Category — Twitter
Twitter helps solve Amber Alert in MA – short version
Yesterday, Twitter helped to save a 1 year old girl who was kidnapped and in serious danger. Here’s the best Twitter story ever, in its short version.
February 19, 2010 3 Comments
Twitter may have helped solve Amber Alert in Massachusetts – long version
Yesterday, Twitter may have helped to solve an Amber Alert, and saved a 1 year old girl who was kidnapped and in serious danger. Here’s the best Twitter story ever.
February 19, 2010 4 Comments
An itty bitty problem with bit.ly as your Twitter URL shortener
Bit.ly results are actually public, and I’ll show you how to see how many clicks your competition is getting. I’ll also explain why you may not want them seeing your clicks.
November 17, 2009 No Comments
LinkedIn and Twitter can now cross-post status updates, but it could be much more
LinkedIn and Twitter added a feature that allows you to cross-post, but it just embeds functionality that other software already had. Here are some limitations of LinkedIn status updates, and some features they should implement.
November 11, 2009 No Comments
Finally, Twitter starts fighting spam – note the new “report as spam” button
Summary in under 140 characters:
If you go to someone’s Twitter page, you can now mark them as a spammer (under block xxxxxxxxxx)
October 13, 2009 2 Comments
Twitter rant – How Twitter could be faster and avoid the Fail Whale
Summary:
This is a departure from my normal LinkedIn tips, as I will begin to discuss wider topics in social media. However, this is just a rant – it’s my personal letter to Twitter to tell them how to speed up their site and stop giving us the Fail Whale.
May 14, 2009 No Comments

