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May 6, 2008
Ed Kohler Here's one way to gain a lot of Twitter friends instantly: teach a large group of non-Twitter users how to use the service. 1. Text 40404 with the term: join 2. Reply to the confirmation with a username of your...





March 25, 2008
Ed Kohler Aaron Landry put together a thorough post of everything he doesn't like about Twitter, or how Twitter is used by many people. It's worth a read if you're a Twitter user and have ever been frustrated with how some of...





October 4, 2007
Ed Kohler According to what I learned at the Electronic Retailing Association conference, 30% of you will love this idea, 30% will think it's the stupidest thing they've ever heard of, with the remaining 40% falling somewhere in between. You can now...





September 17, 2007
Ed Kohler Should social networking sites make it easy to import updates from other social networking sites? Yes and no. On the Yes side, it makes it easy to consolidate one's social network updates from your blog, Facebook, Twitter, Pownce, etc. On...





August 7, 2007
Ed Kohler Dear Mr. Steve Rubel, I love what you have been doing with Twitter lately. The stream of consciousness tweets on things that you find interesting is interesting to me. However, you've got to get in the habit of using TinyURLs...





July 5, 2007
Ed Kohler This morning was the first time I've ever received a one-word Twitter message with that said so much: Crowning. Marc Nathan of Bulldog Financial in Houston spent this morning with his wife at the hospital while she gave birth to...





June 23, 2007
Ed Kohler Did you realize that Twitter is a blog? Yes it is, and if you don't believe me, just ask Technorati. It turns out that you can claim your Twitter blog on Technorati. Why would you want to do that? Because...





June 1, 2007
Ed Kohler Recent University of Minnesota Computer Science graduate, Anthony Nemitz, decided that California was the place to be after finishing college this spring. So, he packed up his bags and made the move while Twittering about the transition. Here's a play...





May 27, 2007
Ed Kohler Twitter's web platform is easy to communicate with and includes a powerful API that allows for the creation of applications that take the platform in directions well beyond sending 140 character or less shout-outs to friends. For example, a one...





May 17, 2007
Ed Kohler Steve Rubel from MicroPersuasion posted an interesting Twitter the other night about metaphors: Sports offers great metaphors for business. This one has been nagging me. I ask you: is it true? If you're reading this post when it went live,...





May 11, 2007
Ed Kohler Almost every day on the Technology Evangelist podcast, someone will ask in the chat room, "What is Twitter?" This post is designed to answer that question, so we can pop a link in the chat rather than answer it over...





April 28, 2007
Ed Kohler Facebook recently announced a few changes to their status update system that closely replicate Twitter's offering: Your friends' three most recent updates on the home page A brand new page to see all your friends' updates at once An RSS...





April 25, 2007
Ed Kohler Did Steve Rubel increase his Geek, Dork, or Nerd credibility when he Twittered the following tweet: Fashion question: untucked men's dress shirts at work - in or out? I am experimenting wearing shirts this way....





March 30, 2007
Ed Kohler Least Dangerous Game kicks off tomorrow in Minneapolis. What's that? Sounds dangerous, eh? Least Dangerous Game is a Twitter-based scavenger hunt where a Twitter users hides somewhere in town, then send out hints via Twitter leading people to his or...





March 17, 2007
Benjamin J. Higginbotham If you take a look at my bio page you'll see that I use Twitter.  It's a great service and I have completely replaced Dodgeball with it.  I am following a bunch of people including Leo Laporte and Robert Scoble. ...





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