Twitter Summary for week ending 2009-07-05

Reading: Is your cameraphone an oxymoron: http://bit.ly/gUtit #pre #iphone # What tech tools would YOU take to college if you were going this fall? http://bit.ly/nTKa8 # There is no off position on the genius switch. Who said that? # “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause & reflect.” – Mark Twain # First client of day still uses dialup. Lives in town, pays...

Dell Sells $3 Million via Twitter

No one can ever deny that Dell knows how to market. In my opinion, only Apple does it better (Microsoft take a hint). Today, Dell revealed that they move merchandise faster and easier using the Twitter service. Read more in the Wall Street Journal article linked below. Dell Sells $3 Million Through Twitter – Digits – WSJ.

CBS News to broadcast online

Spurred on by the success of Twitter and its ability to quickly deliver news and events, CBS announced today that they will begin broadcasting all their evening news content and special news reports online. In an agreement with Ustream.com, CBS plans to begin the online simulcast in the next couple of months. CBS is the first network/news company to simulcast their entire newscast on the Internet. Read the entire article at...

Easy to understand explanation of Twitter

Twitter news stories occur almost daily these days. Do you know what Twitter is? Do you use Twitter? Do you understand Twitter? I didn’t…initially, but now I have grown to really enjoy and benefit from the service. I ran across this short video today from Common Craft which explains Twitter in an easy to understand format. Have a look at the video and then let me know if you understand Twitter better after...

Social Networking Basics – User Group Presen...

Adam Cochran covered for me today at the GJ Computer Users Group and talked about social networking. Following are the notes for his presentation plus a slide show presentation with additional information about social networking: Social Networks are website that help people with common interests of backgrounds keep in touch. The big 3 social networks are Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. MySpace is designed to help people with...

What is Twitter (to me)?

I asked myself that very same question many times. Then I asked, “Would Twitter have any benefit for me?” My first answer was no way. Then I decided to try it, and now I’m hooked. Twitter.com is a web based service that lets its users post a maximum of 140 character (that includes punctuation and spaces) messages. The messages can include links to web pages and links to pictures. Some people call this...