12.31.2007
Should I go back to twitterland?
Jim asks the question. He says:
"I want to go back to Twitter, and if I do, I’ll just talk to myself and not listen to anyone else? Seems… wrong?"
"I want to go back to Twitter, and if I do, I’ll just talk to myself and not listen to anyone else? Seems… wrong?"
Twitter on Techcrunch
Techcrunch has published a lot of post about twitter this year. Read them all!
12.30.2007
Best Internet Marketing Blog Posts of 2007
Tamar wrote a great post!
about twitter:
about twitter:
- Newbies Guide to Twitter (Chris Brogan): Haven’t used Twitter yet? Maybe you should get started, but if you’re inundated with all the hype about Twitter, sit down, relax, and read this beginner’s guide.
- The Big Juicy Twitter Guide (Caroline Middlebrook): Want more Twitter goodness? Caroline has a 7-part series on how Twitter has worked as a successful networking and productivity tool.
Twitter now officially part of the live web
Dennis Howlett comments that Twitter gain business cred after the recent assassination of Benazir Bhutto. He notes that when Katrina struck, blogs sprung into action spreading the news, but Twitter has proven far faster at relaying reaction.
Read the rest of the story
Read the rest of the story
Evan William, The Economist and Google
Evan Williams, fonder of twitter, wrote on his site:
"There's a story about me in The Economist, which is very flattering.
It has a couple misleading points, though, which I feel the need to clarify. Mostly about Google: I didn't "hate every minute" I was at Google (just some of them). I wasn't there "less than a year." (It was a year and eight months). I don't think Google tackles problems with "brute force." I think they're best at tackling known problems, but they do so very cleverly."
12.29.2007
How to be ‘popular’ on Twitter
Jeremiah explains how to become popular en twitter
1) Figure out why you want to use this tool. Is there a reason, an objective?
2) Integrate it throughout your online experience. You’ll notice that I ask people to add me from various posts, have it listed in my side role and on my facebook account.
3) Add people back. I follow everyone that follows me, I’m following more people than are following me, and that’s a sign that you want to listen to what others have to say.
4) Add value when you tweet. I’ve given up on my google reader link blog, instead, I leave links to what I think is interesting during the day.
5) Ask questions. I didn’t realize this was going to be one of the largest attributes on tweeterboard, so I got lucky.
1) Figure out why you want to use this tool. Is there a reason, an objective?
2) Integrate it throughout your online experience. You’ll notice that I ask people to add me from various posts, have it listed in my side role and on my facebook account.
3) Add people back. I follow everyone that follows me, I’m following more people than are following me, and that’s a sign that you want to listen to what others have to say.
4) Add value when you tweet. I’ve given up on my google reader link blog, instead, I leave links to what I think is interesting during the day.
5) Ask questions. I didn’t realize this was going to be one of the largest attributes on tweeterboard, so I got lucky.
Twitter tracking
Twitter blog explains the tracking twitter:
track NYC
When someone (anyone who updates in public) mentions "NYC," you'll get it on your device in real-time. From there you can send "whois username" to find out more about that person, or "follow username" to follow his or her updates. Don't want to receive anymore about NYC? Toggle it off with:
untrack NYC
You can create as many of these as you want, so send "track drinking tea", "track iphone", "track walking san francisco" and you'll receive matches for all. Want to get a list of what you're currently tracking? Send "track" alone (or "stats"). Turn them all off by sending "track off".
track NYC
When someone (anyone who updates in public) mentions "NYC," you'll get it on your device in real-time. From there you can send "whois username" to find out more about that person, or "follow username" to follow his or her updates. Don't want to receive anymore about NYC? Toggle it off with:
untrack NYC
You can create as many of these as you want, so send "track drinking tea", "track iphone", "track walking san francisco" and you'll receive matches for all. Want to get a list of what you're currently tracking? Send "track" alone (or "stats"). Turn them all off by sending "track off".
Tracking Twitter
Twitter blog explain the "tracking twitter":
track NYC
When someone (anyone who updates in public) mentions "NYC," you'll get it on your device in real-time. From there you can send "whois username" to find out more about that person, or "follow username" to follow his or her updates. Don't want to receive anymore about NYC? Toggle it off with:
untrack NYC
You can create as many of these as you want, so send "track drinking tea", "track iphone", "track walking san francisco" and you'll receive matches for all. Want to get a list of what you're currently tracking? Send "track" alone (or "stats"). Turn them all off by sending "track off".
track NYC
When someone (anyone who updates in public) mentions "NYC," you'll get it on your device in real-time. From there you can send "whois username" to find out more about that person, or "follow username" to follow his or her updates. Don't want to receive anymore about NYC? Toggle it off with:
untrack NYC
You can create as many of these as you want, so send "track drinking tea", "track iphone", "track walking san francisco" and you'll receive matches for all. Want to get a list of what you're currently tracking? Send "track" alone (or "stats"). Turn them all off by sending "track off".
