Year: 2009
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Just Because You Can Is Not An Excuse – Ireland.com’s Stupid Automated Twitter Messages
Whether it’s technology or life in general you’ll always run into people doing odd things. When you ask them why they did it they’ll simply reply: “Because I could” Just because you can do something doesn’t mean that it’s either a good idea or even advisable. Take Twitter (again!) Using a 3rd party service you…
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Twitter Is Not A Private Phonecall
Companies have embraced Twitter (or at least tried to). You’ll find companies of all shapes and sizes attempting to get to grips with the new medium. Unfortunately not all interactions will work out well for people, but they can always try again. But one thing people need to remember is that Twitter is very public.…
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Don’t Believe It
Twitter maybe a wonderful way to spread news, but it can be completely inaccurate.. Jeff Goldblum, for example, has been reported dead several times over the last few weeks. At least Goldblum has a sense of humour: The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Jeff Goldblum Will Be Missed www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full…
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The Apocalypse Is Upon Us (sort of)
Image via CrunchBase Today marks the day that Twitter “apocalypse” is upon us. You can read more about it here. Looks like most of the main stream Twitter clients updated to deal with the anomaly (or had already coded around it) Remember the Y2K bug? Remember how it was meant to mean the end of…
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Hype Gone Mad – Facebook Custom URL Madness
Image via CrunchBase Earlier today Facebook launched their latest “service” – custom URLs for your profile or page. Talk about hype gone mad! While a lot of the other social media hubs have offered people the opportunity to use a short and memorable URL to reach their profile page for ages and done it as…
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Don’t Annoy Your Followers
Image via CrunchBase Remember all the “wonderful” messages you used to get on Facebook? “You’ve been bitten by a vampire” etc., etc., They may have been fun if you were a twelve year old, but if you spend any length of time online these kind of interruptions just become annoying. Now over on Twitter the…