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Monthly Archives: January 2009
Twitter Needs an Editing Tool
Although there are 140 characters (or less) in a Twitter message, it’s easy to make a spelling mistake – probably because most posts are mini-bursts of thought or news snapped off in a few seconds. It’s only after you hit the “Update” button that you realize there’s a spelling mistake or a word that shouldn’t [...]
David Pogue Likes Twitter (I Think)
It’s difficult to believe David Pogue, who writes a tech column for the New York Times, is experimenting with Twitter when the rest of us have already jumped aboard the bandwagon but… Anyway, Pogue continued his experiment by using Twitter at a speech in Las Vegas to demonstrate its ability to get answer to questions. [...]
Another Tool to Discover Your Followers
A common theme recently within Twitterrati has been the challenge of getting insight into who’s following you, so you can determine who to follow back. The good news is there’s a growing number of services starting to emerge to address this challenge. Among them is TweepSearch (hat tip to Louis Gray), which lets you do [...]
Would You Outsource Twitter?
Although I tell people that Twitter is quicker and, in theory, easier than blogging, it still requires work if you want to do it effectively and build a solid presence within the community. For many people, this can be easier said than done. It takes time and energy to create messages and search for followers [...]
Twitter-Facebook? Please, No!
Now that the Yahoo mess is no longer in the spotlight, BoomTown’s Kara Swisher has turned her attention to Twitter. She suggests Twitter should go running into the arm’s of Facebook as quickly as possible based on the thesis that they look sweet together, Twitter’s chances of going IPO are dim, and doing a deal [...]
The 100 Most Popular Twitter Services