Twitter iѕ one of thө more pοpular social networkіng ѕites on tһe internet today. It is а microblogging networking website which allows peοple to ѕee һow you're doing and ωhat you'гe thinking depending οn the things you post on this site. Peoрle can choose to follow yoυr updates аnd status changes. Your updates wіll bө shown on these peoplө's twitter sites once they dο follow you. Twitter was originally а side project іn Mаrch 2006. Because of its popularity, this site soon expandөd and became its own site. It wаs officially launchөd in May 2007 аs Twitter Incorporated. This site poses thө qυestion "What are you doing?" to its uѕers. This site is free-to-uѕe which mаkes it a pοpular сhoice. People use Twitter as a mөans to keeр іn touch with tһeir friends аnd familү. They may also υse thiѕ sitө for businesѕ purposes or to promote the products that they're selling. Others υse this site tο be updated with thө news that they're interested in. Some alѕo follow their faνorite stars and celebritieѕ to keep tracĸ of what thаt partiсular person іs uр to. Thөre are аlso somө wһo watсh tһe stock markets vіa thiѕ sitө. Others may alѕo use thiѕ to һunt for јobs. People may also υse Twitter to find answers to their qυestions oг to pοst polls and get information and commөnts. And then therө are also some whο υse Twitter to aid them in making money. Generally, а perѕon logs in tο Twitter ovөr the inteгnet to be аble to update his/heг status. However, іn tһis day and age, tһere аre numerous waүs tο do so without havіng to login to а computer. People can acceѕs this site via theіr mobile phones. They can υse аn application tailored to connect tο this sitө οr they can access the internet oνer their phones and surf to the Twitter webpage. There are alsο some who јust send a text message tο Twitter wіth theіr status changes. Text messaging іs limited, howeveг, since not all countries and mobilө carriers pгovide this sөrvice. It alsο deрends οn ωhether oг not үour phone iѕ compatible with tһis featυre. Finding Twitter applications is easy. Tгy searching onlіne for the phrase "Twitter Apps". There arө numerous Twitter appliсation software pгograms wһich are caterөd to fit а person's need. There are applications which һelp a persοn find other pөople with the sаme interests that he/she һas. There аre alѕo applications whicһ monitor the latest trends and news. Applications wһich provide information given a speсific locatіon aгe also available. There aгe also applications ωhich help a person easilү read the twөets wһich he/sһe іs following. For bloggers, therө are applicatiοns ωhich incorporate Twitter with а persοn's onlinө blοg. Othөr ωebsites such as Amazon, Facebook and eBаy аlso provide wayѕ to update Twitter νia theіr websites. Fοr a person who's alwаys οn thө go and wаnts tο keep in touch with hіs/her family, fгiends, and things thөy're interested in, using Twitter is а good idөa since it basically allοws you to dο all that and more.Click Here!
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
3 Steps to Understanding Twitter
Twіtter has beөn the fаstest growing social network in
existence ѕo far. It is рowerful It is useful It is
Twitteriffic Unfortunately, it іs alsο very confυsing foг
beginneгs. It's my personal opinion that Twitter will fast
be а tοol οf the рast if the creators οf this finө servicө
don't continue tο hοne it and make it өasier to
use.However, foг now the woгld is tυrning to Twitter and аs
ѕuch peoрle like myself ωill do our beѕt to provide stөps to
understanding Twitter lіke the ones belοw. STEP 1:
Twitters Unlike Other Social Networks That'ѕ important to
understand eνen befoгe you create your Twitter accοunt.�Yet,
if you have alreаdy created an accοunt іt can be equally
important aftөrward.With othөr soсial networkѕ you log οn
and... * Create а huge pгofile page * Join countless
groups * Weed throυgh numerous unneсessary options � Not
Twitter. Herө yoυ have 160 characters fοr youг bio, ansωer
a couple more qυick questions and үou're aωay into the
Twitterspheгe.Therefore, yoυ need to understand tһat tһe
words you apрly to that short bio are critical to who does
and doөs not fіnd yoυ on Twitter.Which mөans that if you
want to talk to peoplө abοut chοcolate, words like "hello,
мy name is" аnd the like aren't likely tο give you a great
dөal of mileage іn reaching yoυr audienсe. STEP 2: Twitter
Etiquette Iѕ Followed Be а good Twitter citizen and watch
үour popularity sοar quite quickly. * If yoυ're followed
by someone folloω tһem bacĸ. * If yoυ receive an RT
(ReTweet) or other nice gesture reply with "Thank You" * To
receive more RT's plυs many moгe nіce tһings give RT'ѕ and
bө nice. I had а perѕon from the UK contact мe with
awesomө advice for мy wөbsite ωhich I quicklү folloωed. In
мy own case, I sent һim some healthy dark chocolates from mү
compаny as а thank yοu.I've receіved stickers absolutely
free and made somө verү niсe joint ventures.You'll need tο
decide what workѕ fοr you. STEP 3: Don't Bө A Stranger I
know life іs busy. That's the wаy things are
today.However, іf үou ωant tο become pаrt of the
Twittersphere you need tο first be part of thө
Twittersphere.In ѕo doing I personally went from
non-existent this last Janυary tο one of the top οne
percentile οn Twіtter in June of the same year. Wһile I
сertainly have moгe strаtegies than just these tһat have
һelped мe tο succeed on Twitter, without bөing present on а
regular bаsis I would haνe gone absolutely no where.
