Tag Archives: Twitter

Message In A Bottle

Content on the Web has always been (relatively) easy to share. If you find something you think worth sharing, you often need do no more than copy the contents of the address bar in your browser (the place where the … Continue reading

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Can’t Buy Me Love

This July, the upscale grocer Whole Foods ran a promotional contest designed to increase its Twitter followers to a million. The contest is over, but here is a summary. The promotion gained (social) media attention – it was cheap, ambitious, … Continue reading

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When What We Can’t Live Without Ain’t There

If you use Twitter, you may have noticed it wasn’t there Wednesday afternoon May 13th. Conspiratorial theories, notwithstanding, this probably was not: Satanic hackers observing the 13th A cyberattack war game A ploy from Twitter to start charging for the … Continue reading

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Preserve Us From The Uncool

Twitter, the once esoteric microblogging utility has “crossed the chasm.” It is now popular, if not yet mainstream. Consider: In case you missed it, last Friday, 17 April 2009, was “Twitter Day” on Oprah. And Oprah has shown she can … Continue reading

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Social Networking Or Social Notworking?

At a recent charity breakfast, the topic turned to social media such as Facebook and Twitter. My table mates were intelligent and accomplished people in a variety of careers. Their consensus was that they didn’t get it and weren’t sure … Continue reading

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