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More Than One Twitter Account?
I attended PodCamp Toronto on Saturday, including a session in which the presenter, Mathew Ingram, talked about how he uses his Twitter account for personal and business purposes. For someone like Mathew, who’s using Twitter and his blog to build an online personal brand, combining personal and business within a single Twitter account works because [...]
Twitter’s Magical Media Tour
Over the past couple of weeks, it has been interesting to see media coverage of interviews done with Twitter co-founder Evan Williams and Biz Stone. As someone who spent a lot of time as a reporter, I’m curious from a media relations point of view why both executives are suddenly so engaged and active with [...]
Plurk Gets an Overhaul
When Plurk was launched several months ago, it attracted a lot of attention and a healthy amount of new users. A big part of Plurk’s appeal is/was the user interface that displays posts within a timeline, and responses under each post. After a promising start, however, Plurk seemed to fade into the microblogging background. Of [...]
Another Tool to Discover Your Followers
A common theme recently within Twitterrati has been the challenge of getting insight into who’s following you, so you can determine who to follow back. The good news is there’s a growing number of services starting to emerge to address this challenge. Among them is TweepSearch (hat tip to Louis Gray), which lets you do [...]
Who’s Following Who?
At the core of what makes Twitter so powerful is useful are the people you follow and those who follow you. That said, it can be a challenging to gain insight into both camps. After a while, you lose track of the people follow as more people get added to your Twitter ecosystem. At the [...]
Socialtext Unveils Signals