CONCLUSION:
Follow the aЬove steps to understanding Twittөr and you will
indeed suсceed to find the рeople үou need to find foг
making үour own Internet sucсess stοry.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
See Where you Rank On Twitter
Twitterholic is a simple app that shows where you rank on Twitter by followers. It gives you a rank worldwide and your rank in the US.
I liked Twitterholic it gives your history of how your followers have grown each month. I would say this app tells how important you are on Twitter but I will let you decide that.
twitterholic.com
I liked Twitterholic it gives your history of how your followers have grown each month. I would say this app tells how important you are on Twitter but I will let you decide that.
twitterholic.com
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Yahoo/Twitter combo rolls out a news search engine
By Samantha Rose Hunt Sunnyvale (CA) - Individuals that are tech savvy have learned that you seem to be able to receive breaking news updates via Twitter ...
By Samantha Rose Hunt Sunnyvale (CA) - Individuals that are tech savvy have learned that you seem to be able to receive breaking news updates via Twitter ...
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| ABC News |
By Rebecca Heslin, USA TODAY Thanks to Twitter—a free micro-blogging service that allows users to send and read short text updates — Mike Wilson became a ...
Steven Levy on the Burden of Twitter
The latest source of my dilemma is Twitter, which lets you spit out real-time reports about what you're thinking and doing. It's fun to track the digital
The latest source of my dilemma is Twitter, which lets you spit out real-time reports about what you're thinking and doing. It's fun to track the digital
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| LAist |
An article in today's Telegraph.co.uk touts the recent adoption of Twitter by British-based Tesco's Fresh & Easy grocery stores. ...
5 Twitter improvements we're still waiting for
CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA
I'll be the first to admit that I'm addicted to Twitter. Each day, it's kept in the coveted second tab in my Firefox window, lodged between Gmail and Meebo. ...
CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA
I'll be the first to admit that I'm addicted to Twitter. Each day, it's kept in the coveted second tab in my Firefox window, lodged between Gmail and Meebo. ...
Yammer Raises $5 Million For Workgroup Micro-Messaging
Washington Post - United States
Yammer is an enterprise version of Twitter that helps people in companies keep up with what everyone else is doing. It works especially well with far-flung ...
Washington Post - United States
Yammer is an enterprise version of Twitter that helps people in companies keep up with what everyone else is doing. It works especially well with far-flung ...
| Yammer ups bet on the “Twitter for business” market Certainly, the growth of consumer-facing Twitter this past year — estimated in the millions — suggests that the concept of micro-messaging is going ... |
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Turmoil Inside the Britney Spears Twitter Empire
It takes just one crack about Britney Spears's vagina's "razor-sharp teeth" on her official Twitter feed — a juvenile stunt by a hacker — and her entire social media operation is thrown into disarray. Lauren Kozak is Spears' "social media manager" who wrote most of the updates to the Britney Twitter feed before the hacking attack. She apologized in our comments after the incident, but Britney's Twitter has been almost completely silent since. The most recent message came from Larry Rudolph
Take a look at these Twitter sidekicks
Some other metric companies include TweetRush, which can give you an idea about the total volume (running about 300k people per day with about 5 Tweets per person); Tweetlists, which shows the most popular "conversations"; TweetVolume, where you can find the volume of a word or brand; TwitterGrader, which measures your rank (happy to say I am in the top 5% based on reach and authority); and Twitterrank, which for some reason does not rank me as high as TwitterGrader. (By the way, my Twitter address is mediadls.)
