January 2009
41 posts
Story of Mad Men Twitter Scandal Retold in Way... →
“One fake ‘Mad Men’ Twitterer recounts the explosive drama in way more than 140 characters.” Relates to Henry Jenkins recent post about this.
Why celebrities love Twittering | BBC NEWS →
A BBC article looking at UK celebrity usage of Twitter. Contains more on Stephen Fry and Jonathon Ross (@stephenfry and @wossy, respectively).
Generations Online in 2009 | Pew Internet →
“Over half of the adult internet population is between 18 and 44 years old. But larger percentages of older generations are online now than in the past, and they are doing more activities online,…
Going "Mad": Creating Fan Fiction 140 Characters... →
Henry Jenkins discusses convergence culture through Twitter (which he won’t use and pretty obvious why not), Mad Men, fandom and the media industry.
FriendOrFollow.com →
3rd party Twitter service that provides answers to question such as “Who’s not following you back?” and “Who aren’t you following?”.
Video game conditioning spills over into real life... →
“Prejudices developed in computer games still exist in the real world – could associations learned in video games could be used to benefit players?”
WatchStephen Fry and Jonathon Ross shoot the breeze about Twitter (c/o Techcrunch and Mike Butcher)
140it →
Service based around a bookmarklet for shortening posts to tweetsize (140 characters).
A Year Later, AOL Is Contemplating A Bebo Sale |... →
After spending $850 million on Bebo, AOL might be contemplating selling one of the more popular social network sites (certainly for NZ and UK kids).
TweetShrink →
A service for shrinking your tweets to the 140 limit.
TweetEffect →
Another Twitter stats visualisation service. This one looks more closely at gaining and losing followers.
Word Cloud from 50M+ Tweets →
Here is a Wordle word cloud made by InfoChimps using data from their massive scrape of Twitter’s social graph (http://blog.infochimps.org/)
Massive Scrape of Twitter’s Friend Graph |... →
Huge scrap of public Twitter data waiting on Twitter to approve release/
The natives aren't quite so restless | The... →
Are digital natives all that they’re cracked up to be?
Why Europe's CEOs Should Twitter | Forbes.com →
“They can use it as a marketing tool. But many execs don’t even know the micro-blogging service exists.” (c/o jk)
Why do people use Twitter? | we are social →
“One of the eternal questions you hear asked about Twitter, especially by those who don’t use it themselves, is ‘Why?’ “
Twestival | Organise charity events with Twitter →
A service leveraging Twitter to organise regional charity events. Register your city through the contact page.
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Twitter May Have Found Its Business Model |... →
ReadWriteWeb speculates on revenue earners for Twitter. Some might actually happen.
The Zen of Twitter Support | Twitter Blog →
Twitter have chosen a new service to help manage support called ZenDesk. I’ve just used the service and it’s certainly an improvement. Hopeful for a response this time.
The Thing About Security | Alex Payne →
Twitter API guy Alex Payne discusses the recently exploited oversight with Twitter’s security implementation and offers advice to other services (c/o DR).
A story unfolds on Twitter | Scripting News →
Dave Winer describes a family tragedy or someone he knows that unfolder over Twitter.
Translate Your Tweets To Any Language by Human... →
Translate tweets into another language using this human tweet-translator service (c/o techcrunch). 1 hour guarantee but too slow for microblogging I think.
What Storytellers Can Do In Real Time |... →
Chris discusses a recent experience at CES09 where social media users enabled a scoop over journalists employing traditional media. No surprises really, eh.
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State of the Twittersphere Q4 2008 | Hub Spot
In U.S., MySpace-Facebook race goes on | Webware -... →
“Year-end stats indicate that Facebook won’t pass MySpace’s traffic until early 2010 at current growth rates, and that MySpace is notably ahead in the ‘engagement’ department. Read this blog post by…
Twitter Decides To Hire Somebody Whose Job It Is... →
Kevin Thau has been hired at Twitter to look at their business model. Could monetization be just over the horizon?
Could your social networks spill your secrets? |... →
An article at Short Sharp Science discussing efforts to match and merge social data across services.
Social Networking Terms To Be Included In Collins... →
An article discussing recent social networking related terms for inclusion in the Collins Dictionary.
Power Twitter | Firefox Add-ons →
Absolutely essential Firefox add-on for users of the Twitter Web interface. Get it!
Ma.gnolia.com applications →
A list of applications to enhance the Ma.gnolia (social bookmarking) experience.
How To Twittersquat The Top 100 Brands |... →
“A call for the creation of the Uniform Username Dispute Resolution Policy. The Problem Of the top 100 global brands, 93% have had their Twitter usernames registered.”
Niche Social Networking Sites | Social Media... →
A categorised list of niche social network sites and communities.
The 20 Male Poses of Facebook | 2birds1blog →
A very apt review of avatar presentation in Facebook for blokes. (c/o BC)
Twitter set for its mainstream telly moment on... →
Johnathon Ross (@wossy) is back on TV at the end of January. Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) is a guest and there’s a plan to discuss Twitter. (c/o jemimakiss)
Digital guru Clay Shirky's media forecast and... →
“Tom Teodorczuk talks to the digital guru Clay Shirky and gets his media forecast for 2009”.
Small talk that has become a very big deal |... →
Another (and belatedly) introduction to Twitter by mainstream media. This one mentions a recent to the UK by one of the founders Biz Stone.
Twadio! Silent radio for Twitter →
The relentless online experimenters Andrew Dubber and Stef Lewandowski have created a Twitter-based radio service with NO sound. True! Follow your addiction.
Twitter Blog: Gone Phishing →
Twitter has been hit by a phishing scam. Watch those referral links in recent direct messages. More recent information at the Twitter blog.