence Icon

Vibe enables you to view a user’s micro-blog entries by clicking the user’s Presence icon , located next to his or her name in an entry.

  1. Click the Presence icon of the user whose micro-blog entries you want to view.

    The Profile Quick View is displayed.

  2. Click Micro-Blog.

Viewing a User’s Micro-Blog Entries by Navigating to His or Her Personal Workspace

You can navigate to a user’s personal workspace to view the micro-blog entries.

  1. Navigate to the personal workspace of the user whose micro-blog entries you want to view.

  2. In the Navigation panel, click the Micro-Blog folder.

    The user’s micro-blog entries are listed in the folder.