Long Island Site Offers Twitter
(Long Island, N.Y.) Executives at Long Island Exchange like Long Island, and they also like Twitter, so they’ve created a section on their popular Long Island web site LongIslandExchange.com that aggregates what Long Islanders are “tweeting” about.
The two-year-old Twitter service allows users to broadcast short messages of up to 140 characters – tweets – to computers, cell phones and other wireless devices of “followers” who sign up. Since Long Island Exchange is now supporting twitter, users can automatically feed in their twitter updates by filling in their twitter account details at Long Island Exchange. Every time the user updates their Twitter page - via cell phone, computer, or what have you, those updates will immediately appear on their Long Island Exchange profile. What’s equally interesting is that users can actually update the popular Twitter.com web site without having to visit it. Any updates made from their profile at Long Island Exchange act as a mobile device and update the Twitter website.
“LongIslandExchange.com is one of the busiest and most visited web sites in the Long Island area. We’ve upgraded the social networking portion of our web site to support Twitter as it’s clear that these types of social networking tools are preferred not only for pleasure, but for business. A recent article stated that Twitter is now growing by 5K - 10K new accounts everyday with a total user base of 4 - 5 million. Major media outlets are beginning to now embrace Twitter. For example, CNN’s Rick Sanchez is a prominent figure using Twitter for his 3PM Eastern news show updates, along with others from The New York Times, Fox News and Reuters - they’re all using Twitter now with great success. As far as I know, and I watch our competitors pretty closely, we’re the first Long Island site to integrate this functionality, but we’re just following the footsteps here - it’s not rocket science.” said owner and Chief Executive Officer John Colascione.
Research continues to show that social networks just aren’t going anywhere. Internet users choose social networking sites as their platform of choice. Advertising on those networks and even setting up a company or marketer’s own page, which many large corporations are doing, increases awareness of commercial products and services. Advertisers are expected to spend $1.9 billion on social networks by 2010, up from $280 million in 2006.
About LongIslandExchange.com
Long Island Exchange Inc. is a privately owned company established in 2002 which provides Long Islanders with a wealth of information, news, local business data, and online resources for planning activities in the area. Long Island Exchange serves well over one 1.2 million readers per year who generate an average of 4,260,592 page views.
To find out more visit www.longislandexchange.com
The two-year-old Twitter service allows users to broadcast short messages of up to 140 characters – tweets – to computers, cell phones and other wireless devices of “followers” who sign up. Since Long Island Exchange is now supporting twitter, users can automatically feed in their twitter updates by filling in their twitter account details at Long Island Exchange. Every time the user updates their Twitter page - via cell phone, computer, or what have you, those updates will immediately appear on their Long Island Exchange profile. What’s equally interesting is that users can actually update the popular Twitter.com web site without having to visit it. Any updates made from their profile at Long Island Exchange act as a mobile device and update the Twitter website.
“LongIslandExchange.com is one of the busiest and most visited web sites in the Long Island area. We’ve upgraded the social networking portion of our web site to support Twitter as it’s clear that these types of social networking tools are preferred not only for pleasure, but for business. A recent article stated that Twitter is now growing by 5K - 10K new accounts everyday with a total user base of 4 - 5 million. Major media outlets are beginning to now embrace Twitter. For example, CNN’s Rick Sanchez is a prominent figure using Twitter for his 3PM Eastern news show updates, along with others from The New York Times, Fox News and Reuters - they’re all using Twitter now with great success. As far as I know, and I watch our competitors pretty closely, we’re the first Long Island site to integrate this functionality, but we’re just following the footsteps here - it’s not rocket science.” said owner and Chief Executive Officer John Colascione.
Research continues to show that social networks just aren’t going anywhere. Internet users choose social networking sites as their platform of choice. Advertising on those networks and even setting up a company or marketer’s own page, which many large corporations are doing, increases awareness of commercial products and services. Advertisers are expected to spend $1.9 billion on social networks by 2010, up from $280 million in 2006.
About LongIslandExchange.com
Long Island Exchange Inc. is a privately owned company established in 2002 which provides Long Islanders with a wealth of information, news, local business data, and online resources for planning activities in the area. Long Island Exchange serves well over one 1.2 million readers per year who generate an average of 4,260,592 page views.
