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Two Interesting Tweets about Twitter policy

MG — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:23:24 +0000

From Tony Hsieh CEO of Zappos.

How long have you been tweeting?

MG — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:53:04 +0000

There are several Websites that will tell you when you joined Twitter. Here is a new one I just came across. If you’re interesting in finding out how long you’ve been tweeting. Here’s my result:

How long have you been tweeting? Find out the age of your Twitter account..

Seesmic Desktop Update

MG — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:27:58 +0000

Seesmic Desktop has been updated to 0.7 with support for Twitter Lists, ReTweets, and a new profile view. More info: http://bit.ly/8zLWBQ

Mother’s Acting Up

MG — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:46:59 +0000

I love those random, unplanned experiences that often land in our laps. A few weeks ago I ran into a faculty member and her friend at a local breakfast joint… in the midst of our quick conversation we ended up (as so often happens in my life) talking about social media and Twitter. This initial conversation led to a follow up breakfast meeting with several very cool folks from the organization Mother’s Acting Up (MAU). We had a really great breakfast talking and strategizing about Twitter… what I like to think of as “understanding social media and how not to use it for advertising.” It was really fun and rewarding to spend time with such genuine people who are interested in engaging with social media in the right way. They had lots of cool ideas that they’re beginning to put into action. I’m looking forward to seeing how their efforts grow and develop, I hope the social media seeds we planted bear lots of fruit.

Mother’s Acting Up is a great group doing important and meaningful work. Check out their site for more info and ways you can get involved.

http://www.mothersactingup.org/

And on Twitter: http://twitter.com/mothersactingup

Tweetie2 Updated

MG — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:26:02 +0000

Tweetie2 has updated to add support for Twitter lists among other things…

http://www.atebits.com/tweetie-iphone/

MG — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:05:30 +0000

Twittelator Pro has added Twitter list support.

http://www.stone.com/Twittelator/

Tweetin On A Jet Plane (YouTube vid)

MG — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:25:42 +0000

via youtube.com

Good stuff

Posted via web from MarkGammon

Tweetie 2.0

MG — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:42:39 +0000

Must say Tweetie 2.0 for the iPhone is snazzy…

Tweetie 2.0

Twitter Reputation Systems…

MG — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:59:10 +0000

“We are working on reputation systems … You may not know someone is trustworthy, but other people who are trustworthy trust them.”One of the challenges, he said, is the balance between anonymity — anyone can create a twitter account — and reliability. He noted that anonymity was key to the Iranians posting images and news of the government crackdown.

“Anonymity was a key thing for the people there … How do you have anonymmity and trust … that is a key thing,” he said.

via cbsnews.com

These quotes from Evan Williams in this CBS News story are very intriguing. I’m interested in these “reputation systems” that Twitter is developing, how they will be implemented, and their effectiveness. What kind of systems can you think of that would address the complex intersections of anonymity and trust/credibility in an ecosystem like Twitter? Is this a real need and how will the Twitterverse respond to the implementation of some sort of reputation system?

Posted via web from markgammon

Tweetboard

MG — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:30:05 +0000

Checking out Tweetboard- threading twitter application that runs on a website. That’s it over to the left. Looks pretty cool. Shows my Twitterstream and also allows for posting by visitors and nests the conversation to create continuity and built community.

Give me a tweet there on the board and we’ll see how well it works.

The app is in alpha. More information is here.