Thumbing through the October 2008 issue of PRSA's publication Tactics was a lot like opening up my RSS folders and taking a look around. Featuring an internet/web 2.0 multiple page spread, the issue covered topics ranging from maximizing the benefits of Twitter to the convenience of using FriendFeed. Most of this seemed familiar —...
Continue ReadingTwitter is a micro-blogging platform that allows users to communicate with one another through short, concise, messages of no more than 140 characters. Part of the attraction of Twitter is its immediacy, which makes it ideal for sharing articles and breaking news. Given the news focus, it is no surprise a journalists have taken to the tool,...
Continue ReadingOk. I admit it. I never really "dugg" twitter. While I did tweet for awhile, it was simply a different way for me to update my Facebook status. I killed two birds (not the cute twitter bird) with one stone. I guess that composing snappy 140-character or less haikus isn't my cup of tea,...
Continue ReadingVia her Twitter account, Katie Harbath recently pointed to a great list of U.S. newspapers with Twitter accounts. The list is being maintained by Erica Smith, who works for the St. Louis Post Dispatch. She has updates for January, February/March, April, May, June and July. Erica is currently tracking 303 newspaper Twitter accounts,...
Continue ReadingU.S. Congressmen John Culberson (R-TX) has gotten a bit of online fame lately for sending real-time updates to constituents and Internet geeks via services like Twitter and Qik, sometimes straight from the House floor. Culberson has gotten attention for his efforts from tech blogger Robert Scoble, TechPresident and many others. ...
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