In reading two conflicting opinions about the value of Twitter, I’d like to add a few words to the argument. In last Sunday’s New York Times, David Carr’s piece Why Twitter Will Endure makes a compelling point that Twitter is now part of the internet’s piping; the 140 character update is a standard, much like [...]
Entries Tagged as 'real-time internet'
Understanding and Misunderstanding Twitter
January 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Marketing, My Blog Articles, Real-Time Web, Trends
will Teen use skyrocket on Twitter? yes, in class
November 5th, 2009 · No Comments · My Blog Articles, People, Real-Time Web, Trends, Twitter Content
After reading endless posts on Facebook dwarfing Twitter daily, including Techcrunch today, this lesser distributed article about Twitter in the classroom from InsideHigerEd prognosticates the power of Twitter over Facebook for creative use in classrooms.
Specifically, as students get more savvy with Twitter, one can imagine professors creating a hashtag for commenting during their class.
The overriding [...]
Presto! Firehose deals, Twitter now infrastructure :)
October 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · My Blog Articles, Real-Time Web, Trends
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 [...]
the second coming of @
September 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Marketing, My Blog Articles, Trends
One of the rotating ads on the NYTimes home page today is promoting Air France deals to Europe using an @ sign.
When I first noticed the AirFrance placement on the front page of the Times I thought, “Wow, I’m going to blog this Air France ad as being progressive on two fronts.”
1. AirFrance is [...]
Tags:real-time internet·Trends
The Case of the Vanishing Medium
June 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · My Blog Articles
A long long time ago, in 1996, I read an article in the Wall St. Journal entitled “The Case of the Vanishing Medium: Perpetrator is Large”. It was all about how medium was no longer marketed to consuming Americans, and had instead been replaced with large, extra-large, super-size, grande and big gulp. It was an [...]
Tags:real-time internet·Trends
Super Cool Graphic: History of Twitter
June 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · My Blog Articles
Awesome graphic on the history of Twitter, micro-blogging, etc. Credit goes to Manolith for the image.
One Riot: Real-Time Search
June 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Search
OneRiot is a real-time search engine that searches both Twitter and Digg text and links. They crawl and index content a la Google.
There are 2 modes of search - Real-Time and Pulse. Pulse has the indexed content to add relevancy to the search. This is explained well by the TechCrunch piece when they [...]
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 [...]
WeFollow: Directory
June 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Directories, Top Twitterers
WeFollow was created by Kevin Rose, social media entrepreneur and founder of Digg. It tracks both tags and users for a good snapshot of what’s going on at Twitter. Clean design, and it gives a clear understanding of where the Twitter traffic is now, which is following celebrities, tv, social media and business. I like [...]
TweetDeck: Desktop App with Bit.ly
June 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Apps, Desktop Tweeting
TweetDeck is a Twitter desktop client app which includes built-in URL shortener bit.ly. It’s packed with features, and has awesome sound fx (each tweet cues a “Red October” submarine noise).
Pros: Posting, ReTweeting, Persistent Search, URL Shorten, Direct Messages, @Replies
Cons: Single Account
Good tutorial for TweetDeck.