Since this blog is about linking, it’s pretty important (to maintain some consistent branding with all five of my readers who also follow me on social networks) that I use Twitter to share links. Since I started using BufferApp to schedule my tweets, I get a friendly reminder via email whenever I have no tweets [...]
A few hours after President Barack Obama announced that Osama Bin Laden had been killed in Pakistan, I saw this tweet from Mediagazer’s Megan McCarthy (@megan): “So looks like at least one Twitter user (@ReallyVirtual) live-tweeted the Osama raid yesterday without knowing what it was.” I have not confirmed that report, but here is a [...]
I ran a handful of newspaper Twitter accounts through Klout this morning to measure their social media influence. Klout uses “35 variables on Facebook and Twitter” to create a score that it describes as a measurement of “overall online influence.” After Dylan Stableford (@stableford) published a list of top 25 newspapers on Twitter, based on [...]
I recently started sending daily “good morning” tweets that include the names of a few people I follow. Believe it or not, there’s a method to this madness. #embedly_twitter_78159627{background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/171257069/twilk_background_4cdea480e8ad2.jpg) #9AE4E8; padding:20px;} #embedly_twitter_78159627 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} #embedly_twitter_78159627 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:8px;padding-top:12px;height:40px;border-top:1px solid #fff;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6} #embedly_twitter_78159627 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:19px} #embedly_twitter_78159627 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 7px 0 [...]
