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Threat Level: S.F. Activists Use Twitter, Pirate Radio to Manage Anti-War Protesters
Updating techniques used in the N30 protests in Seattle, activists are using newer tools like Twitter and microbroadasting to coordinate protester movements in anti-war actions.
protest  activism  Twitter  microradio  anti-war 
march 2008 by McChris
Tweetmeme
This site ranks links posted to Twitter.
Twitter  search  ranking 
january 2008 by McChris
Wired Campus: A Professor's Tips for Using Twitter in the Classroom
"Mr. Parry’s first instinct was that Twittering would just encourage students to speak in sound bites and self-obsess. But then he gave it a try, and he now sees Twitter as a useful classroom-communication tool. "
Twitter  education  Web2.0  socialsoftware 
january 2008 by McChris
My heart’s in Accra: The connection between cute cats and web censorship
Ethan Zuckerman discusses how Web 2.0 services like Flickr could be used as a Trojan Horse for delivering activist information.
Web2.0  activism  Twitter  Flickr  YouTube 
july 2007 by McChris
funkatron.com : Spaz
A cross-platform Twitter client that allows users to message other users within the client.
chat  Twitter 
june 2007 by McChris
Bokardo: The Opaque Value Problem (or, Why do people use Twitter?)
I haven't heard of the Opaque Value Problem before, but it's a good way to describe how something as seemingly vapid as Twitter can be meaningful for some users.
Web2.0  design  Twitter 
june 2007 by McChris
Twitter is all about Maslovian love
A blogger suggests that most Tweets deal with Maslovian needs; twits tweet about their survival.
navel-gazing  psychology  blog  Twitter 
may 2007 by McChris
Flaw in Twitter’s Privacy Settings
Michael Zimmer discusses how applications that use the Twitter API can access friends-only feeds. While Twitter is often mocked as mundane, some users use it share identifying information like locations.
mashup  privacy  searchengine  Twitter 
may 2007 by McChris
Growth of Twitter vs. Blogger
Jason Kottke graphs the number of messages between Blogger and Twitter early in their growth, and concludes that Twitter's growth far surpasses Blogger's. I'm not sure this is an apples-to-apples comparison.
blog  Web2.0  Twitter 
may 2007 by McChris
Edelman's Steve Rubel: Twittiot?
PR maven Steve Rubel admitted on Twitter that his free copies of PC Magazine go right in the trash, leading to a PR brouhaha.
stupid  magazine  publicrelations  Twitter 
april 2007 by McChris
Young Manhattanite: Dodgeball Founders Leave Google
This can only mean that Twitter is on a path to world domination.
google  Twitter 
april 2007 by McChris
5 Question Interview with Twitter Developer Alex Payne
This interview reveals some of the new features Twitter may have in store, but also that the service is struggling to keep up with its growth.
interview  chat  Web2.0  Twitter 
april 2007 by McChris
thoughts on twitter
Liz Lawley shares her fascination with Twitter, and I agree that the most compelling part of the app is the cross-chatter between users, and how it both reveals and conceals social networks.
yasns  chat  Web2.0  Twitter 
march 2007 by McChris
Iconfactory: Twitterrific
I'm not sure the world needs a standalone Twitter client, but here it is.
Web2.0  OSX  chat  Twitter 
february 2007 by McChris
Valleywag: User-generated content embarrasses Michael Arrington
While giving a talk on "User Generated Content" the TechCrunch founder pulled up a Twitter page about his talk. The founder of Flickr said on the page, "Every time I hear "UGC", a little part of me -- and everything I've ever believed in -- dies."
humor  Web2.0  Flickr  UGC  Twitter 
november 2006 by McChris

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