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Twitter

@dcap’s Twitstory Thoughts + 3 Cool Discoveries

October 10, 2009

Before Oprah and that Ashton guy joined, I was a Twitter OG. Back in 2007, none of my friends were using the microblogging service and I was sending updates into the ether that weren’t benefitting me very much. Thankfully, my ludite homies clued in and now everyone and everything seems to be on Twitter, including [...]

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On My Radar: TweetStock

April 24, 2009

There is buzz in the Twitterverse about TweetStock.

Described as a “21st century Woodstock for the digital age,” the festival will be (according to founder @jayelectronica) “a free event for people the world over to connect as humans, encouraging through art, the open exchange of thoughts and ideas.”
Event organizers are pinging Twitter for lineup suggestions [...]

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How To Follow All People Who Tweet About A Specific Thing And From A Specific Location

April 9, 2009

cherman on Mahalo Answers recently asked:
How can I follow all people that tweet about something? For example, I want to follow everyone who tweets “soup” within 100 miles of sf.
This was my response:
1. http://nearbytweets.com/ – Search for tweets that include “soup” within any distance from any location. I found over 100 results with your specifications.
2. [...]

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Insomnia Links: Sacramento Kids In Need, Twitter For A Reason, The Hyper-local Blogging Economy & iWant

March 10, 2009

This inevitably happens before I fly: Random thoughts swirling in my head until I eventually pass out from exhaustion.

Sacramento Loaves & Fishes – I plan on stopping by here while I am in town. If you are concerned about the children profiled in Oprah’s piece on the tent cities in Sacramento, check out this local [...]

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Twitter Is MySpace For Adults Who Hate MySpace – But Teens Are Catching Up

February 10, 2009

- image via purplelime’s flickr
In 2007 I created a Twitter account, played around with it for a while and then went “hm, lame”. There were only a handful of people updating and because I didn’t know them or care for their link content, the whole concept of following strangers tweets didn’t appeal to me. I [...]

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Captain Obvious Discovers Twitter’s Auto Tiny URLs & Matters of Taste

October 30, 2007

I am probably the last person on earth to notice this, but I think it’s pretty sweet that Twitter automatically creates tiny URLs out of your links.
…Yeah this dude totally noticed it before me, and Twitter’s Support page explains the process.
I’m losing my touch. Oh well.

- awesome Squidbillie graffiti courtesy of DESEP’s flickr
So recently [...]

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The Worst Reality Show Idea Ever & Twitterpated

March 5, 2007

JURY DUTY

“Don’t Even Try Getting Out Of It”
PREMIERING FALL 2007
Gene Steinberg: Chief Creative Officer WZMY TV

(MyTV New England) Quotes:
“Take the appeal of the court genre and add the fascination of Celebrities
and you have the making of quality daytime television”
via cynopsis
…Ok.
You know what would be more fun to watch?
1 – Paint Dry
2 – Me plucking my [...]

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