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February 7, 2009
Social Media Consultant, Matthew Chamberlin @mchamberlin sent out a tweet yesterday that piqued my interest. In it, he scolds Senator Claire McCaskill about her use of Twitter on behalf of the Twitterverse: As @mchamberlain pointed out, Sen. McCaskill (@clairecmc) had...
February 1, 2009
If I had to choose one theme of Twitter messages as my least favorite, it would be messages that provide no context to me as a reader. They're generally messages that are relevant to the sender and only one of...
December 4, 2008
Every year, a new company attempts to make a cell phone application that can read barcodes, transmit that information across the web, then return comparative price information. Overall, it's a great concept, but I think companies are overthinking this one....
November 19, 2008
Laurel Hart, Senior Fellow at The Logos Institute, brought up an interesting point on Twitter after giving a talk about social media to a group of grad students at NYU: First, I don't know if Laurel happened upon a group...
October 20, 2008
I've mentioned previously that it would be helpful if Twitter users received better feedback on unfollow requests. Basically, let people know when their followers are dropping so they can at least know that they're burning people out, pissing them off,...
September 24, 2008
I love this show! Not only do we always have a great time, but I get to show off the latest and greatest technology to the masses. In this live episode we cover: TWITTER! Now keep in mind that TE is a bit more of a techie blog, but just the idea that Twitter is now on TV shows such as CNN and even the afternoon talk show tells me that it is either mainstream or very, very close to mainstream now.
August 25, 2008
Twittter is all about positive reinforcement. They make people feel good by sending out new follower notications like the one below every time someone new signs up to follow your Tweets: That's cool, but I think it's also one of...
Chris Brogan has a great post offering 50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Business that's worth a read. Chris has a lot of great ideas, but #29 on his list made my head tilt around 30 degrees and say, "huh?"...
August 24, 2008
How many referrals do you get when you drop a link on Twitter? There at least three ways to track this: 1. Check your referral logs for referrals from Twitter.com. This will miss all the Twitter users who visit after...
August 23, 2008
What makes for a good business Twitter account? Does it have to be all business all the time, or should it be a combination of business and personal messages in order to build personal relationships with followers? Shannon Paul seems...
August 22, 2008
I had a chance to attend a Social Media Breakfast at Best Buy's corporate headquarters in Richfield, Minnesota this morning. The topics ranged from Twitter to, well, Twitter. There were some strong opinions expressed on how Twitter should be used....
August 12, 2008
After reading about Twitter's new limit on how many people you can follow, my immediate reaction was, "It sounds like people will have to create a rolling list of people they follow." Backing up, one problem with Twitter is every...
May 6, 2008
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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