Tag Archives: twitter

When nature and technology collide… 0

…incredible things can happen.
There’s no doubt that the earthquake in Chile today is a horrible, horrible tragedy. It’s yet another terrible reminder that we truly are at the mercy of nature–as if Haiti wasn’t proof enough. But as with Haiti, we’re witnessing an amazing case study of people coming together with technology to manage the impact [...]

Categories: Causes, Nature, Technology

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Published:
February 27, 2010 – 6:45 pm
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By Alex Priest

Twitter on the Wire? 0

Crossposted from shamable.com, here.
In case you didn’t hear, Twitter has signed a deal with Yahoo for a somewhat more advanced integration than it has with Google or Microsoft. A conversation I had just yesterday with a friend at Agence France-Press (AFP) got me to thinking, and now this announcement has started to confirm my theory:
Twitter [...]

Categories: Media, Technology, Web

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Published:
February 25, 2010 – 9:30 am
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By Alex Priest

Google Isn’t God and Buzz Won’t Kill Facebook or Twitter 1

Crossposted from shamable.com, here.
The Google rhetoric is getting a little ridiculous. Yesterday, they announced Google Buzz, a FriendFeed-Facebook-Twitter sort of mash-up built right into gmail. I just read a mini-review of the service by Jason Calacanis. He began with:
BREAKING: Google Buzz is brilliant. Like ground-breaking,
game-changing brilliant.
He then went on to suggest “Facebook has just lost half its [...]

Categories: Technology, Web

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Published:
February 10, 2010 – 8:48 pm
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By Alex Priest

Apps and Analytics–Time for Something New? 0

Crossposted from shamable.com, here.
Quickly reading this article on TechCrunch about the new Tweetdeck update (my absolute favorite Twitter client), one section caught my eye and got me thinking:
You can now view more photos and videos inside TweetDeck, meaning that for some users Tweetdeck is going to start being the way they interface with rich media. [...]

Categories: Ads/Marketing, Technology

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Published:
February 8, 2010 – 10:09 pm
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By Alex Priest

Creating a Culture of “Need to Share” in Government 5

This past Thursday I had the privilege of attending Gibraltar Associates first annual “Social Media Resolutions” event, held here in Washington, D.C. Although I could only stay for the first half of the event, what I witnessed was probably one of the best panels I’ve seen. Not only did I learn far more than I [...]

Categories: DC, Media, Politics, Technology

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Published:
February 8, 2010 – 4:26 pm
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By Alex Priest