Archive for August, 2008
Twitter Got Me on CSPAN DNC Coverage
1 Comment Published by Rodney Rumford August 28th, 2008 in microblogging, twitter.I got on CSPAN… sort of. The real story here is that actual major news outlets like CSPAN are covering major political events like the Democratic National Convention and showing tweets from real people in real time right on their website. If you have a Twitter account your tweet can show up right on the […]
The Facebook Movie? Aaron Sorkin? Seriously?
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford August 28th, 2008 in Facebook, Facebook Groups, Facebook News.It would appear; but this is not officially confirmed that Aaron Sorkin of Hollywood fame is supposedly working on a Facebook movie. What the movie would be about is anyone’s guess. I only write about this to put a more scrutinizing lens on what many bloggers are reporting (and it appears quite blindly).
There has been […]
Who Has More Blog Buzz? Twitter vs. Facebook
3 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford August 26th, 2008 in Facebook, twitter.Twitter vs. Facebook Who Has More Blog Buzz? Well we think we have the answers. According to Nielsen Buzz Metrics they are saying that facebook does… but for how long?
What is really interesting to note here is the increased velocity of the buzz in the blogosphere about twitter. This obviously makes sense as […]
Facebook Hits 100 Million User Benchmark
4 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford August 26th, 2008 in Facebook, Facebook Connect, Facebook News.Facebook Hits 100 Million User Benchmark! The facebook freight train just keeps gaining momentum and picking up new users at a high rate of speed. It seems like only 6 months ago that facebook had 50 million users.
I came across this tweet from facebook employee Dave Morin (who has been heavily involved in […]
12seconds.tv and blippr bring micro-content to a new level
5 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford August 21st, 2008 in blippr, microblogging, twitter.12seconds.tv is a micro-blogging video site; think of it as twitter for video. Blippr is a micro-review site for movies, book, games and music.
12seconds steps up the stakes in the micro-content game with the announcement of their API and several partners. Blippr is one of the platform launch partners that has integrated 12seconds into their […]
Facebook iPhone App Looking Sweet in Version 2
2 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford August 21st, 2008 in Facebook Applications, Mobile, iphone.Facebook iPhone App Rating:
The Facebook iPhone is looking better in the new upcoming version. It looks like the iphone app will actually mimic a lot of the functionality of the new facebook design. Based on what we have seen this will make the Facebook iPhone app even more useful.
In version 2.0 you will have […]
Yesterday I noticed 2 new twitter followers within a few minutes of each other. As I do not auto follow users; I went to see who the new follower was. I actually take the time to learn more about them by looking at their twitter page and look at their blog. Hours later I noticed […]
Chicago Tribune’s Colonel Creates a Twitter Army
6 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford August 18th, 2008 in social media, twitter.The talk around the bogosphere has been sounding the death knoll for newspapers and old media about how they just don’t “get it”. Well the Chicago Tribune “Gets It”, and a great example is their use case of twitter.
I recently had a conversation with Tribune Interactive’s Jonathan Ozeran (Sr. Associate: Office of the President) […]
What is your favorite twitter 3rd party application?
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford August 16th, 2008 in twitter.What is your favorite twitter application or service? Tell us in the form below. Thanks!
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Quit Crying: The Twitter 2000 Follow Limit Means Nothing
9 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford August 14th, 2008 in business, twitter.Quit Crying: The Twitter 2000 Follow Limit Means Nothing… Unless you are a friend collector and not many people follow you. OK. There is a new supposed limit on how many people that you can follow on twitter that is set somewhere near ~2000 people. This upper limit is actually a soft limit. As many […]
