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Monthly Archives: August 2009
The Fascination With Teens Not Using Twitter
In the past couple of months, it has been difficult not to stumble across a new report or a news article suggesting or exploring why teenagers aren’t using Twitter. A good example is a long story in the New York Times that opines that teenagers don’t have a need for Twitter. So, here are some [...]
A Smarter Twitter.com: TwitIQ
If you’re one of those people who insist on using Twitter.com rather than Tweetdeck, Seesmic, Tweetie, you may want to seriously think about using TwitIQ. A Web-based service, TwitIQ has the same look and feel as Twitter.com but also a few more bells and whistles that make it a smarter choice than Twitter.com. For example, [...]
Auto-Follow, Anyone? Value in Volume?
One of the biggest challenges with Twitter is finding people to follow. Once you start to establish a group of friends, Twitter can become an interesting, valuable and entertaining tool for business or personal use. There’s no lack of services to find new friends: Mr. Tweet, Twellow and Just Tweet It to name a few. [...]
Will Businesses Pay for Twitter?
Last week, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone disclosed that Twitter plans to launch a “commercial layer” later this year in which it will provide premium services to companies that will include statistics and analytics. On the surface, this seems like a good idea given there’s growing demand among business for insight and information about social media [...]
A Personal Twitter Search Engine
Since joining Twitter, I’ve done nearly 3,500 updates and, in the process, probably shared more than 1,000 links. I’ve also received hundreds of replies, including a lot of links for online services and Web sites. What I can’t seem to find is an easy way to access all these updates and replies because there’s a [...]
Hey, Teens Do Use Twitter!