Mark’s Blogs
Find ME Online
-
-
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Anonymous Tweeting is Wrong
There’s a service called secrettweet that lets you post on Twitter without disclosing your identity. So, in theory, you can say anything you want about anything or anybody. That strikes me as wrong. What I like about Twitter is how nearly everyone is accountable for what they write. When someone follows me, I check out [...]
Who’s Going to Buy TweetDeck?
There’s a lot of talk these days about who was interested in Google – Facebook – and who apparently isn’t – Google – but there doesn’t seem be any speculation about one of the hottest services within the Twittersphere: TweetDeck. A desktop client built on Adobe’s AIR platform, TweetDeck is used by nearly 10% of [...]
Doonesbury Pokes Twitter
Check out this Doonesbury cartoon about Twitter obsession. Combined with Jon Stewart’s recent spoof of Twitter, it looks like Twitter has gone from cool to being ridiculed.
BackTweets: Link Search on Twitter
BackType, which has emerged as a valuable way to find comments within the blogosphere, has unveiled two new products, including one that lets you search links within Twitter. BackTweets offers the ability to search for keywords within links contained in Twitter posts, including links that have been shortened. For example, if you were interested in [...]
Posted in Services 2 Comments
Better E-Mail Notifications
One of Twitter’s more annoying shortcomings is the lack of information within e-mail notifications about new people following you. All you get is someone’s name, and a link to their Twitter account. Fortunately, Twimailer has developed a much better mousetrap with an e-mail notification service that provides detailed information about new followers, including their last five [...]
Posted in Uncategorized 5 Comments
How Active are Your Friends?