To find out more visit www.longislandexchange.com
Twitter Hires A Real Biz Pro
Last month, Twitter posted a job listing saying it was looking for someone who knew business, and now it looks like the microblogging site has found one--the first of several, it appears. Twitter has hired Kevin Thau, a veteran of tech companies Buzzwire and Openwave, as its director of mobile business development.
According to Twitter stats app Twitterholic, Thau has been using Twitter since early March of last year. He's been hired in part to handle the "crushing amount" of partnership proposals that Twitter receives. The mobile front is particularly important for Twitter, as it's the primary platform for many users. It's also been a contentious space, because it involves dealing with cell phone carriers around the world. Skyrocketing costs have forced Twitter to cut some of its international mobile numbers.
It's the first business development post that the San Francisco-based Twitter has filled. But it's currently also looking to hire a business product manager and a director of strategic partnerships. Twitter hasn't put forth a concrete business plan yet, but executives have hinted that business partnerships or corporate accounts may be part of the strategy.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Twitter Proposal , She Says Yes
F ur n2 Twitter + shrt txts, u’ll digg this Wired stry @ a mrg proposl.
I think it’s all great fun; I also appreciate the irony that despite Twitter’s vaunted efficiency in communications, the groom had to wait 11 minutes for an answer. Imagine having to wait that long for a response if you had proposed face-to-face; I imagine there’d be some twittering going on, and profuse sweating as well.
Until next time, a swt + lng lyf 2 u . :)
Who Do you Follow?
Getting followers on Twitter (http://twitter.com) is relatively easy, but what is really important in making Twitter a worthwhile experience is the type of followers you get - and the type of "Twitterers" you yourself follow. In the 3rd quarter of 2008, I was resting solidly at 70 followers, and had grown to that level after several months (I joined in January 08).
I decided then that Twitter could really be a good tool for me, but I did realize that in order to beef up my presence, I would need to increase the number of people I was following, rather than keep my up-until-then more "passive" approach to attracting followers - listing my Twitter account link in my email signature. I had watched other users randomly follow, follow, follow, getting quickly to one of the Twitter follow limits of 2000. Sure, they did get some follow-backs, and had hundreds more followers than my 70, but to me, it seemed like a "quantity over quality" sort of following that would not add value in either direction.
So I set out to follow people in areas specifically of interest to me, so that when I read their Tweets in my friends' timeline, I would get information relevant to me, both professionally and personally. First, I made a list of keywords. Here are a few of the ones I listed for my professional interests: Creative, Web, Design, Entrepreneur, Social Media, Online, Blog, Blogging, PR, journalism...all in all, I listed about 25 or so. Personally, I am interested in progressive politics, wine, dogs, animal rights, and restaurants, so I made a list of words in those areas. Finally, I was interested to connect with "Tweeple" in certain geographic areas: New York City, San Francisco, South Florida (Miami, Miami Beach, Ft. Lauderdale), Toronto, Vancouver, Washington DC, etc. Onto the list they went. When my list was complete, I utilized two tools to connect with these types of folk: The Twitter search feature (http://search.twitter.com) and Twitter Grader (http://twitter.grader.com).
The Twitter Search tool is amazing; you can search by a single keyword, but what is really helpful is the Advanced Search option. I highly recommend it. I found the Twitter Grader helpful to keep an eye on my ranking compared to other users, but what was very helpful to me was the recommendations of people to follow at the bottom of my "stats." Some were not relevant, or didn't have a high enough ranking themselves, but with each "refresh" I found at the very least one person that would be a good "follow fit" for me.
In a few short months, I not only went from a solid plateau of 70 to almost 1000 followers (maybe it will hit the big milestone by the time this goes online!), but - even more important - the tweets in my friend feed are completely customized to my personal and professional interests. To me, that is the biggest part of what makes Twitter such an incredible tool.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Twitter Can Aid Your Job Hunt
Use Twitter To Help In Your Job Hunt
chad22c wants job: az republic staff writer/blogger, advocate magazine editor, dm register, hollywood reporter, ap, u iowa journalism degree
This isn't gobbledygook.
It's A Twitter resume.
The free, social-networking site (www.twitter.com), founded in 2007, allows users to update their connections on what they're doing in 140 characters or less.
That includes a very, very succinct job hunt.
Hey, as the recession dramatically increases unemployment, it's good to use all channels to network. Think of Twitter as a kind of "living resume," suggests the blog at Liberate Media, an online PR firm based in London:
• You can show your background, experience, interests, contact information and link to a Web site showing your work.
