Chapter 2 of the Real Time Web was announced late yesterday as both Google and Microsoft have closed real time firehose search deals with Twitter. These deals put Twitter in the enviable position of being a real-time infrastructure play, whereby they can specialize in the collection of data and other companies can do the [...]
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Presto! Firehose deals, Twitter now infrastructure :)
October 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · My Blog Articles, Real-Time Web, Trends
Is Twitter down? Yes or No
August 6th, 2009 · No Comments · My Blog Articles, Resources
There’s a very simple site to find out if Twitter is down (or if it’s just you).
istwitterdown.com
Simple, no ads, just a yes or a no. Great.
Techmeme: Blog of News Blogs
June 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Blogs, News
Techmeme is an uber-blog that summaries the news of tech blogs, and also has links to cross coverage of the original stories. Generally a good place to check on lastest news, what’s popular. Within Techmeme itself, other good links are the River which lists news stories in reverse chronological order as they come in (a [...]
Mashable: Social Media Blog
June 8th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Blogs
Mashable is a blog and guide to social media. It has tons of Twitter info, which includes their own content lists for social media plus news. It’s cool, packed with interesting information, very surfable and well organized.
You can follow CEO Pete Cashmore on Twitter @mashable.
Oprah > Twitter; we know this, it’s ok
June 5th, 2009 · No Comments · My Blog Articles, Real-Time Web
Nicholas Carlson of Alley Insider writes The Case Against Twitter, By The Numbers, a good paradox piece which points out the difficulties Twitter has in retaining mainstream users.
Carson points out he is pro-Twitter personally, and then raises questions on the abandonment stats:
10% - The percentage of users that account for 90% of all Twitter messages, according [...]
Silicon Alley Insider: Tech Blog
June 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Blogs
Silicon Alley Insider is a blog covering tech news stories, with many stories relating to Twitter. Primary bloggers are Nicholas Carson and Dan Frommer.
All three can be followed on Twitter:
@alleyinsider
@nichcarlson
@fromedome