The buzz surrounding Flipboard for iPad hit suddenly. One minute I’d never heard of it and then the next my Twitter timeline was drowning in posts about it. I downloaded it just in time… to be blocked by everyone else trying to get in! The next day, Flipboard’s creators announced an invite system where you’d be queue’d [...]
Archive for the ‘Twitter’ Category
The strange appeal of Flipboard, a social media ‘magazine’ for iPad
Friday, Aug 6th, 2010 by Dave Kramer | 0 Comments
Filed under: Facebook, Social Networking, Twitter, Uncategorized | Tags: Facebook, iPad, Social Networking, Twitter
Filed under: Facebook, Social Networking, Twitter, Uncategorized | Tags: Facebook, iPad, Social Networking, Twitter
Plaxo tapped Facebook to help me get linked in and invaded my personal space in the process
Wednesday, Jul 28th, 2010 by Jacqui Kramer | 0 Comments
Filed under: Community, Facebook, Plaxo, Social Networking, Twitter, Uncategorized, Work Tools | Tags: Facebook, Plaxo, privacy, social media, Social Networking, Twitter
Filed under: Community, Facebook, Plaxo, Social Networking, Twitter, Uncategorized, Work Tools | Tags: Facebook, Plaxo, privacy, social media, Social Networking, Twitter
The number of social networking sites has exploded in the past few years, with truly social outlets such as Facebook learning to share MySpace with people who want to get LinkedIn on Plaxo. I constantly get invites from former colleagues, family and friends to join them online at one network or another. The latest social [...]
A modest proposal for social media: Cross the streams!
Thursday, Mar 18th, 2010 by Dave Kramer | 1 Comments
Filed under: Facebook, Social Networking, Twitter | Tags: API, ATT, Facebook, Farmville, feeds, filters, foursquare, gain, iPhone, social media, theme, TweetDeck, Twittelator, Twitter, WordPress
Filed under: Facebook, Social Networking, Twitter | Tags: API, ATT, Facebook, Farmville, feeds, filters, foursquare, gain, iPhone, social media, theme, TweetDeck, Twittelator, Twitter, WordPress
I’ve given this a lot of thought, and the problem with social media isn’t all of the noise. Sure, there are a lot of things that you could care less about passing through your Facebook wall and Twitter timeline – but one person’s noise is another’s signal, right? I actually enjoy picking up bonuses in [...]
Social media and travel: How to protect your privacy
Tuesday, Sep 8th, 2009 by Dave Kramer | 0 Comments
Filed under: Blogging, Facebook, Social Networking, Twitter, iPhone | Tags: blogs, Facebook, iPhone, privacy settings, Social Networking, Twitter
Filed under: Blogging, Facebook, Social Networking, Twitter, iPhone | Tags: blogs, Facebook, iPhone, privacy settings, Social Networking, Twitter
When you post details of your day-to-date life on social networking services such as Twitter and Facebook, you run the risk of exposing too much information. For instance, sharing your travel plans could provide a thief with the ideal timing to break into your home and clean you out.
By default, Twitter posts are viewable and [...]
I’m tweeting this: Twitter is this year’s hot marketing tool at San Diego Comicon
Friday, Jul 24th, 2009 by Jacqui Kramer | 0 Comments
Filed under: Community, Customer Focus, Marketing, Social Networking, Twitter, iPhone
Filed under: Community, Customer Focus, Marketing, Social Networking, Twitter, iPhone
Based on media coverage alone, Twitter would appear to be mainstreaming to the tune of a MySpace or Facebook. In reality, the Twitterati remains a small but vocal segment of the Internet, identify trends and riding them for brief cycles.
This week represents the motherload of all Twitter cycles, as the Twitterati descend upon San Diego [...]
TweetDeck gets all iPhone-y (and adds multiple accounts!)
Wednesday, Jun 17th, 2009 by Dave Kramer | 0 Comments
Filed under: Community, Social Networking, Twitter, iPhone | Tags: Community, iPhone, Social Networking, TweetDeck, Twinkle, Twitter, Twitterfon, Twitterific
Filed under: Community, Social Networking, Twitter, iPhone | Tags: Community, iPhone, Social Networking, TweetDeck, Twinkle, Twitter, Twitterfon, Twitterific
Back in April, I deconstructed what I thought was wrong with TweetDeck. Now I only do this sort of exercise with products I think show real potential. I did the same on BusyGamerNews.com for the Nintendo Wii user interface and twice for the Xbox 360 (but never got around to the PS3).
I critique because I care.
It [...]
WordPress Plug-in Watch: iPhone theme, sharing, auto-Twitter and not-so-Simple Tags
Tuesday, Jun 9th, 2009 by Dave Kramer | 0 Comments
Filed under: Blogging, Community, Social Networking, Twitter, iPhone | Tags: iPhone, Plug-in, sharing, theme, Twitter, WordPress
Filed under: Blogging, Community, Social Networking, Twitter, iPhone | Tags: iPhone, Plug-in, sharing, theme, Twitter, WordPress
After years grappling with Movable Type for our gaming site blog, I’ve recently come to really embrace WordPress’s simplicity and extensibility. One of the things that makes it so great these days is the ease with which you can add and update plug-ins used to improve the features of your blog. In most cases, you [...]
Social Media Trend Watch: Facebook and Twitter go to the gamers
Monday, Jun 1st, 2009 by Dave Kramer | 0 Comments
Filed under: Community, Facebook, Games, Social Networking, Twitter | Tags: Community, entertainment, Facebook, facebookonxbox, gaming, integration, Nintendo, trend, Twitter, Xbox
Filed under: Community, Facebook, Games, Social Networking, Twitter | Tags: Community, entertainment, Facebook, facebookonxbox, gaming, integration, Nintendo, trend, Twitter, Xbox
Normally I wouldn’t post gaming news to this site (that’s what BusyGamerNews.com is for) but the news flash that Facebook and Twitter are going to launch on Xbox 360 consoles this fall should interest everyone who works in social media and community.
The game is about to change (again). It’s one thing to tweet and post [...]
Not-So-Stupid Marketing Tricks: Bruno vs. Eminem
Monday, Jun 1st, 2009 by Jacqui Kramer | 0 Comments
Filed under: Community, Facebook, Marketing, Social Networking, Twitter | Tags: bruno movie, mtv movie awards, publicity stunts, sacha baron cohen, susan boyle
Filed under: Community, Facebook, Marketing, Social Networking, Twitter | Tags: bruno movie, mtv movie awards, publicity stunts, sacha baron cohen, susan boyle
How do you solve a problem like the “Bruno” movie? You let life imitate art. Sacha Baron Cohen pulled off one of the year’s great publicity stunts Sunday at the MTV Movie Awards, in the clip viewed round the world. Susan Boyle who? Between Sunday night and Monday, it was all about the backless chaps [...]
Where TweetDeck falls short and how to fix it
Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2009 by Dave Kramer | 0 Comments
Filed under: Social Networking, Twitter | Tags: Facebook, Twitter
Filed under: Social Networking, Twitter | Tags: Facebook, Twitter
I recently downloaded TweetDeck, overcoming my aversion to installing Adobe Air (I think it’s because I expected it would force a reboot; it didn’t!). Based on all of the tweetbuzz, I frankly expected more – though I do quite like it and have made it my preferred desktop Twitter tool.
By default, at least at my [...]