• You can connect with specific people and companies.
• You can promote your Twitter profile on the Web through the Twitbacks application.
• You "could target specific brands and then use the @ functionality to wow the recipient with useful knowledge, insight and ideas, making you an ideal candidate for the next vacancy," the firm wrote.
BusinessWeek featured a hilarious fake Twitter resume from Apple CEO Steve Jobs: dude, I invented the friggin iPhone. Have you heard of it
As always, don't tweet anything you wouldn't want an employer or contact to see.
chad22c wants job: az republic staff writer/blogger, advocate magazine editor, dm register, hollywood reporter, ap, u iowa journalism degree
This isn't gobbledygook.
It's A Twitter resume.
The free, social-networking site (www.twitter.com), founded in 2007, allows users to update their connections on what they're doing in 140 characters or less.
That includes a very, very succinct job hunt.
Hey, as the recession dramatically increases unemployment, it's good to use all channels to network. Think of Twitter as a kind of "living resume," suggests the blog at Liberate Media, an online PR firm based in London:
• You can show your background, experience, interests, contact information and link to a Web site showing your work.
• You can connect with specific people and companies.
• You can promote your Twitter profile on the Web through the Twitbacks application.
• You "could target specific brands and then use the @ functionality to wow the recipient with useful knowledge, insight and ideas, making you an ideal candidate for the next vacancy," the firm wrote.
BusinessWeek featured a hilarious fake Twitter resume from Apple CEO Steve Jobs: dude, I invented the friggin iPhone. Have you heard of it
As always, don't tweet anything you wouldn't want an employer or contact to see.
Twitter Feeds For TV Fans 30 We Love
Twitter is a great way to keep track of what's going on in the world of television. But figuring out just who to follow is a bigger challenge.
I've compiled a list of thirty essential twitter feeds for fans of television. It's by no means a complete list, and I did leave off some obvious choices. I didn't include any feed that was network or TV show specific. Sites such as Zap2It.com or TV Week have enough people twittering that I had to leave some worthy folks off the list to keep it manageable. And while a number of actor and writers are twittering, I went with the ones that I happen to enjoy the most. But your mileage may vary on that one.
So here is my list of the 30 essential twitter feeds, in no particular order:
http://twitter.com/moryan
Maureen Ryan, Chicago Tribune
http://twitter.com/greggrunberg
Greg Grunberg, actor and musician
http://twitter.com/zap2itbrill
Brill Bundy, Managing Editor, Zap2it.com
http://twitter.com/CTAM
CTAM.com
http://twitter.com/Zap2itHanh
Hannah, Zap2it.com
http://twitter.com/tvweek_vlada
Vlada Gelman, TV Week
http://twitter.com/deekayw
Diane Kristine Wild, tv-eh.com
http://twitter.com/Tim_Gibbons
Tim Gibbons, Executive Producer of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm"
http://twitter.com/KateOH
Kate O'Hare, Zap2it.com
http://twitter.com/televisionary
Jace, televisionaryblog.com
http://twitter.com/brianstelter
Brian Stelter, media reporter for The New York Times
http://twitter.com/Zap2itRick
Rick, Zap2it.com
http://twitter.com/TVGuide
David, Manager of Production for TV Guide Online
http://twitter.com/jimmyfallon
Jimmy Fallon
http://twitter.com/themediaisdying
To see which of your favorite media writers is out of a job
http://twitter.com/whedonesque
Whedonesque.com
http://twitter.com/HitFixDaniel
Daniel Fienberg, HitFix.com
http://twitter.com/tvnewser
The TVNewser Blog
http://twitter.com/ricksanchezcnn
Rick Sanchez, CNN
http://twitter.com/realityblurred
Andy Dehnart, RealityBlurred.com
http://twitter.com/Deggans
Eric Deggans, St. Petersburg Times TV/media critic
http://twitter.com/phil_rosenthal
Phil Rosenthal, Chicago Tribune media columnist
http://twitter.com/TheLiveFeed
James Hibberd's Live Feed blog from The Hollywood Reporter
http://twitter.com/theTVaddict
Daniel Malen, TheTVAddict.com
http://twitter.com/LATshowtracker
The latimes.com staff
http://twitter.com/tvbarn
Aaron Barnhart, Kansas City Star TV critic
http://twitter.com/The_Pirate_Bay
The Pirate Bay, everyone's favorite peer-to-peer file sharing site
http://twitter.com/DLTVNOW
Another file sharing site, or at least links to files online
http://twitter.com/longdrv4u
Add your favorites if I missed them.
