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When a “Social Media Expert” Gets it Wrong
I uncovered this article in Forbes by Mike Schaffner, a blogger and director of information technology for The Valve and Measurement Group of Cameron in Houston. His article is entitled “The Death of Social Media.” In it, he moans: “Many of the people that I get as followers on Twitter seem to offer nothing more [...]
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4. January 2010
I was quite excited this morning to read an article in the Irish Times in which a British journalism professor almost completely “gets” what the notion of ”social media” (i.e. people having conversations) actually means to the future of communication. I really have only one quibble, but it’s a big one because Professor Roy Greenslade [...]
Read the rest of this post...Is Twitter Perfect? Show Me ANY Service That Is Perfect!
21. March 2009
Yes, it appears Twitter had an outage last night. And it was duly reported by Robin Wauters at Techcrunch, which is all well and good, but I have to take issue with her final update on the situation after it had been resolved. Twitter’s Constant Stream Of Update Messages Suddenly Grinds To A Halt Lucky for Twitter [...]
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17. March 2009
Just a quick note today: Steve Rubel, who is normally pretty savvy about these things, comes out today and says: “So you heard it here first, folks. Twitter is peaking. Now I believe Twitter can get through “the dip” that stares them in the face, but it will need to adapt by: keeping its core users intact, [...]
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15. March 2009
The sheepskin on the wall behind my computer monitor says I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from the University of Florida. What it didn’t say when it was printed in 1982 was that I majored in Public Relations and specialized in Magazine and Feature Writing. Today, I see my decision to switch [...]
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