api The Thing About Twitter The thing that bothers me most about Twitter’s API announcement is that very few of the most useful features of Twitter were actually their ideas. Hashtags. Retweets. Location. Search. Lists. Conversation view. Inline images and links. Short URLs. The entire mobile user experience.
Education New Information Processes Robert Pondiscio started a great discussion on Twitter in the classroom over on The Core Knowledge Blog. In particular, I’m interested in one of his comments: If someone invented a 21st century hammer it wouldn’t dramatically change the training and experience a
Marketing Social Media Marketing: This is your Chance If I could’ve sat down with Chris Brogan and Laura Fitton six months ago and asked them one thing, it would have been: “Who, exactly, are you marketing to?” There has always been a small thorn in my paw about social media marketing.
Social Media Communities within Communities There is an op-ed floating around Twitter today: As a social network, Twitter is a dud. Is it ironic that an article deriding Twitter is being spread on Twitter? Irony is so ill-defined. Twitter is not for everyone, and I respect that, but the
citypulse A Twitter Turn-Around A little while ago, I criticized a local newspaper, Lansing CityPULSE, for their use of Twitter. They were following the spammer model: follow hundreds of people, then post nothing but links to your own site. I’m happy to say—though I’m a
influence Why I Unfollowed You Try these strategies to lose followers and waste your time on Twitter. 1) Have no name, photo, bio, or website. Avoid looking like a real person at all, in fact. If you arbitrarily capitalize and ignore the 140 character limit, you can look even
bots Oh the Humanity (of Twitter) Twitter creates a powerful opportunity: no matter who you are, or how big your business, you can put a human “face” on Twitter. Comcast (@comcastcares), JetBlue (@jetblue), Biggby Coffee (@biggbybob) and Starbucks (@starbucks), even Britney Spears (sorry, I refuse to link that one) have
2.0 Identity 2.0 - A Primer Google your name. Right now. I’ll wait. Put your name here: Good. What came up? Look at the first page of results and ask yourself these questions about each one: Is it really me? Did I create this? Do I control this? You
identity New Twitter Name To all my Twitter followers, and those not yet following me: Twitter lets you change your user name, so I did. Instead of the very long and misspelled “urbaneexistance,” I am now @jamessocol. Shorter, easier to remember, more meaningful. If you were following me,
authority Expertise and Authority 2.0 Jeff Atwood is a self-proclaimed amateur: “It troubles me greatly to hear that people see me as an expert or an authority, and not a fellow amateur.” “There is absolutely no reason any of you should listen to me. But somehow, I have 75,
behavior A Twitterer's Tipping Point Explaining Twitter to non-tweeters is still a difficult process. “It’s like Facebook status without Facebook” doesn’t do it justice—or sound very appealing. “It’s a public, non-realtime messaging system” convinces no one to sign up. All the Twitter users I know
discover Exploring the Web Last week, as I was demonstrating Ning in my office, someone asked me how I find things like this. Honestly, I could not remember when or how I discovered Ning, which prompted me to pay attention over the past week, and to ask you.
Back-end Help Me Scale I’ve been reading Eran Hammer-Lahav’s intelligent posts on microblog scalability, and now I’m concerned about my own “microblog” site, Picofiction. Similar to social networks, social updates, social messaging, social… Like many social web sites—amongst our weaponry…—Picofiction lets you “follow”
facebook Dr. Voyeurism, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Twitter I’ve been thinking a lot about social networking lately, partly because my job deals with it, partly because I’ve got some Obsessive-Compulsive tendencies. Then Mostly Lisa wrote about the “big three”—Twitter, Pownce, and Facebook, according to her—and got them back