Posts Tagged ‘twitter’
No time to grieve – the death of Michael Jackson on Twitter
When the Princess of Wales died I discovered this as I woke to the morning news. When John F. Kennedy died many discovered via the morning newspaper. When Michael Jackson died I discovered it via my Twitter feed. In a Twitter world can family and friends have any time to grieve? In pass years the pressure of 24 TV news has made it [...]
Interview with Jason Cobb via Audioboo
I was pleased to welcome Jason Cobb to the Mayor's Parlour at Lambeth Town Hall. Listen to 'Cathching up with the twittering Mayor of Lambeth' I had only previously talked to Jason via Twitter so was good to meet him in person. Jason is using Audioboo to record short (up to 5 minute) snipets. Now I've seen how easy it is you can be sure to see [...]
Meeting with LoveClapham.com
As part of my year as Mayor I have aimed to increase awareness of the Mayoralty in Lambeth together with the many community groups that the Mayor meets each year. Along with continuing on the many Mayoral visits I have set up on-line methods of communication such as this Mayoral blog, Mayors YouTube, Mayors Facebook page and Twitter [...]
Follow to be followed on Twitter
A Hotspot report “State of the Twittersphere” (pdf) has revealed some interesting insight into the popular micro blogging site. With massive growth in the last year (600% according to compete.com) 70% of users joined in the last year. With 35% of Twitter users having 10 or fewer followers and 9% of Twitter users not following anyone at [...]
Should Facebook have a Death Wish list?
How was you told that the last person that you were very close to died? When a work colleague died I remember receiving a group email, shocking but at least there were others around in the office to look to for support. In the age of social networking there is every possibility that you could discover that someone close died via a profile update. [...]
Twideas for Twitter
Twitter Mashups are arriving at the plenty. With some you struggle to see their worth, but recently I have discovered some that I can immediately see some clear uses for: Dwigger threads Twitters and enables users to vote on tweets. I really like the fact you can also filter down for a selection of areas (the UK being one, New [...]
Now anyone* can blog with Posterous
When talking to politicians and business people about improving their presence on-line the most often response I receive is 'I do not have the time'. With Posterous they no longer have an excuse. Many are put off by long sign up forms, email authentication, resizing of images and general complication with getting to know how a blog that they sign [...]
Getting an identi.ca
I have been a great fan of Twitter for sometime, however lots of copy cat sites keep popping up and today I checked out identi.ca the latest that had come to my attention. Signing up is not as easy as it could be. The sign up form does not include any dynamic verification so that only when you submit will you discover that you have either done [...]
Five Social Media must do for politicians
There are thousands of social media sites, which for someone who hasn't even got a Facebook profile must be overwhelming. Whilst I have written about creating a profile network I realise that to start with many politicians will need to take a few 'baby' steps into the realm of social media and enabling their constituents to find information about [...]
Twhirl your Twitter
Twitter is an excellent tool. It is a quick and easy way to let your friends know what you are doing without insisting that they have to visit Facebook to see your current status. Because it is a micro-blog entries take no longer than to send a text message. For politicians Twitter is an easy way to let constituents know what you are doing and [...]
Bringing it all together – Iminta
I recently joined www.iminta.com where I was so early in joining I managed to get the username Christopher! Iminta helps bring together all your content that you contribute to the internet in one place, so if you have a blog - upload your photographs on photobucket - your video's to YouTube - your updates to twitter, then this service can bring [...]
Are you a twit or a twitter?
Many politicians are familiar with being called a twit, as would be some front line staff of many organisations large and small. Not many would be familiar with the term 'Twitter'. So what is twitter, and should you be twittering? Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service allowing members to send updates which are text-based [...]
