Tech Week in Review 11-20-09
by rahsheen
Adobe AIR 2 Overhaul; Running for the Border? There’s an App for That; Twitter Goes From “What are you doing?” to “What’s Happening?”; “Unfriend” Becomes the Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year.
Read MoreListerine Makes Twitter Lists Manageable
by rahsheen
Listerine is a web application that will help you organize and manage your shiny new Twitter lists. As I’ve said before in regards to Twitter clients that have implemented groups: You have to have an easy method to manage lists/groups to actually make them useful. It’s great that Twitter has added lists, but they don’t allow you to manage these lists effectively. The only way to add people to a list is to visit their profile. If you follow hundreds or thousands of people, the time spent putting them into lists in this manner probably negates any benefit you would get from them.
Read MoreHow to Follow Two-way Conversations on Twitter
by rahsheen
While Twitter is a pretty cool place for sharing stuff, it’s just about impossible to actually follow a discussion. I can’t count how many times I’ve seen two people carrying on a discussion about something interesting and was left scrambling to follow the thread of conversation. Twitter’s API does provide a way to see what a tweet was in reply to, but this does little to help you follow an ongoing discussion. Here are a few tips you can use to keep up with conversations on Twitter:
Read MoreTwitter Lists Gather Latest Info on Fort Hood Tragedy
by Lesly Simmons
Last week’s shooting rampage at a military installation in Fort Hood, Texas quickly became the top news story across the country, and several major news organizations used Twitter Lists to aggregate information coming from local news outlets after the shooting, including the New York Times, CNN, and the Austin-American Statesmen. The Times prominently displayed their [...]
Read MoreWhy You Should Care About Twitter Lists
by rahsheen
Taking a look at the public lists others have added you to lets you get an idea of how they see you. Even for the average person, this is important to know because you might care about what people think. For a brand or company, this will help you figure out if the image you think you are putting forward is the one people are seeing. Obviously, this isn’t a fool-proof method of measuring the success of your brand on Twitter, but it’s definitely worth including in your toolbox. Check out 3 other reasons why Twitter Lists matter.
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