Twitter was barely off the ground before companies and programmers were looking for ways to monetize it, and a new tool by 83 Degrees has found a new way to do that.
The tech company on Sunday launched Super Chirp, a subscription-based service allowing Twitter users to require payment to receive certain direct messages....
Continue ReadingI participated in a panel discussion put on by NextGenWeb last week on building communities online. Over the course of the discussion, I mentioned that on the sites I manage Twitter generally drives more traffic than Facebook. Adam Conner from Facebook was also on the panel, and quickly rattled off a few sites for which Facebook is a significant traffic referrer as a way of countering my argument. ...
Continue ReadingI came across a great article today entitled How to Design for Your Worst Client: You. While the article aims to provide designers with tips for designing their own personal websites, there are some some lessons that anyone working on a web design project can learn from.
“Be as specific as you can on what you would like on each page....
Continue ReadingPresident Obama made his way into office with a tech savvy campaign team and promises to use new technologies to change the way government gets its job done. With the campaign over and the administration under way, shifting rhetoric into action has happened in notable ways but also raised major concerns....
Continue ReadingConversations about blog posts are increasingly taking place on Twitter in addition to the comments section of blogs. Due to this trend, over the last six months we’ve seen lots of blogs integrate tweetbacks into their comment sections. Building on the trackback concept, a tweetback searches Twitter for links to specific blog pots and displays relevant tweets in the comments section of your blog. ...
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