April 2009
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WatchOkay video from College humour presenting tweeting in real life (c/o Mashable)
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The Otago Technology Innovation Challange (OTIC)...
For the past two years the Department of Information Science (my workplace) has run an excellent event called the Otago Technology Innovation Challenge (OTIC). Each year, secondary school kids from a number of schools in the region spend the day with passionate and knowledgable staff exploring new innovations in digital technologies.
This year we would like to run it in both Dunedin and...
IRGO Seminar Series 2009 - updated
irgo:
Monday, May 25th, 12-1pm: John Kaiser, Manager, ICT Strategy and Services, Division of Health Science, will be facilitating a discussion on fostering innovation in ICT in the health sciences. School of Business Boardroom CO4.20. Friday, June 12th, 12-1pm: Andrew Long, Information Science, will be speaking to the topic “Life is Tweet: Emergent Micro-narratives on Twitter”. School of...
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Terminator Salvation Launches Elaborate Twitter... →
Movie corporates leveraging Twitter popularity. For example, this one in conjunction with the new Terminator movie.
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Sounds Familiar | Unit Structures →
Fred Stutzman of Unit Structures (and someone you should follow) comments on the limitations of the recent Google profile announcement. He also discusses his own related solution - ClaimID.
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What's The Deal with OAuth? | Twitter Blog →
It seems Twitter disabled their beta OAuth implementation without warning (according to Mashable). More information here.
Tags: twitter oauth security apps news
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TUNES THAT BIND? - Information, Communication &... →
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The Rumpus Interview With Twitter Co-Founder Biz... →
An interview with Biz Stone (of Twitter) by The Rumpus (c/o Mashable)
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Google Analytics API Now In Public Beta, Desktop... →
Google releases Analytics API at long last.
Tags: google analytics api techcrunch news
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Connected Lives: The New Social Network Operating... →
“An expert on social, computer, and communication networks, sociologist Barry Wellman gives lecture titled, “Connected Lives: The New Social Network Operating System,” about the rise of Internet…
CIA Following Bin Laden on Twitter | Borowitz... →
Could Osama Bin Laden be using Twitter? (c/o MKP)
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Boom! Twitter More Than Doubles Unique U.S.... →
A look at Twitter’s phenomenal (and unsurprising) growth this year.
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Confirmed: CNN Acquires CNNBrk Twitter Account... →
More on the acquisition of the privately run CNN Twitter user account.
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How to Weather a Twitterstorm | Advertising Age →
A marketing focused piece looking at how companies can successfully deal with a mob-driven uproar on the Twittersphere (c/o Mashable)
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The reluctant Twitterer's dilemma | Slate Magazine →
The third article at Slate on Twitter. This one by Farhad Manjoo is targetted at those not so keen on Twitter and feel anxious about it.
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Trial by Twitter | TESL-EJ June 2008 →
Personal overview of Twitter in connection with education. Lots of good generalTwitter related links included.
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Twitter Conference | TWTRCON SF 09 →
Claims to be the first conference looking at Twitter as a business platform. Speakers include: Guy Kawasaki, Dave McClure, Steve Rubel, MC hammer, and more
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Technology News: Social Networking: Study on... →
More grist for the superficial media mill looking for evidence of slumps in academic performance from spending time online. This time it’s Facebook.
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Scientists warn of rapid -fire media dangers |... →
Yet another spurious article about “scientist” claims that Twitter et al. is damaging our mental health, especially that of young people.
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Tweeting Cat Door →
Brilliant combination of Twitter, RFID, Twitpic and some glue to control and document access to a cat door (c/o rww).
Tags: news twitter RFID twitpic
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Twitter StalkDaily Worm Postmortem | DCortesi →
A detailed technical explanation of the StalkDaily worm. Twitter closed the hole quickly fortunately.
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How StalkDaily Opened a Gaping Hole in Twitter |... →
Mashable’s simple explanation of how the StalkDaily worm infected Twitter.
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Micro-Blogging Meets Micro-Payments, Courtesy Of... →
Tipjoy is a social micro-payments service which is releasing its API to the world to allow handling of small payments with Twitter.
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Zuckerberg Admits Facebook Now Has 200 Million... →
Mark Zuckerberg has announced that Facebook growth is still increasing, particularly 35+ age group (watch out kids your parents are coming!).
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Collect Every Moment Wherever You Go: App Review:... →
Gigaom reviews the re-launched Tumblr app Tumblrette as the official iPhone app for Tumblr.
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Students use Twitter to storm presidency in... →
“Organisers used the social networking site Twitter to rally opposition to a Communist victory in legislative elections .”
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The Good Old Days Are Back: Twitter Succumbs To A... →
Twitter experienced downtime yesterday and displayed a new maintenance image.
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New FriendFeed: Simpler, Faster, Better (Maybe Too... →
Techcrunch details features of the new Friendfeed interface rollout. In beta so check it and comment.
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A Picture Is Worth A Thousands Tweets: Pixim And... →
Coverage of Twitter-based photo sharing apps. Unsurprisingly TwitPic is the dominant player.
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Death on the Net | The Independent →
Are Facebook, Twitter or even Google going to end up on the scrapheap because the internet moves to fast?
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UK teenager 'saved by Facebook' | BBC NEWS →
Another “trivial” social networking website saves the day with its ready, engaged support network and broadcast capability. (c/o PC)
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Comcast email outage sparks Twitter updates galore... →
Comcast.net email went down and users were kept informed by the (increasingly common) corporate Twitter account.
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Pointing to the ‘Social’ and the ‘Network’ in... →
Dave Cormier on Twitter, social software and social networking. Are they related? (c/o MM)
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All a-Twitter | NZ Herald News →
Alice Neville discusses Twitter likes it’s a brand new thing and no-one else is covering it. Enjoy.
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Bring Twitter Right Into Gmail with the Amazing... →
Combine Twitter and Gmail with this new gadget (c/o SR).
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WatchStephen Colbert interviews Biz Stone of Twitter.
Twitter Confirms And Details New “Discovery... →
Changes are afoot at Twitter regarding search related features.
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Wrong Tomorrow - pundits vs. time →
Monitor the success of predictions made by future looking bloggers (c/o VJ).
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Twitter's recruiting efforts hint at its plans |... →
An overview of numerous job positions advertised at Twitter.
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http://www.whatisfailwhale.info →
A repository of links, images, and other artefacts dedicated to the iconic “Fail Whale” of Twitter fame.
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March 2009
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Web09 to bring digital leaders to Auckland |... →
This Web UX focused conference organised by John Ballinger looks really good. I would love to see what Tumblr creator David Karp has to say.
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Getting Things Done with Twitter | Emily Chang... →
This post provides great descriptions of a whole range of 3rd party Twitter connected apps.
Tags: twitter productivity web2.0 social news
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