April 2008
62 posts
End Of Speculation: The Real Twitter Usage Numbers... →
“Speculation about Twitter’s new round of financing is leading everyone to speculate on Twitter’s actual penetration into the mainstream, or lack thereof.”
Structure 08 →
A GigaOm run conference looking at new platforms to handle increasing online activity, particularly cloud computing.
Researchers Discover Massive Asshole In... →
Satirical news item on a nasty infiltration of the blogosphere (c/o iwasbombed).
FUTURESONIC 2008 > Social Networking Unplugged →
“Futuresonic presents a sideways and playful look at social networking - for five days and nights Manchester will be the most sociable city on the planet as the city centre is overrun with…
Putting a Value on Community : Codswallop →
A short blog on the potential value of Twitter (c/o Garrett).
Peer to Patent, Community Patent Review →
An excellent and useful Website dedicated to improving the transparency of patent applications. Participants can document any occurrences of prior art that could influence the outcome.
Broken links
It appears that the newly shortened links aren’t working (thanks to Mark, Nigel and Melanie for the heads-up). While the content is no longer being truncated (see earlier posts here and here), it seems the links themselves don’t go anywhere. The Station is starting to unravel at the seams a little. While I am planning to overhaul the superstructure, I can’t do it just yet. So, in...
iTunes Store May Capture One-Quarter of Worldwide... →
“Apple’s iTunes store turns five years old Monday. If trends continue, it will be selling more than one-quarter of all music globally within the next five years.”
Rumor: Twitter Receives New Funding Round ::... →
“Charles Cooper of CNET has published a memo claiming that sources have revealed that Twitter signed a new term sheet …”.
Morgan Stanley’s March Internet Trends Report:... →
“Morgan Stanley’s Internet Trends report from last month takes a big turn from previous reports.”
Twitt(url)y - Real-time Link Tracking on Twitter →
Twitt(url)y is a service for tracking what URLs people are talking about as they talk about them on Twitter (c/o Techcrunch).
PHD Comics: Your Profile Picture →
Piled Higher and Deeper take on selecting profile images.
How I use Twitter, and you? :: web-strategist.com →
Jeremiah Owyang discusses ways to use social aspects of the Web in smart ways. This short blog discusses how he uses twitter.
Dilbert.com relaunches with Web 2.0 flavor ::... →
The Web site for the iconic comic strip ‘Dilbert’ invites readers to submit their own endings to strips, as well as other interactive elements.
Nomads at last :: Economist.com →
Wireless communication is changing the way people work, live, love and relate to places and each other, says Andreas Kluth (c/o ep).
WatchWELL Party, 1989: Early virtual community meetup (c/o Reingold)
Weekly Wrapup, 21-25 April 2008 - ReadWriteWeb →
“This week was a hectic one, with a number of RWW writers present at the annual Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. The big Internet news of the week.”
Tweet Clouds →
Yet another cool Twitter Web app making good of the API. Tweet clouds like tag clouds are created for a specific user.
AT&T: Internet to hit full capacity by 2010 - CNET... →
Blame it on all that content, especially videos, bring thrown into the pipes. But don’t wish for government intervention, executive says. Update: Tumble title isn’t a link (will fix later) but in the meantime, click here to read the article.
My Tweet cloud →
This link points to a freshly brewed tweet cloud courtesy of tweetclouds.com. This was generated by examing my tweets over at Twitter by accessing the API for my lifestream.
American Journalist Uses Twitter To Bust Out Of... →
Anoter Twitter based story where followers or ties gathered in these environments pays off.
Real People Don't Have Time for Social Media -... →
“Let’s be honest here: we’re all a bunch of social media addicts. We’re junkies.” (c/o DK)
Eight Mistakes Bloggers Make While Using Twitter →
This is a guest post by AJ Vaynerchuk on using Twitter correctly with blogs (c/o Twittes).
