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. [...]
dan tynan on Oct 27 2008 | Filed under: Spy v spy
I always knew those Twitterati were up to no good. And now it seems the US Army has cottoned on to this as well.
A draft US Army intelligence report has identified Twitter as a potential tool for terrorism. (You can find a copy on the Federation of American Scientists web site [PDF].)
Apparently the military [...]
dan tynan on Aug 24 2008 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Da Web, Web 2.0
So I got the usual "some total stranger is now following you on Twitter" message yesterday. When I clicked the link inside the email I got the following screen, which I’d never seen before:
"Shelly" says she is from Canada and "enjoys showing people how to market online." She’s following 1922 people but only 30 [...]
dan tynan on Aug 05 2008 | Filed under: US Airways Magazine, Web 2.0
Micro-blogs offer new ways to reach out and touch—140 characters at a time
(This post originally appeared in the August issue of US Airways Magazine.)
When American photojournalist James Buck was taken into custody by Egyptian security forces last April, he didn’t call his lawyer, the US embassy, or his mother. He whipped out his cell phone [...]
dan tynan on May 26 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Da Web, Geekishness, Infoworld, Web 2.0
(This post originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes From the Field blog.)
Bad news for Twitter. The original micro-blogging service (now available in brief, mega-terse, and vowel-free versions) has been accused of aiding and abetting bad behavior on the Web. I am shocked, shocked I tell you.
In case you’ve never used Twitter, here’s a quick primer. Twitter [...]