I've compiled a list of thirty essential twitter feeds for fans of television. It's by no means a complete list, and I did leave off some obvious choices. I didn't include any feed that was network or TV show specific. Sites such as Zap2It.com or TV Week have enough people twittering that I had to leave some worthy folks off the list to keep it manageable. And while a number of actor and writers are twittering, I went with the ones that I happen to enjoy the most. But your mileage may vary on that one.
So here is my list of the 30 essential twitter feeds, in no particular order:
http://twitter.com/moryan
Maureen Ryan, Chicago Tribune
http://twitter.com/greggrunberg
Greg Grunberg, actor and musician
http://twitter.com/zap2itbrill
Brill Bundy, Managing Editor, Zap2it.com
http://twitter.com/CTAM
CTAM.com
http://twitter.com/Zap2itHanh
Hannah, Zap2it.com
http://twitter.com/tvweek_vlada
Vlada Gelman, TV Week
http://twitter.com/deekayw
Diane Kristine Wild, tv-eh.com
http://twitter.com/Tim_Gibbons
Tim Gibbons, Executive Producer of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm"
http://twitter.com/KateOH
Kate O'Hare, Zap2it.com
http://twitter.com/televisionary
Jace, televisionaryblog.com
http://twitter.com/brianstelter
Brian Stelter, media reporter for The New York Times
http://twitter.com/Zap2itRick
Rick, Zap2it.com
http://twitter.com/TVGuide
David, Manager of Production for TV Guide Online
http://twitter.com/jimmyfallon
Jimmy Fallon
http://twitter.com/themediaisdying
To see which of your favorite media writers is out of a job
http://twitter.com/whedonesque
Whedonesque.com
http://twitter.com/HitFixDaniel
Daniel Fienberg, HitFix.com
http://twitter.com/tvnewser
The TVNewser Blog
http://twitter.com/ricksanchezcnn
Rick Sanchez, CNN
http://twitter.com/realityblurred
Andy Dehnart, RealityBlurred.com
http://twitter.com/Deggans
Eric Deggans, St. Petersburg Times TV/media critic
http://twitter.com/phil_rosenthal
Phil Rosenthal, Chicago Tribune media columnist
http://twitter.com/TheLiveFeed
James Hibberd's Live Feed blog from The Hollywood Reporter
http://twitter.com/theTVaddict
Daniel Malen, TheTVAddict.com
http://twitter.com/LATshowtracker
The latimes.com staff
http://twitter.com/tvbarn
Aaron Barnhart, Kansas City Star TV critic
http://twitter.com/The_Pirate_Bay
The Pirate Bay, everyone's favorite peer-to-peer file sharing site
http://twitter.com/DLTVNOW
Another file sharing site, or at least links to files online
http://twitter.com/longdrv4u
Add your favorites if I missed them.
Congrats To 2008 Crunchies Winners! Twitter Runner Up In 2008 Startup
The second annual Crunchies are over, and 900 people are across the street at the after-party toasting the winners. For those of you who didn’t attend or see it live on Ustream, the nominees, winners and runners up for each category are below. We’ll have follow up coverage and a video of the new Richter Scales song that was performed live later tonight or tomorrow.
