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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Twitterfeed: The Workhorse of Twitter
Among the thousands of Twitter applications in the ecosystem, one of the most popular – and probably the most under appreciated – is Twitterfeed, which lets an RSS feed appear on Twitter. According to ReadWriteWeb, Twitterfeed is used by nearly 350,000 publishers who want to let everyone on Twitter know that a new blog post [...]
Bit.ly – Making Updating Easy
Over the past year, bit.ly has become one of the leading URL-shorteners – a competitive market in which the business models are still being worked on. For Twitter users, bit.ly is a particularly useful way to quickly and easily post updates related to Web sites, news articles and blog posts that you want to share. [...]
Searchtastic: Fine but Not Fantastic
One of the reasons I’m fascinated with search on the Web is the flurry of development into new ways and technologies to do search. Even though Google currently dominates search, start-ups continue to emerge convinced they’ve invented a better mousetrap. The same goes for search on Twitter; while Twitter’s in-house search engine does a fine [...]
Are Celebs Tiring of Twitter?
Not that one person represents a trend but pop star Miley Cyrus has quit Twitter. Yup, the 16-year-old’s account has been deleted, leaving her 1.1 million followers clearly disappointed about no longer being able to receive 140-character (or less) updates about her life as a singer and actress. The question is whether Miley’s disappearing act [...]
Canadian Politicos on Twitter
Politicians are having a growing love affair with Twitter. It’s a quick and effective way for them to talk about the issues and news of the day – perfect for the politician who needs to communicate between meeting, hearings, rubber-chicken lunches and kissing babies. With more politicians on Twitter, Politwitter.ca has created a new service [...]
Should I Follow Back 101