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Jennifer Dorman

How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live - TIME - 0 views

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  • Mary Ann Apple on 08 Jun 09
     
    Evan Williams and Biz Stone of Twitter Robyn Twomey for TIME ENLARGE + Print Reprints Email Twitter Linkedin Buzz up! (44) Facebook MORE... Add to my: del.icio.us Technorati reddit Google Bookmarks Mixx StumbleUpon Blog this on: TypePad LiveJournal Blogger MySpace The one thing you can say for certain about Twitter is that it makes a terrible first impression. You hear about this new service that lets you send 140-character updates to your "followers," and you think, Why does the world need this, exactly? It's not as if we were all sitting around four years ago scratching our heads and saying, "If only there were a technology that would allow me to send a message to my 50 friends, alerting them in real time about my choice of breakfast cereal." Related Audio Host Katherine Lanpher talks with TIME's Just Fox on stocks vs. bonds and Barbara Kiviat about the housing market's new movement Download | Subscribe Specials The World of Twitter Specials Top 10 Celebrity Twitter Feeds Specials 10 Ways Twitter Will Change American Business Stories The TIME 100: The Twitter Guys by Ashton Kutcher More Related The TIME 100: The Twitter Guys by Ashton Kutcher The TIME 100: The Twitter Guys by Ashton Kutcher The Future of Twitter I, too, was skeptical at first. I had met Evan Williams, Twitter's co-creator, a couple of times in the dotcom '90s when he was launching Blogger.com. Back then, what people worried about was the threat that blogging posed to our attention span, with telegraphic, two-paragraph blog posts replacing long-format articles and books. With Twitter, Williams w
  • Jennifer Dorman on 09 Jun 09
     
    "Injecting Twitter into that conversation fundamentally changed the rules of engagement. It added a second layer of discussion and brought a wider audience into what would have been a private exchange. And it gave the event an afterlife on the Web. Yes, it was built entirely out of 140-character messages, but the sum total of those tweets added up to something truly substantive, like a suspension bridge made of pebbles."
anonymous

Jeremey's Weblog: Why Twitter? - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 27 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Twitter is direct. I can work out lunch arrangements or a meeting about a business opportunity very quickly, with multiple people, from anywhere, as long as I have at least SMS access. This gets at the heart of what Twitter is... Twitter is another level of indirection (for you C programmers), or another layer (for you networking people), for connecting people, and that, combined with its simplicity and ease of operation, makes it very powerful. It's a big lever and a light touch is all you need
  • Finally, Twitter is a powerful tool for "grass-roots" information. All of that connectedness and genuine interaction leads to a lot of real-time information sharing, everything from restaurant criticism to traffic reports to emergencies, with real results. Real people help each other, inform each other, etc. This is what the media have picked up on and part of why they now can't speak a sentence without saying something about Twitter.
    • Iris Deters
      Iris Deters on 16 Jun 09
       
      Good summary. At first I didn't get what all the fuss was about. Why would one want to read or even monitor someone's constant stream of 140 characters gibberish. I'm too busy as it is. Later I start to realize, hey, this is a much quicker way of checking out what your friends are up to, getting some instant Q&A response, or conducting research on practically anything or getting a real-time pulse of the latest buzz. Then I also realize this is so much easier than to write a blog - which one always needs to be so much more deliberate in composing a good post. Whereas Twitter, you just need to share whatever on your mind at the moment. Thus, another Twitter convert is born, and loving it!
    • Maggie Tsai
      Maggie Tsai on 16 Jun 09
       
      You come to the right group :-)
  • anonymous on 27 Apr 09
     
    One guys idea of the Why's of using Twitter.
Elizabeth Koh

Twitter Marketing: Why You Don't Need to Mass Follow Twitter Users - 0 views

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shared by Elizabeth Koh on 02 Jun 09 - Cached
  • A few days ago Twitter announced on their status blog that all Twitter users are only allowed to follow a maximum of 1000 people a day
  • It’s not about the follower count, its about conversions
  • When on Twitter itself, you can develop responsiveness through reciprocation
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  • Network actively with the right Twitter users, talk to them, spread their links, give them feedback, support their content. Be a participant in their Twitter experience.
  • Elizabeth Koh on 02 Jun 09
     
    Some tips for twittering from the marketing point of view. Relevant ideas to building a PLN too.
Alice Barr

The Truth About Twitter « Social Enterprise Blog - 0 views

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  • Alice Barr on 13 May 09
     
    Ok, so what is Twitter and why should you care?  First, let's start with what it isn't.  Twitter is *not* about micro-blogging.  Yes, it is described this way - yes even by it's founders.  But they have also admittedly publicly that much of the innovation on Twitter has happened in the user base - the convention for retweets (RT), for example, came from the user base.  For those of you who are new, RT is just a way to a convention for sharing a message from someone you follow to your own followers.  It's sort of citation plus recommendation plus message all wrapped in a little two letter acronym.
Danny Nicholson

Nine great reasons why teachers should use Twitter | Laura Walker - 0 views

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  • Danny Nicholson on 19 Jun 09
     
    What's the point of Twitter? Why should educators get involved? What difference does using Twitter make?
A. T. Wyatt

Why You Should Join Twitter Today - 3 Dog Media - 0 views

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  • A. T. Wyatt on 30 Aug 09
     
    Blog post about why you should twitter. Good links/illustrations of noteworthy twitter exchanges.
Robert Hays

What is your favorite Twitter client? - 45 views

embarassedtobrag I'm a heavy Twitter user (I think 3rd ranked in Woodland Hills outside LA) and so I use TweetDeck - I found a great article on configuring it to use less API calls (yes, I need to ...

