by Debbie Weil | Sep 9, 2009 | Twitter, Uncategorized
I twittered a lot yesterday, along with dozens of others attending O’Reilly’s Gov 2.0 Expo here in D.C. Is that a sin? This morning I awoke to a “suspended account due to strange activity.” (Have submitted a help ticket.) Twitter hashtag...
by Debbie Weil | Sep 2, 2009 | Stats & Studies, Twitter, Uncategorized
I’m trying out the free PollDaddy with a simple question: Are You Twittering? You can take the same poll on LinkedIn if you’d prefer. Update: this poll has been much more popular on LinkedIn. See a screenshot below of the latest results (179 responses as...
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 | Apr 30, 2009 | Events, Social Media, Twitter, Uncategorized
It’s not a pandemic yet but you wouldn’t know it from the exponentially growing number of tweets about swine flu and #swineflu and, beginning yesterday, swine flu renamed H1N1. Like many others, I dislike the term “viral” marketing. But...
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 27, 2009 | Social Media, Twitter, Uncategorized
Yet another business reason to use Twitter is staring you in the face (in case you’re not convinced). I can’t physically attend the terrific Government 2.0 BarCamp taking place today in Washington DC. No matter… I can peruse microblogging updates...