Twitter Friends Network Browser →
“Browse trough your twitter friends, and your friends’ friends, and your friends’ friends’ friends…”. One of the best uses of the Twitter API which builds a lovely visualisation of follower tweets…
I Saw The Future Of Social Networking The Other... →
Anyone who’s been reading this blog for more than a few months “knows I’m bullish on mobile social networking. The space is …”
Schedule Future-Dated Twitter Tweets →
Delay tweets using this scheduling service. Clearly, dodgy uses could ensue (c/o Twittes).
Latest Tech News from Twitter →
TwitLinks provides up to the minute technology links from the worlds top tech twitters (c/o Twittes)
Alpha Twitter →
This Twitter service indexes top linkers and links on Twitter (c/o Twittes).
Scaling Twitter: Making Twitter 10000 Percent... →
A fascinating look at the technology employed by the folks at Twitter to keep the ship running. In particular, scaling problems associated with huge and rapid increases in activity (c/o belacqua66)
Poll cats
Here’s a poll I setup at Polldaddy.com. It was designed as part of their Twitter specific polls which automatically posts your new poll as a tweet. Nice one. I picked cats because … well, for no particular reason other than to set up a poll. The interface is slick and the process easy and flexible. And free. Update: 54 votes have been cast in about 5 minutes. That’s pretty...
Welcome to Jiffle →
Web 2.0 online scheduling service linked to Outlook and Google calendar (c/0 techcrunch)
Pew Internet & American Life Project Internet user... →
Find out what type of Internet user you by taking this short quiz. I’m an omnivore.
No more half-baked links
I tumbled about my automatic Ma.gnolia links being truncated. I’ve finally heard back from the helpdesk people (to be fair they got back to me days ago) and it seems they have reduced the amount of information they’re willing to import from RSS feeds. This means that any links coming from my Ma.gnolia group will continue to look half-baked. I can understand why Tumblr inc. want to do...
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Bebo is not my friend
I’ve written before about using Bebo as a social networking tool for the first year course I teach. Primarily it is a great way for me to interact with students who already use Bebo heavily (which is most) about course matters. By default Bebo is informal, quick and responsive ensuring that many of our conversations are almost real-time so I can find out what’s going on and so can...
Squarespace - Build a Website - Create a Blog →
Squarespace is a stylish, streamlined way to build and manage a website, create a blog, and publish just about anything else on the web. Saved By: Online social space | View Details |
Twubble →
Twubble is a Twitter extension which helps you find more friends (c/o Twittes) Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: twitter, followers, app,…
Bridging Desktop And Web Applications, Part 2 -... →
The following, written by guest writer Matthew Gertner, is a follow up to his post Bridging Desktop And Web Applications. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks
Instant Messaging for Introverts - TidBITS →
An interesting account of why introverts don’t like instant messaging but are seemingly okay with Twitter. (c/o Nigel) Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks …
Facebook To Settle With ConnectU - Techcrunch →
Facebook is said to be finalizing a settlement with founders of ConnectU, according to sources quoted by the NY Times. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks …
Google Jumps Head First Into Web Services With... →
The new Google App Engine is live, well beta anyway. The service lets users build Web based appliations using Google infrastructure. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | …
TwitterLocal →
Filter tweets by region, city, location. (c/o twittes) Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: twitter, apps, filter, geographic
How can Twitter Beat the Odds? - JoshSHill.com →
An interesting blog which really answers the question - how will Twitter beat the odds? as in it will and this is how. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks …
Flying Pickle: Successful Community Blogging -... →
Hyperlocal blogging models have tried and failed in an attempt to bring blogging to a community level, but New Zealand enterprise Flying Pickle are seeking to change this. Saved By: …
Six ways to improve Twitter - Webware →
How can Twitter be better? We’ll tell you how. Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: twitter, apps, services
Follow Twitter Conversations - Quotably.com →
View and reply to Twitter conversations as threaded discussions. Bringing order to Twitter (c/o missrogue) Saved By: Online social space | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: …
