Archive for the 'twitter' Category
The Hyperconnected
April 5th, 2007Lev Grossman (who once sent me a copy of his book) is always charming. On Twitter:
“It’s like the cocaine of blogging or e-mail but refined into crack. Internet addiction is an old story, but we’re on the tipping point of a new kind of problem that might more broadly be called an addiction to [...]
Is Twitter just too much information?
April 5th, 2007Andrew Kantor on Twitter
“An even moderately active Twitter user is like a four year old, giving a running dialog of her life to anyone within earshot. “I’m eating lunch. Now I’m throwing away the wrapper. Whoops, I got some ketchup on my shirt. I’m going to the bathroom to wash it off.”
Well, he’s right. [...]
EmailTwitter.com
April 2nd, 2007Library Clips links to E-mailTwitter.com, which allows users to easily post to Twitter via e-mail from your mobile phone. It has automatic registration, which is a step forward from other services.
RSS to Twitter
March 24th, 2007If you’re a bog Twitter user, you may be interested in having your favorite feeds go right into your Twitter account. With RSS toTwitter, you now can. This could get a bit annoying for those that follow your Twitter posts.
(via)
See also: Mail2Twitter
Careful Twittering
March 24th, 2007A few examples of what shouldn’t be Twittered.
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Sluts R Us
March 16th, 2007John Blyberg on Twitter:
"I say Twitter is the Paris Hilton of the social web. Slutty and unfortunate. The basest manifestation of the culture and systems it represents.
I’ve received no less than 14 Twitter invitations from people whom I respect deeply and I have to wonder, why the **** are they using this? Who cares if [...]
TwitterMap
March 15th, 2007Neat.
TwitterMap "pulls the location and last message of Twitter community members using a public Twitter feed, then plots it to a Google Map. The resulting map lets you discover what geographic area your Twitter friends are from, or you can find new Twitter-folk to interact with in your community." (via)
Funny Twitter Research
March 14th, 2007I have a customized news feed set up for Twitter. Here’s what has been coming up.
The Several Habits of Wildly Successful Twitter Users
March 11th, 2007Well worth a read. I’ve taken some of the advice given, including ridding myself of a few friends that took up too much of my Twitter page. Also, I’m playing with Twitteroo. (via)
See also: 5 Ways to Use Twitter for Good, from Lifehacker.
Twitter at Conferences and More.
March 9th, 2007Steve Lawson blogs:
"Twitter is also making a big push at South by Southwest Interactive this year. They encourage people at that conference to add sxsw as a friend, and then they can track everyone at the conference. I can see this at a conference like Internet Librarian, where attendees could just Twitter where they are [...]
Twittering John Edwards
March 9th, 2007Heh. I just added John Edwards as a friend and within seconds, he added me as a friend.. Aw! Thanks Mr. Edwards.
Twitter Me This
March 6th, 2007David King made me do it…
I’m at http://twitter.com/stevencohen
Make me a friend, grab the feed, whatever.