X (Twitter)
Insight about X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. The former news social media mainstay once described as "microblogging", and now better known as "that hell site", is in the midst of some dramatic changes. .
Journalists don't own their Twitter followers Paid Members Public
Laura Kuenssberg makes the case of why she can take her Twitter followers with her.
Tweeting: the new speed of news Paid Members Public
Can you tweet faster than an earthquake travels? Twitter thinks so: Here’s Twitter traffic mentioning earthquakes in the 12 minutes after the quake: I wonder how many news outlets had information up on their site within 12 minutes?
People ready to help in Clapham Paid Members Public
This is how a mobile brand dies… Paid Members Public
Mike Butcher, writing on TechCrunch UK [http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/08/08/how-blackberry-not-twitter-fuelled-the-fire-under-londons-riots/] : > Over the weekend parts of London descended into chaos as riots and looting spread after a protest organised around the yet unexplained shooting of a man by Police. Of course, there was huge amounts of
Morning Coffee Reading - 3rd August 2011 Paid Members Public
Stuff crossing my information superhighway radar this morning: * Seven books that journalists working online should read [http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/08/03/7-books-that-every-journalist-working-online-should-read/] – up to 9, with recommendations in the comments * How I tracked down an entire family from one tweet [http://www.joannageary.com/2011/08/02/privacy-and-social-media-investigation-how-i-tracked-down-an-entire-family-from-one-tweet/] – Joanna
Leading from the Social Media front Paid Members Public
Love this article, as tweeted [https://twitter.com/ksablan/status/98447987285573633] by Kevin Sablan: > Unless a once-in-a-lifetime story is breaking in your community, the most urgent challenge facing every news organization today is making a swift and successful transformation to the digital future. Leading that transition is every editor’
Twitter account ownership, logic lessons and what the BBC really lost Paid Members Public
Did Laura Kuenssberg take 60,000 followers away from the BBC?
Reactionary Mentions the Disqus Way Paid Members Public
The observant will have noticed that I’ve been using Disqus [http://disqus.com/] as the comment service on this blog for the last few months, and I’ve been very happy with it. The ability to manage via e-mail is a boon, and the spam blocking is superb. I