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Monthly Archives: January 2010
The World is Flat..and so is Twitter.com
A quick look at unique visitors to Twitter.com over the past six months is interesting – despite the hype, traffic if flat as the Prairies. In December, there were 22.8 million visitors with growth non-existent since June. One theory: The rise of desktop, online and mobile publishing tools such as Tweetdeck, Seesmic, Tweetie, et al [...]
10 Ways to Really Enjoy Twitter
Twitter is a compelling social media service with all kinds of benefits for different people. But Twitter can also be a time-suck, productivity-killer and brain-musher if used improperly or too much. Here are 10 ways to enjoy Twitter without going overboard: 1. Recognize you don’t have to be on Twitter all the time. When you’re [...]
It’s All about Other Conversations
Within the social media landscape, a common refrain is that it’s all about the conversation. It’s an industry mantra is quickly nearing its expiry date. That said, there is some merit to seeing particular conversations in action to get a better idea of what people are talking about and the context/perspective that being able to [...]
Mapping a Way to New People to Follow
There are a growing number of new tools to find new people to follower but there’s still lot of room to make the process easier, faster and better. An interesting approach is mentionmap, which creates a map that shows your connections to other people and, in turn, their connections. The idea is that you can [...]
Twizzle: A Sweet iPhone App for Twitter
When it comes to Twitter applications for the iPhone, I have tried a bunch of them – Tweetdeck, Tweetie, Twitterrific, Twinkle and Twitterfon to name a few. Not surprisingly, I’m always on the look out for something new, different and shiny so when I heard about Twizzle, there was little doubt it had to be [...]
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