Finally, we could record our show again tonight! We were happy to do so too because it was a very lively show debating and discussing social media. Had some great calls and insight from listeners as well. We posted a poll at the beginning of the show and you can vote in it as well right over there —-> Here’s… Read More »KAFM Computer Help Show Podcast – 04-17-13
Adam and I talked to a few listeners today, ranted a little about this negative article of Twitter in our local newspaper, gave some Christmas / holiday gift giving advice, and much more in this month’s radio show. Have a listen and remember to tune in live next month on December 16!
Once again, the main stream media sensationalizes a story by inserting scary prose. Yes, Twitter had an attack of their computers this week. Yes, sensitive documents were stolen. But NO, this was not a major breach of Twitter user accounts. And No, this does not mean online accounts are inherently unsafe.
I think Twitter founder, Biz Stone, summed up the situation best in this statement:Read More »Password Problem at 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.
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… Read More »CBS News to broadcast online
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 thenRead More »Easy to understand explanation of Twitter
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 micro-blogging since the resulting web page is personalized and shows a chronology of the persons posts or tweets. Since Twitter is a relatively new service, there aren’t many rules other than the 140 character limit.
It seems that most people use it to post a quick sentence or two about what they are seeing at the moment, thinking at the moment, or a cool find like a good coffee shop or bbq place. And many others, use it to announce new articles on their web sites or a cool web sites they have found. Once you figure out a few people to follow (the term for getting updates from people you sign up to see their tweets).
For me, it is fulfilling a dream I had about Read More »What is Twitter (to me)?