(Via Quotation of the Day mailing list) I think it’s still within our power — before social media and the internet completely slice our brains into tiny little packets of jelly that are only good for reading 40 words at a time and assimilating tiny bits of information — to realize that we’re losing something. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Twitter’
First killer app for the iPad?
Posted: 23rd July 2010 by Brant in culture, techTags: Apple, Facebook, Flipboard, fun, iPad, media, Twitter
As with any platform, the iPad creates a new experience for users and opportunities for creative developers to create entirely new and compelling applications. While several apps for the iPad have been extremely popular (like the ABC player app and the terrific Netflix streaming app), in my view the first true “killer app” for the [...]
Epic Fail
Posted: 9th August 2009 by Brant in culture, techTags: Internet, language, slang, tech, Twitter
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If you spend any time at all online, and especially on Twitter, you know the widespread use of “epic fail” as a perjorative indicating not just a failure, but a failure complete in its wrongness. The derivation of this term is covered in some detail on today’s New York Times’ On Language column. In a [...]
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(Via Tehran Bureau, which you should follow on Twitter here)
State Department asks help from Twitter
Posted: 16th June 2009 by Brant in politics, techTags: Iran, Twitter
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The United States State Department asked Twitter operators to delay a scheduled maintenance downtime in order to allow the service to continue providing critical communication in Iran during the protests over a contested election. Talk about a seal of approval for a service’s necessity. The U.S. State Department contacted the social networking service Twitter over [...]
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Check out Visible Tweets. Search for a topics and watch the animated tweets matching your search. Pretty cool.
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A freaking cat gets 500,000 followers in three months. By the way, a similar thing happened recently on last.fm. A cat group took off like crazy. (h/t TechCrunch)
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According to Valleywag, talks are underway. Facebook tried to buy Twitter. Google and Microsoft have been giving the red-hot Internet-messaging startup the eye. But we hear it’s Apple that’s closest to sealing a deal, possibly for as much as $700 million. A source who’s plugged into the Valley’s deal scene and has been recruited by [...]
Writing for the Internet 101
Posted: 23rd April 2009 by Brant in culture, fun, techTags: fun, media, Twitter, writing
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Great syllabus and overview of a new required course for the well-educated: Writing for Nonreaders in the Postprint Era (via McSweeney’s). Excerpt: As print takes its place alongside smoke signals, cuneiform, and hollering, there has emerged a new literary age, one in which writers no longer need to feel encumbered by the paper cuts, reading, [...]
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There was a serious security breach on Twitter yesterday. It apparently has now been closed. Full details here. Update: The problems are continuing. Best advice is to access Twitter via a third-party tool.
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Rumors are spreading that Google is in talks to acquire Twitter. This would be a very big deal. One of the amazing things about Twitter is that it is a vast repository of real-time information. Adding Google’s search strengths to the Twitter platform would have huge value.