Apple + Twitter = My Ass
dan tynan on May 05 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Apple, Cringley, Infoworld, Twit or Tweet
Rumors can spread like tumors on the Web. Mostly they’ve been benign, but malignant ones may soon be coming.
Tag Archive 'tweet'
Twitter Added to Federal Emergency Response Network
dan tynan on Apr 02 2009 | Filed under: Faux News, Foolishness, Infoworld, Twit or Tweet, Web 2.0
Obama administration seeks to expand e911 service to mobile Web
by Dan Tynan
In a milestone that marks Twitter’s evolution from a tool for self-obsessed 20-somethings into a vital part of our nation’s telecommunications infrastructure, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced it is adding the micro blog to the national emergency response network.
Beginning next January, individuals [...]
Escape from the Twittering masses
dan tynan on Mar 16 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Da Web, Facebook, Infoworld, Twit or Tweet
I’m thinking maybe this whole social media thing has gone too far. Maybe we don’t really need to know what everyone we’ve ever encountered is doing every single moment of their lives in 140 characters or less. It’s starting to distort our collection notion of reality.
The latest sign of the coming twapocalypse?
Last week David [...]
Eight Ways Twitter Will Change Your Life
dan tynan on Oct 27 2008 | Filed under: (anti) social media, PC World, Web 2.0
(A slightly different version of this article appeared on PCworld.com.)
It seems everyone is atwitter about Twitter. Yes, there are other microblogs with insufferably cute names — Pownce, Jaiku, Plurk, etc. But Twitter has quickly become the de facto choice for creating really really really short blogs.
Why? it helps that Twitter’s rules are painfully simple. [...]