Last year’s winners are here. This year’s nominees, runners up and winners:
Best Application or Service
Get Satisfaction
Google Reader (winner)
Minted
Meebo
MySpace Music (runner-up)
Yelp
Best Technology Innovation/Achievement
Facebook Connect (runner-up)
Google Friend Connect
Google Chrome
Windows Live Mesh (winner)
Swype
Yahoo BOSS
Best Design
Animoto (runner-up)
Cooliris (winner)
Friendfeed
Infectious
Lala
Sliderocket
Best Bootstrapped Startup
BackType
GitHub (winner)
Socialcast
StatSheet
12seconds.tv (runner-up)
Most Likely To Make The World A Better Place
Akoha
Causes
CO2Stats
GoodGuide (winner)
Kiva (runner-up)
Better Place
Best Enterprise Startup
Amazon Web Services (winner)
Force.com
Google App Engine (runner-up)
Yammer
Zoho
Best International Startup
eBuddy (winner)
Fotonauts
OpenX
Vente-privee
Wuala (runner-up)
Best Clean Tech Startup
Better Place (runner-up)
Boston Power
ElectraDrive
Laurus Energy
Project Frog (winner)
Best New Gadget/Device
Android G1 (runner-up)
Ausus EEE 1000 Series
Flip MinoHD
iPhone 3G (winner)
SlingCatcher
Best Time Sink Site/Application
Mob Wars
iBowl
Tap Tap Range (winner)
Zivity
Texas Hold Em (runner-up)
Best Mobile Startup
ChaCha (runner-up)
Evernote (winner)
Posterous
Qik Skyfire
Truphone
Best Mobile Application
Google Mobile Application (runner-up)
imeem mobile (winner)
Pandora Radio
rolando
ShopSavvy
Ocarina
Best Startup Founder
Linda Avery and Anne Wojcicki (23andMe)
Michael Birch and Xochi Birch (Bebo)
Robert Kalin (Etsy)
Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone (Twitter ) (winner)
Paul Buchheit, Jim Norris, Sanjeev Singh, Bret Taylor (FriendFeed ) (runner-up)
Best Startup CEO
Tony Hsieh (Zappos)
Jason Kilar (Hulu) (runner-up)
Elon Musk (SpaceX)
Andy Rubin (Android)
Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) (winner)
Best New Startup Of 2008
Dropbox (runner-up)
FriendFeed (winner)
GoodGuide
Tapulous
Topsin Media
Yammer
Best Overall Startup In 2008
Amazon Web Services
Facebook (winner)
Android
hulu
Twitter (runner-up)
Last year’s winners are here. This year’s nominees, runners up and winners:
Best Application or Service
Get Satisfaction
Google Reader (winner)
Minted
Meebo
MySpace Music (runner-up)
Yelp
Best Technology Innovation/Achievement
Facebook Connect (runner-up)
Google Friend Connect
Google Chrome
Windows Live Mesh (winner)
Swype
Yahoo BOSS
Best Design
Animoto (runner-up)
Cooliris (winner)
Friendfeed
Infectious
Lala
Sliderocket
Best Bootstrapped Startup
BackType
GitHub (winner)
Socialcast
StatSheet
12seconds.tv (runner-up)
Most Likely To Make The World A Better Place
Akoha
Causes
CO2Stats
GoodGuide (winner)
Kiva (runner-up)
Better Place
Best Enterprise Startup
Amazon Web Services (winner)
Force.com
Google App Engine (runner-up)
Yammer
Zoho
Best International Startup
eBuddy (winner)
Fotonauts
OpenX
Vente-privee
Wuala (runner-up)
Best Clean Tech Startup
Better Place (runner-up)
Boston Power
ElectraDrive
Laurus Energy
Project Frog (winner)
Best New Gadget/Device
Android G1 (runner-up)
Ausus EEE 1000 Series
Flip MinoHD
iPhone 3G (winner)
SlingCatcher
Best Time Sink Site/Application
Mob Wars
iBowl
Tap Tap Range (winner)
Zivity
Texas Hold Em (runner-up)
Best Mobile Startup
ChaCha (runner-up)
Evernote (winner)
Posterous
Qik Skyfire
Truphone
Best Mobile Application
Google Mobile Application (runner-up)
imeem mobile (winner)
Pandora Radio
rolando
ShopSavvy
Ocarina
Best Startup Founder
Linda Avery and Anne Wojcicki (23andMe)
Michael Birch and Xochi Birch (Bebo)
Robert Kalin (Etsy)
Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone (Twitter ) (winner)
Paul Buchheit, Jim Norris, Sanjeev Singh, Bret Taylor (FriendFeed ) (runner-up)
Best Startup CEO
Tony Hsieh (Zappos)
Jason Kilar (Hulu) (runner-up)
Elon Musk (SpaceX)
Andy Rubin (Android)
Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) (winner)
Best New Startup Of 2008
Dropbox (runner-up)
FriendFeed (winner)
GoodGuide
Tapulous
Topsin Media
Yammer
Best Overall Startup In 2008
Amazon Web Services
Facebook (winner)
Android
hulu
Twitter (runner-up)
Saturday, January 10, 2009
My Top Five Twitter Aps
I wouldn't call myself a power Twitterer, but I've been using the brevity-focused social network site since last April, largely via auto-posted headlines from my Alpha Doggs network research blog. More recently, I've gotten into the habit of posting other comments. As a journalist, I find Twitter especially useful for tracking hot topics.
