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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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)
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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”