Posted: January 15th, 2009 | Author: owocki | Filed under: Technology | Tags: crash, hudson, twitpic, twitter, usairways | No Comments »
First, I just want to say that my heart goes out to the people on this plane. Let us all pray that no one got hurt.
That being said, I have just have a few observations on how the crash was broken to the world.
- News of the crash broke on Twitter, several minutes before it was on CNN or MSNBC.
- The guy who posted the first twitpic of this event, @jkrums, at http://twitpic.com/135xa has gone from 220 followers at 3:30pm EST on Thursday to 400 (at time of writing) in just over 30 minutes.
- That one twitpic of the crash , http://twitpic.com/135xa crashed the twitpic servers.
Whatever this crash says about the technologies of aviation, the reporting of it is a reflection of the way news is distributed today: Twitter is the present & the future
Posted: January 14th, 2009 | Author: owocki | Filed under: Technology | Tags: Technology, tweet, twitter | No Comments »
1. Thou shalt not tweet several times per minute. Goes without saying. It’s just annoying. Spread them out. Use tweetlater. Whatever you need to do so you don’t hijack half my feed.
2. Thou shalt not frequently tweet mundane information. Classic examples include “Eating dinner”, and “Driving to the dentist”. Do your followers a favor and don’t tweet it unless you have something more interesting to say about what you’re doing. If you must tweet about ‘being at the dentist’s office, come up with something quippy or though provoking, like “Just got a tooth out, I wonder what my dentist does with all these extra teeth he’s got?!”
3. Thou shalt not commonly tweet inappropriate or political tweets. Classic examples include fart jokes, excessive coverage of Israel / Gaza conflict, or your views on the election.
4. Thou shalt not just tweet your own products. No matter who you are, too much self promotion = Twitter FAIL.
5. Thou shalt not live out your dream as a television sportscaster in my twfeed. “Broncos Touchdown!”, “Donovan McNav is the man!”, “Eli Manning just threw the most beautiful pass!”. Hey @jockitch, you just earned yourself an unfollow!
What twitter rules do you have in place for your feed? Why do you unfollow users?
Posted: January 10th, 2009 | Author: owocki | Filed under: Technology | Tags: acronyms, Technology, twitter | No Comments »
Methinks its about time someone began keeping a list of all the twitter acronyms floating around. For simplicitys sake, I’ve neglected to track any acronyms that began on AIM, IRC, or other earlier internet services (ie: LOL, WTF, etc)
- FTW
– For the Win. Origin: unknown
- FTL
– Opposite of FTW. For the Loss. Origin: unknown
- FAVRD
– Verb. To FAVRD a tweet, is to vote for it to appear on the internet site textism. Ex: ‘I favrd your last tweet’ Origin: unknown
- FAIL
– Not an acronym. Used to describe a service or product that is not working. ex: ‘USAir FAIL!’, ‘Apple FAIL!‘ Origin: unknown
- pwn
– Used as a verb, meaning ‘own’. ex: I ‘pwned’ you. Origin: Arose as a common typo of the word ‘own’.
- interwebs
– Refers to the internet. Origin: unknown
- series of tubes – Refers to the internet. Origin: former Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens, who famously refered to the internet as a ‘series of tubes’ when criticizing an amendment to a bill on internet regulation
- RT
– Retweet. Used when re-broadcasting a tweet. ex:”RT @username tweet text” Origin: unknown
- OH
– Overhead. Used when tweeting something that was overhead in conversation ex:”OH text text” Origin: unknown
What should I add to the list? Leave your comments below.
