Image by Getty Images via Daylife So many folks are scolding stars like @oprah and @barbarajwalters because they’re not following-back the thousands of fans who are following them. Here is a case in point from Lena Claxton and Alison Woo, Don’t Make Oprah’s Twitter Mistakes: Right now by only following 10 people, she’s using Twitter […]
Free to follow (or not) on Twitter
Image via CrunchBase Adam is an insightful fellow. He put into words what I have been thinking: celebrities are not ruining Twitter because nobody is forced to follow celebs — or anyone — on Twitter. Please read Celebrities Are Not Taking Over Twitter for the rest of the below insightful excerpt: Celebrities like Ashton Kutcher, […]
NPR’s experiments with social media
NPR’s experiments with social media from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Andy Carvin, social media strategist for NPR.org, has spent the past several years experimenting with innovative approaches to the news. As the head of National Public Radio’s social media desk, he’s been given a sandbox to foster high-quality journalism using social tools in an age […]
Seesmic Desktop takes its cues from Tweetdeck
I was a guest at Seesmic‘s launch of a new desktop clients for Twitter (and other streaming social tools) last night. There is a lot to like about the new Seesmic Desktop (the old Twhirl name is being deadended along with that product), but the most lasting impression is that the new mode of use […]
Twitter users: Help people find you
One of the shortcomings of Twitter is that it can be find to hard to find people — even people that you’re following — when you don’t have their Twitter ID right smack in front of your nose. Sure, you can go hunting and pecking in TweetDeck, or do a Google or Twitter people search, […]