api The Thing About Twitter The thing that bothers me most about Twitter’s API announcement [http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-api-announce/browse_thread/thread/c82cd59c7a87216a?pli=1] 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
Education New Information Processes Robert Pondiscio started a great discussion on Twitter [https://coffeeonthekeyboard.com/tag/twitter] in the classroom over on The Core Knowledge Blog [http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2009/06/29/the-twitter-challenge/]. In particular, I’m interested in one of his comments [http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2009/06/29/the-twitter-challenge/
Marketing Social Media Marketing: This is your Chance If I could’ve sat down with Chris Brogan [http://www.chrisbrogan.com/] and Laura Fitton [http://pistachioconsulting.com/] 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
Social Media Communities within Communities There is an op-ed floating around Twitter today: As a social network, Twitter is a dud [http://www.mcall.com/news/opinion/anotherview/all-point.6868702apr24,0,6909055.story] . Is it ironic that an article deriding Twitter is being spread on Twitter? Irony is so ill-defined. Twitter is not for everyone,
citypulse A Twitter Turn-Around A little while ago [https://coffeeonthekeyboard.com/oh-the-humanity-of-twitter-155/], I criticized a local newspaper, Lansing CityPULSE [http://www.lansingcitypulse.com/lansing/], 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
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 more like a robot. These are
bots Oh the Humanity (of Twitter) Twitter [http://www.twitter.com/] creates a powerful opportunity: no matter who you are, or how big your business, you can put a human “face” on Twitter. Comcast (@comcastcares [http://twitter.com/comcastcares]), JetBlue (@jetblue [http://twitter.com/jetblue]), Biggby Coffee (@biggbybob [http://twitter.com/biggbybob]) and Starbucks (@starbucks [http:
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: 1. Is it really me? 2. Did I create this? 3. Do I control this? You need to be
identity New Twitter Name To all my Twitter followers, and those not yet following me [http://twitter.com/jamessocol]: Twitter lets you change your user name, so I did. Instead of the very long and misspelled “urbaneexistance,” I am now @jamessocol [http://twitter.com/jamessocol]. Shorter, easier to remember, more meaningful. If you were
authority Expertise and Authority 2.0 Jeff Atwood [http://www.codinghorror.com/] is a self-proclaimed amateur [http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001124.html]: > “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
behavior A Twitterer's Tipping Point Explaining Twitter [http://twitter.com/] 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 have learned about
discover Exploring the Web Last week, as I was demonstrating Ning [http://ning.com/] 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 [https://coffeeonthekeyboard.com/
Back-end Help Me Scale I’ve been reading Eran Hammer-Lahav’s intelligent [http://www.hueniverse.com/hueniverse/2008/04/scaling-a-micro.html] posts on [http://www.hueniverse.com/hueniverse/2008/03/scaling-a-micro.html] microblog scalability [http://www.hueniverse.com/hueniverse/2008/03/on-scaling-a-mi.html], and now I’m concerned about my own “microblog” site, Picofiction
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 [http://www.mostlylisa.com/] wrote about the “big three” [http://www.mostlylisa.com/2008/05/06/the-rhythm-n-flow-of-the-2-point-ohs/]— Twitter [http://twitter.com/urbaneexistance]