There’s been a recent spike in the number of spam on Twitter. However, let me explain that spam on Twitter might not be what you think it is. Spam on Twitter consists of the most random…things…following you on Twitter. They may not necessarily be people and all they do is promote their site. It’s quite […]
Read moreShare An Item That’s Not In Google Reader
As much as I love sharing items in Google Reader (my shared items), there’s one maddening problem with this feature: you can’t share what you’re not subscribed to! Actually you can, but it’s a very tedious process that not many people will put forth the effort to do. I remembered seeing a bookmarklet that did […]
Read moreGet Your B-List News At Techsted
It seems Sarah Perez of the Grand Effect network, ReadWriteWeb, and Sarah In Tampa has already discovered this little nugget in her post on ReadWriteWeb entitled “Breaking the Techmeme Habit”. “About B-list : This is dedicated to all those blogs and stories that are less popular but still great.” I recently ran across Techsted, which […]
Read moreVisual Lifestreaming Goodness!
Lifestreaming is slowly becoming a very popular concept these days. Essentially, a Lifestream is a visual representation of the things you are doing or promoting on the web. It features just about everything you do on a particular service from your messages on Twitter to everything you’re bookmarking in delicious; all for public consumption. For […]
Read moreI Smell Twubble!
I first discovered Twubble through an article written by the talented Cyndy Aleo-Carreira of Profy in an article entitled "Toluu and Twubble: Forget Searching and Look for Suggestions". The Twubble web service is the latest to join the already long list of Twitter web applications . Twubble allows you to find more people on Twitter […]
Read moreTwitPic Gets Redesigned
TwitPic, a great service for posting images to Twitter, has just announced the launch of their redesign on Twitter! The homepage of TwitPic is now sporting a TwitPic GeoTag map, which features the most recent uploads that have been tagged with a location. Other options include tagging a photo with specific keywords. Of course, creating […]
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