Twitter was down for 6 days in 2007
(RWW)
According to Royal Pingdom, Twitter was down for almost 6 days (5 days and 23 hours to be exact) in 2007. For any other company, this might spell doom, but not our LittleCo of the year! If anything, the service has gotten more popular in spite of the frequent down time. Those with "Twitterdiction" may have suffered through some nasty withdrawal when Twitter went offline for extended periods of time, but abandon the service they did not.
According to Royal Pingdom, Twitter was down for almost 6 days (5 days and 23 hours to be exact) in 2007. For any other company, this might spell doom, but not our LittleCo of the year! If anything, the service has gotten more popular in spite of the frequent down time. Those with "Twitterdiction" may have suffered through some nasty withdrawal when Twitter went offline for extended periods of time, but abandon the service they did not.
12.28.2007
12.27.2007
12.26.2007
The Big Juicy Twitter Guide
An important guide.
- Part #1 - What is Twitter?
- Why You Should Start Using Twitter Right Now
- What is Twitter?
- What’s the Point?
- Twitter is a Broadcasting Service
- Twitter is a Mobile Communication Tool
- Part #2 - Socialising With Twitter
- Is This Business or Personal?
- How Can Twitter Help My Business?
- How to Get Twitter Followers
- Useful Twitter Accounts to Follow
- Keeping the Noise Down
- Part #3 - Using Twitter Properly
- Twitter Technicalities
- Twitetiquette
- Using Twitter for Marketing
- Part #4 - Twitter Tools | Platform-Specific
- Mobile Tools
- Windows Tools
- Mac Tools
- Firefox Plugins
- Part #5 - Twitter Tools | Web Applications
- Productivity / Useful Apps
- Map Mashups
- Just for Fun
- Part #6 - Hacking Twitter
- Pimp Out Your Twitter Profile
- Funky Twitter Mashups
- Twitter Groups
- Part #7 - Multiply Your Twitter Audience
- Publicize Your RSS Twitter Feed
- Twitter / BloggingMashup
- Third Party Twitter Integration
- How Twitter Promotion Can Go Viral
One Laptop per Child on Twitter
"The idea is every tweet with the word 'olpc' raises a euro. With the script up and running the first laptop had been bought within an hour! The original plan was to leave it at that, but it is so successful they keep going and by midnight (twelve hours later) 1463.50 euros has been collected. Three laptops were donated via other sources. In the end 2883.50 euros were collected, good for 21 laptops."
(Don Crowley)
Twitter: the good use of it
Twitter can be usefull if you don't use it too much. Too much twit is boring. Too little is not good either.It comes down to not posting too often and not posting stuff that’s not interesting to others. Posting things like, “Going to the bathroom again.”, or “Heading home from work.” is likely to make people stop following your account — or even unsubscribe from Twitter altogether.
(from Dmiessler)
Richard MacManus (RWW) is twitter addict
"I'm a Twitter addict now (username is rww) and I've started to experiment using Tumblr as a personal blog."
He considere twitter one of the most interesting web apps of the year.
He considere twitter one of the most interesting web apps of the year.
Twitter, one of the 6 most promising start-ups, according to the Guardian
For The Guardian, twitter is of the six most promising firm of the Internet.
"Twitter is about the intimacy of details," said author David Weinberger. "Through it I see small events in the lives of friends about whom I otherwise might only learn the big events when we catch up after long intervals."
Crucially, it has also been picked up by businesses as an easy way to push messages out to their customers.
Co-founder Ev Williams helped popularise blogging with Blogger.com before selling it to Google in 2002.
Microbbloging (= twitter) is one of the Trends of 2007
Steve Rubel noticed 3 trends on the Internet in 2007.
One of them is microblogging. Microblogging is twitter. Twitter is THE name you mention about microblogging.
Twitter occured more often than blogging on Google trends .
"What's fascinating here is that searches for Twitter surpassed for "blogging" in April and never looked back. Meanwhile, news volume for the two are neck and neck. Twitter is particularly strong in Japan. That said, interest in micro blogging has dropped off dramatically this (nearly 50% off their peak in the spring)." (Steve Rubel)
We can ask the question: is there money to make on blogging?
Microblogging is done for speacking with others, being linked with them. Only for pleasure?
One of them is microblogging. Microblogging is twitter. Twitter is THE name you mention about microblogging.
Twitter occured more often than blogging on Google trends .
"What's fascinating here is that searches for Twitter surpassed for "blogging" in April and never looked back. Meanwhile, news volume for the two are neck and neck. Twitter is particularly strong in Japan. That said, interest in micro blogging has dropped off dramatically this (nearly 50% off their peak in the spring)." (Steve Rubel)
We can ask the question: is there money to make on blogging?
Microblogging is done for speacking with others, being linked with them. Only for pleasure?
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