By comparison, my twitter network is minuscule. Far more than half the people I follow are internet friends from the security community. Nevertheless, even this small network was sending and discussing the news of the horrors of Mumbai before the major online or telecast networks were putting out the story:
“…The minute news broke [...]
The word of the year is a grim reminder. Merriam Webster has identified the word as “bailout”:
“…The word, which shot to prominence amid the financial meltdown, was looked up so often at Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary site that the publisher says “bailout” was an easy choice for its 2008 Word of the Year.
The rest of [...]
Some are calling actual meetings of twitter people a “tweet-up”. It is a chance to meet people from twitter and network in person. There are many reasons for such local contacts besides a social one. It can create a local area business network of contacts that would be missed except for the [...]
A twitter network can be expanded by finding the commonalities of who your followers are following. That person, whom some people in your network are following, may have common interests as you. For example, it may be especially useful to establish another business contact that has similar interests are some people in your [...]
If you find that Twitter is not for you, then it is possible to delete your account. Go to “Settings” from the menu at the top of the page. Once on the settings page, at the bottom left corner, there is a link to start the “Delete my account” process. Once you [...]
The twitter network is buzzing about the possibility that Twitterank is a phishing scheme. The creator of Twitterank, Ryo Chijiiwa, offers an explanation:
“…I sent a single tweet to my friends asking them to check out Twitterank, and the beast was unleashed. One hour I had 8 new users. The next hour I had 109. [...]
Twitter may be more than conveying ‘what you are doing’ news within a friends network. Twitter can deliver very local news. There is a site that ties twitter to what is happening around the online user:
“near.ly sends you links to news and blog posts happening within 1000 feet of any address in the [...]
Yes, you can post to twitter even while you sleep. - People use Twitter for different purposes. If, for example, you use twitter as a reminder to other people in your friends network about an event, it may be best to have the twitter post timed to have the greatest impact. [...]
I have been experimenting with Twitter. I haven’t decided whether I like it or not. It certainly has enormous possibilities. For example, it can link local area business people, like real estate agents who might want to let their network of people know about a particular property that is a bargain. [...]
In a competitive niche, MySpace is late with its offer. Nevertheless, MySpace is offering video uploads:
“MySpace yesterday announced that it would allow users to finally upload videos directly to the site. According to the company, users can hook up a camcorder, go to MySpace TV, and click the “Record” button to record a video [...]
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