Just saw the news that pownce, a microblogging competitor to twitter, has been acquired by Six Apart, and the service will shut down in two weeks. From the pownce blog:
We have some very big news today at Pownce. We will be closing the service and Mike and I, along with the Pownce technology, have joined [...]
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Okay, so I’m still trying to figure out this whole video thing and I’m not entirely comfortable with it. But I think this format is at least a step in the right direction. This is just a quick video talking about exactly two things:
1. Gmail Video Chat
2. Twitterank and Twitter Grader
So, here goes:
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Related Links:
Twitterank Creator Speaks
Twitterank.com
Twitter [...]
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If you’re in the Boston-area tomorrow morning and do not have an election hangover (a condition resulting from watching far too much CNN and paying attention to all election-related twitter posts), head on over to the Andala Coffee House in Central Square. Here’s the info from Biz Stone of twitter:
TweetUp with Bijan in Boston
If you’re [...]
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And this is after they fixed it. (Via Twitter Counter)
So, like so many of you, last night I noticed that I’d lost somewhere around 500 followers, and about 300 “friends” (that is, people I follow back).
Twitter explained the problem, announced they were working on it, and got it about 90% corrected before I went to [...]
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Yesterday I gave a presentation entitled “Discovery- How People Find Blogs, Video and Podcasts They Love & What That Means To You” at podcamp Boston 3. The powerpoint is available here, and the audio here.
After the presentation, I started to think of different techniques I use to produce and promote my blog posts and came [...]
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Plurk- A New Microblogging Service
So, the new service everyone’s talking about is Plurk. It’s kind of like twitter, as it’s a microblogging service. But, unlike twitter, you can only use plurk on the plurk website. You can’t use it via sms. There are no plurk clients available yet. Oh yeah, and when I [...]
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I admit it, complaining is one of my top three non-work-related skills (the other two are karaoke and Wii Tennis–is it sad to admit this?).
Social media seems to blend quite nicely with complaining, doesn’t it?
Look at all the people popping up to point out that complaining about Comcast on Twitter appears to have increased [...]
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