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started by anonymous on 17 Apr 09 1 follow-up, last by Robert Hays on 18 Apr 09
Gianto Widianto

Tips on Facebook, crowd sourcing and Twitter for journalists « Save the Media - 0 views

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shared by Gianto Widianto on 06 Mar 09 - Cached
  • Crowd sourcing: If you have no idea what crowd sourcing is or how it could work for journalists, you must read this post on Beat Blogging. The post gives simple examples where journalists are asking readers for story ideas or for their opinions. For example, the post showcases a Sacramento Bee reporter using his blog to crowd source opinions on what it’s like to be back after being furloughed because of California state budget constraints. We used to just call this good reporting.
  • Tweeting news: If you’re skeptical of the value of Twitter to news organizations, read this post. It explains how the news of the fatal plane crash this week in Buffalo spread through Twitter with frequent updates. Twitter gives a blow by blow witness description of the crash that you couldn’t get from a traditional news source until much later. Why wouldn’t newspapers want to be able to break news in this immediate way?
Andrew Long

Twitter sucks, so change your friends | Steve Lawson - 0 views

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shared by Andrew Long on 17 Mar 09 - Cached
  • And I’d happily debate the merits of twitter with Rachel Sylvester, or Oliver James, ‘psychologist’ and professor of fuckwittage at MissThePoint university.)
  • (And I’d happily debate the merits of twitter with Rachel Sylvester, or Oliver James, ‘psychologist’ and professor of fuckwittage at MissThePoint university.)
  • Andrew Long on 17 Mar 09
     
    A response to the Rachel Sylvester Times article that explains why Twitter is a good thing and she (and others) are wrong.
Jeff Johnson

Why Twitter Turned Down Facebook (NYTimes.com) - 0 views

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  • Jeff Johnson on 10 Dec 08
     
    For now, a marriage between Twitter and Facebook is not meant to be - but the courtship between the two Web 2.0 companies could be rekindled in the future. That was one message from Evan Williams, the chief executive and co-founder of Twitter, in a talk at the Churchill Club in San Francisco Tuesday night.
Ann Oro

twitter-casts » Why Twitter? - 0 views

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  • Ann Oro on 09 Apr 09
     
    All kinds of Twitter (and some Plurk) reflections on a wiki.
anonymous

Justin Tarte - Life of an educator...: Why Twitter should be a part of your PLN... - 7 views

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  • anonymous on 16 Jan 11
     
    Why Twitter should be a part of your PLN...
Andrew Long

Why Twitter is underhyped and is probably worth five to 10 billion dollars | scobleizer... - 0 views

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  • Andrew Long on 30 Aug 09
     
    A great discussion of why Twitter is great for business and simultaneously undervalued.
RalphEhlers

Why Twitter | whytwitter - 2 views

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  • Google Wave Guide: User Manual Released for Wave November 22, 2009 | In: Google Wave, The Latest Tweat Confused about how to use Google Wave, the new Google product that combines messaging, wiki-like features and group collaboration into a single app? You’re not alone. To clear up the confusion,  you are invited to the recently published Google...
  • RalphEhlers on 22 Nov 09
     
    All you need to know about Twitter Spam, Twitter News, Twitter Information, TwitterFilter, Social Marketing, Google Wave
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Moses Ma on the Psychology of Twitter | Twittown Blog - 0 views

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  • avivajazz jazzaviva on 08 Apr 09
     
    "It's really nothing more than a fun and immersive conceptual art installation about humanity and by humanity," writes Moses Ma in Psychology Today blog, The Tao of Innovation, on "The Psychology of Twitter." But he's wrong. Here's why:
Andrew Long

How Twitter's Staff Uses Twitter (And Why It Could Cause Problems) | ReadWriteWeb - 0 views

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shared by Andrew Long on 06 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Andrew Long on 06 Jun 09
     
    An essential read from RWW about how Twitter staff are using or perhaps not using Twitter in relation to hard-core tweeters. (c/o SS)
Tracy Viselli

Tweet Friends | Find Mutual Friends on Twitter | Twitter - 0 views

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  • Tracy Viselli on 17 Feb 09
     
    twitter friends, finding people to follow and why people are following you
Isabelle Jones

Why We Twitter: Understanding Microblogging Usage and Communities - 0 views

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shared by Isabelle Jones on 30 Mar 08 - Cached
  • Ann Oro on 30 Mar 08
     
    Studious paper on twitter
  • Ann Oro on 30 Mar 08
     
    Studious paper on twitter
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