Man oh man, the blogosphere is having a field day with the latest Twitter takedown by DDoS attacks. Twitter wasn’t the only service affected either (Google, Facebook, FriendFeed, Youtube, Livejournal, and Blogger). If your panties have been in a wad over the downtime of these services, here are a few tips on what you can […]
Read moreWhat’s Really Killing RSS Feeds? Hint: It’s NOT Twitter
There are a lot of opinions floating around the web about Twitter killing RSS feeds. I wholeheartedly disagree though Twitter definitely helps to keep me out of Feedly and Google Reader more often these days. I think it’s the apps themselves and the process of consuming RSS feeds that kills RSS more than other social […]
Read moreHow To Motivate Yourself To Blog Without Looking At Your Computer
This is a timeless question, that even experienced bloggers have to come back and revisit, myself included. And for the past month, I’ve done so extensively. It has been one of the most frustrating processes for me and I’m sure I’ll still struggle with it after writing this. First I’d like to note that I […]
Read moreApp Development Request: The Web’s Opinion About One Topic
I want to see every conversation happening around the world right now about one specific topic. ANY topic. Notice I said conversation. Twitter search nor the many other search tools accomplishes this for me. They’re just real-time people search engines. FriendFeed comes close. For short conversations, it’s great. However, their way of threading conversations makes […]
Read more5 Reasons Why You Should NOT Buy Followers Or Friends
It seems as if you just can’t get any social media mojo without followers anymore. I don’t mean 20-50 followers either. People are anxious to hit 1k followers or Oprah numbers like 1 million on social networks like Twitter and Facebook. It’s not impossible either. There are tons of recommendation, auto-follow, and spam tools that […]
Read moreLearning Social Media: Discover What Apps Your Followers Use To Tweet
Have you ever wondered what your favorite followers on Twitter are using to tweet? I’ve always been interested in discovering what Twitter clients my followers are using. It leads to quite a few diamonds in the rough like Blu and DestroyTwitter. Finding out what they use can be especially useful if you’re looking for a […]
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