by Debbie Weil | May 14, 2009 | New New Things, Social Media, Twitter, Uncategorized
It’s happened overnight. Actually, in the past two weeks, since FriendFeed announced a redesign of their site. Suddenly everybody is subscribing to FriendFeed (I’ve noticed a significant uptick in new followers) and it’s looking like the new...
by Debbie Weil | May 12, 2009 | In the News, New New Things, Uncategorized
The who’s who – and how – of D.C.’s Top 100 Techies is all the buzz in the local tech community: who’s on the list, who’s not, how wide and/or deep the list is, etc. I was delighted to be named a Tech Titan (see here) but I’ve...
by Debbie Weil | Mar 30, 2009 | Corporate Blogging, New New Things, Twitter, Uncategorized
It’s too easy to fall into the trap of, “I don’t have time to write a full-fledged blog post so I’ll put it off til later.” Twitter, with its 140-character limit, beckons seductively as the shorthand for blogging. So I thought I’d...
by Debbie Weil | Mar 10, 2009 | New New Things, Social Media, Twitter, Uncategorized
You might forget this fact if you’re the competitive type or if you’ve been reading all about Power Twitterers. For example, David Gregory, the new host of NBC’s Meet the Press, has 158,328 Followers, as of this writing. That’s the population...
by Debbie Weil | Jan 16, 2009 | New New Things, Twitter, Uncategorized
I am slightly embarrassed to learn that I’m #6 on the newly published Twitter Power 150 list, inspired by Todd Andrlik’s Ad Age Power 150 (a listing of top media & marketing blogs). While this blog used to be in the top 100 and even top 50 of the Ad...
by Debbie Weil | Jan 8, 2009 | New New Things, Uncategorized
For too long DC has seemed like a not-quite-cool-enough, can’t-quite-get-it-together place to be if you’re into all things tech, digital and Web. But that’s palpably changing. For starters, Barack Obama and his family are moving into the White House...