For those of you new to the Twitter game, here are some of the tools I use and my thoughts on them (last summer we posted a more elaborate slideshow highlighting tools). I will say that some of these programs tend to take their sweet time about dishing out results, but a lot are still new, even in beta. I should note that I tend to avoid using tools that require me to hand over my Twitter password: After all, hackers now have their claws into Twitter. And I've yet to start using Twitter on a mobile device. (Watch a slideshow of 12 tips for safe social networking.)
Software Assurance Protection: Bridging the Gap in Application Security for Open Source: Download nowWithout further ado, the tools:
• TweetDeck: It's an Adobe Air application currently in public beta that runs on Mac, Windows and Linux systems. It's useful for divvying up the people you follow on Twitter into groups (though wish I could create even more than the eight groups I have: Network World, CIOs/network execs, vendors, analysts), making it easier to follow their Tweets vs. doing so within the basic Twitter interface. It's also easier to Tweet from there than the basic Twitter interface in that you can immediately shorten your URLs within TweetDeck. I've seen some users dismayed that when they go to close a group they've created that they've actually deleted. Confess to doing this once myself.
• Twellow: Unsatisfied with Twitter Search and even Advanced Search, I've taken to more often using this Twitter Yellow Pages to search not only by keyword in Tweets, but by keywords in Twitterers bios. Found Twellow helpful in pulling together this list of 12 CIOs who Twitter.
• Twitter Grader: Kind of fun just to see how you rank on Twitter and to learn who the Twitter rock stars are. I scored an 85 out of 100 last time I checked. A solid B-plus… Though I suspect there might be some grade inflation going on. The program gives out an awful lot of 100s. Also features TwitSnip, a bookmarklet for tweeting content from any Web page.
• TweetStats: Provides colorful graphs of how many tweets you write by month and time of day and interface. I've been averaging 2.1 a day. That doesn't seem too obnoxious, but I suspect I've got the potential to become insufferable. The site claims it has 50,000-plus users.
• Tweettag: Another search tool, which searches by Twitter tags, typically front-ended by a # symbol. One nice feature is that when you search on a tag you are presented with a tag cloud of related tags.
For those of you new to the Twitter game, here are some of the tools I use and my thoughts on them (last summer we posted a more elaborate slideshow highlighting tools). I will say that some of these programs tend to take their sweet time about dishing out results, but a lot are still new, even in beta. I should note that I tend to avoid using tools that require me to hand over my Twitter password: After all, hackers now have their claws into Twitter. And I've yet to start using Twitter on a mobile device. (Watch a slideshow of 12 tips for safe social networking.)
Software Assurance Protection: Bridging the Gap in Application Security for Open Source: Download nowWithout further ado, the tools:
• TweetDeck: It's an Adobe Air application currently in public beta that runs on Mac, Windows and Linux systems. It's useful for divvying up the people you follow on Twitter into groups (though wish I could create even more than the eight groups I have: Network World, CIOs/network execs, vendors, analysts), making it easier to follow their Tweets vs. doing so within the basic Twitter interface. It's also easier to Tweet from there than the basic Twitter interface in that you can immediately shorten your URLs within TweetDeck. I've seen some users dismayed that when they go to close a group they've created that they've actually deleted. Confess to doing this once myself.
• Twellow: Unsatisfied with Twitter Search and even Advanced Search, I've taken to more often using this Twitter Yellow Pages to search not only by keyword in Tweets, but by keywords in Twitterers bios. Found Twellow helpful in pulling together this list of 12 CIOs who Twitter.
• Twitter Grader: Kind of fun just to see how you rank on Twitter and to learn who the Twitter rock stars are. I scored an 85 out of 100 last time I checked. A solid B-plus… Though I suspect there might be some grade inflation going on. The program gives out an awful lot of 100s. Also features TwitSnip, a bookmarklet for tweeting content from any Web page.
• TweetStats: Provides colorful graphs of how many tweets you write by month and time of day and interface. I've been averaging 2.1 a day. That doesn't seem too obnoxious, but I suspect I've got the potential to become insufferable. The site claims it has 50,000-plus users.
• Tweettag: Another search tool, which searches by Twitter tags, typically front-ended by a # symbol. One nice feature is that when you search on a tag you are presented with a tag cloud of related tags.
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