There’s a bit of unrest among the Twitter natives. The service is up and it’s down and…it is what it is. What it is to me – I’ve been using Twitter for almost 2 years, and as I’ve said I’ve been on long enough to fall in love and out of love and back in [...]
“The Twitter Toolset: 50+ Guides, Hacks, and Scripts” I’m a Twitterholic. I’ve written about this service many times and have continued to be an advocate of this service. This is a comprehensive list of Twitter applications divided by category (Mobile, Desktop, Browser Plug-ins, etc.). One of the services not on this list is Snitter and [...]
I was tagged last friday by Geoff Livingston (who did a great video for his response). This meme was started by Jeremiah Owyang and has included amazing viewpoints from Connie Reece, Connie Benson, Chris Brogan, among others. Jeremiah has also coined the term “micromedia” which is the perfect description of this social media subset. Micromedia [...]
Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: Twitter, Facebook, Chris Brogan and 52 other people send Cambodian girl to college! Yesterday, thanks to Chris Brogan, I had a chance to be part of something great. Beth Kanter raised over $1000 in less than 24 hours to send a Cambodian girl to college by using [...]
There are a couple of events I’ll be attending in the next couple weeks: October 16th – 17th: SMX Social Media in New York Agenda Highlights: From the website SMX Social Media will explore current opportunities and future developments, offering both fundamental and advanced panels on topics including: – Social Media Marketing Essentials – Linkbait [...]
I have a large (for me) and expansive web presence. I have two blogs (this one and Setting Contexts, my GTD blog), a Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Jaiku, Pownce, Yahoo!Mash, my Upcoming page, etc., etc., etc. A lot of these services were initiated under my jquig99 moniker. As a woman, I felt a bit vulnerable having [...]
Congratulations to the Jaiku team – it’s exciting time for the company and they deserve to be rewarded for all of their hard work. Jaiku is a feature-rich microblogging service that has lagged behind it’s less-feature-ful companion, Twitter. But – working with Google can be a cautionary tale. Anyone remember Dodgeball? It was one of [...]
Last night I was able – through a lovely anonymous giver at InviteShare (Thanks!) to get into Yahoo’s new beta social network – Mash. Initial impressions – The modules make it really easy to edit content – No real way (besides email) to search for friends – The modules are really geared to “fun” and [...]
Twitter’s Open Platform Advantage Great interview with Twitter‘s Biz Stone (Transcript and Audio here). I love that they get that the API development has been a key factor in Twitter’s growth and success. From Twittervision to Twitteriffic, the apps built on the API make Twitter a more interactive, easier to adapt tool. I’m waiting (and [...]
Web Strategy: What the Web Strategist should know about Twitter IIf you haven’t seen this post by Jeremiah Owyang, click now. And then send it to all your senior management (like I did). In that last two posts I’ve discussed my love of Twitter and my respect for Jeremiah. This post is an example of [...]
