This post is for Nathan. :) This morning, my online world changed. Nope, not exaggerating. I discovered IfThisThenThat (IFTTT). In brief, it takes events (If This) and triggers actions (Then That). For example, you can have it email you if the forecast for tomorrow includes rain or have it save any Facebook photo you are [...]
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True Beginner’s Guide to Twitter: Other Twitter Tools and Resources
We learn about new Twitter tools and resources every day, but there are so many, you can easily become overwhelmed. We’ve categorized them by function and given them a brief description. We hope you’ll find them useful, too.
True Beginner’s Guide to Twitter, Part 3
Sarah (@sarahjoaustin) and I (@xgravity23) are publishing our True Beginner’s Guide to Twitter this week and today you can find the third section, Twittering on the Web, at Your Desk, and On the Go, on Sarah’s blog. If you want to start from the beginning, check out Basic Twitter Functions and Advanced Twitter Functions. You’ll [...]
Twitter Nation? Give It a Whirl!
Like many before him vehemently raging against a new idea, Alexander Zaitchik has obviously not used Twitter. So often, criticals consider the newest demon only long enough to find fault. They don’t maintain a curious or open mind to give it a fair chance. Twitter is quite often likewise written off immediately without any exploration.
Hone Your Writing/Editing Skills: Another Reason to Give Twitter a Try
Web 2.Oh. . .really? author, Craig Stoltz, wrote a blog post about how, despite having edited “miles of copy in [his] day,” Twitter has won him over by constantly asking him to sharpen his editing skills.
After all, writing a rich story in only 140 characters is not for the faint of heart. It takes ruthless editing, careful attention to detail, semantics, reference, and punctuation.
Twitter in the News: The Gettysburg Address, Twitpitches, and Twitstories
A couple weeks ago, I published a guest post on A Fool of Myself about Twitter, the micro-blogging site that is sweeping the web. Today, I came across several articles presenting unique uses of Twitter that I enjoyed reading about, and I hope you will too.
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address Twitterized
Carter F. Smith at Kicking and Screaming asks if Lincoln could have delivered the Gettysburg Address (which is 271 words) on Twitter (which limits posts to 140 characters), what would it look like, an interesting, if not a bit silly, proposal. And so, Smith proposes Lincoln’s 140-character Gettysburg Address.
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