Tag: Twitter
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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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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…
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Watch And Learn
Every society has its rules. Every group within society has its own subset of rules. While it would be wonderful if all these rules were written down somewhere, the reality is that they aren’t. So how can you learn about them? Observation. Watch what others are doing and learn. Learn from the good examples (and…
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How To (Ab)use Twitter
So you heard on the “grapevine” that lots of business were using Twitter to promote themselves. You read a couple of articles on well known sites or maybe in your favourite newspaper. Armed with your new knowledge you signed up for a Twitter account. 30 seconds later you entered the fray. You had a “Twitter…
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Sick Of SnakeOil Salesmen? Self-appointed Experts?
The internet is a wonderful thing. It’s a great leveller. The CEO of a multinational corporation can “talk” to a startup and vice-versa.. Unfortunately it’s also far too easy for people to take advantage of others. The “web” is full of self-appointed “experts” and “gurus” who charge stupid amounts of money. Enough already! Just because…