Tag: Twitter
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Twitter believes we are too stupid for @ replies
Greetings Readers! Normally I am fast asleep at the time that I am writing this, but it is quite warm here and I can’t sleep when it is hot. Not being able to sleep, I decided to browse the new posts on my Google Reader. After sifting through all of the stuff I don’t care…
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Global Geek News Podcast #19
Here are the shownotes for episode #19 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Subscribe on iTunes Download the MP3 Help support us with a $5/mo subscription! Stories: IBM to reportedly buy Sun for $7 billion Phoenix police raid home of critical blogger Texas bans Vista from government computers Study: Facebook and YouTube at work makes…
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Why ‘Live Twittering’ is a Horrible Idea
Greetings Readers! I have another rant again today. Hopefully I will have some more upbeat things to write about after this but today’s topic really irritated me this morning so after gathering my thoughts, I decided that I should address the idea of “live twittering” here. ‘Live Twittering’ is likely a new term to most…
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Why trivia contests should not be on Twitter
Greetings Readers! I wanted to address what I find to be a growing problem on Twitter, trivia contests. For quite a while now, I have noticed various people on Twitter such as @microsoft_cares and @rahulsood among others give away some great prizes by running trivia contests on Twitter. I see several problems with this. Before…