Monthly Archives: June 2010

Are the “Tech Pundits” Paying Attention?

By Mark Evans | Published: June 8, 2010
It’s always gratifying to attract a retweet (aka RT) because it means that someone found a tweet interesting enough to share with their followers. And it’s extra-gratifying when someone with a large profile/following decides to bestow a RT. Within the high-tech marketplace, there’s a service called Who Tech Pundits Tweet that puts the spotlight on [...]
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Cursing for a Good Cause

By Mark Evans | Published: June 4, 2010
The language people use on Twitter tends to be pretty “colorful” – something Swearjarr hopes to capitalize on. Swearjarr provides a service to see if you have used a swear word in a tweet. If you’re guilty as charged, Swearjarr encourages you to make a donation towards a charity via Paypal. There’s a minimum donation [...]
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Why Doesn’t Twitter Like Conferences?

By Mark Evans | Published: June 2, 2010
You figure with more than $100-million in venture capital, Twitter could work out how to handle large amounts of traffic coming from a conference or event. Unfortunately, Twitter has decided if a lot of traffic is coming from one IP address, it needs to be rate-limited. At the MagNet conference today in Toronto, which isn’t [...]
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A Waterfall of Tweets

By Mark Evans | Published: June 1, 2010
There are lots of different ways to view tweets – many of them similar. TwitterFall stands out from the crowd with a look and feel that features a “waterfall of tweets”, as well as some useful filtering tools. After submitting a search query, TwitterFall generates a steady stream of tweets. The tweets can be filtered [...]
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