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.
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12.30.2007
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
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