Awesome graphic on the history of Twitter, micro-blogging, etc. Credit goes to Manolith for the image.
Entries Tagged as 'Twitter'
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 [...]
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.
Topsy: Real-Time Search
June 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Search
Topsy is a real time search engine that feeds off real-time internet data, primarily Twitter. It launched in late May 2009. Search rankings are prioritized by time and by relevance of the poster, so they tend to produce more “news” rather than converying the “pulse” of what’s going on for that topic in real time, [...]
the now internet
May 4th, 2009 · No Comments · My Blog Articles, Real-Time Web, Trends
I’ve been commenting on other people’s blogs for long enough on this subject, so I’m going to try to formulate my thoughts more concisely with some blogs about it. Twitter and Facebook have long been dubbed the social internet, but their true value is really that they are the pioneers of the now internet.
I think [...]