Real Time Twitter News: I’m Connected
Over the last few years I seem to have stopped watching the TV news, listening to the radio news, nor do read newspapers.
I don’t tend to have a daily dose of news. I’ve done this on purpose, it’s mostly negative and dreary, and there’s little that actually really effects my day to day [...]
Dutch Bike Feature
@shiraabel tweeted this feature article about the Dutch Bike in the New York Times
The content of the article is fantastic: sharp and informative.
But what I like even more is the way they’ve done it, self-playing audio, picture slideshow, it works really well.
I hit the page and was startled by the audio, but, if it hadn’t [...]
The Importance of http://
People quote URLs all the time on social media, but oh so often they forget to put the http:// on them. I often tell them, and they often thank me, but so many people just don’t realise that it’s important. If it’s not on there, it often can’t be clicked on.
Recognising web site address is [...]
Google buying Twitter: Twoogle?
The rumours abound that Google is looking to buy Twitter. They say that Twitter’s real value is in it’s search, and Google kinda knows how to do that.
Google has bought similar sites in the past (Jaiku, Dodgeball) and done nothing with them. I guess the difference now is the popularity Twitter has, it’s a [...]
Cashing in on Social Media
I’ve been Facebooking a year or two, I’ve only just started twittering.
I’ve just recently been experimenting wiht attempting to make money from it, and I’ve had some small time success.
It’s very similar to usual ‘list’ marketing, with a couple of differences. You only have 140 characters to play with (if concentrating on the Twitter / [...]
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