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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
at 12:08pm
Are you a Twitter fan? Twitter is everywhere in the news, it seems. It’s great for keeping in touch with friends, and even addictive, but a lot of people have been using it for more than just idle updates. Twitter’s concept is quite simple, but given the right tools, it can be harnessed into an instrument to help your business, like blogs have become. There are many apps out there, and I encourage you to continually search for the best out there. To get you started, I’ve compiled some tools you can try out.
1. Livetwitting. During the last Worldwide Developer Conference where Steve Jobs delivered his eagerly anticipated keynote to launch the next iPhone, the top tech blogs used Twitter to give almost real-time update to their readers. The speed at which you can broadcast information to a great number of people makes Twitter ideal for live events. Livetwitting extends this capability a little further by giving you the means to format and edit your tweets.
2. Twitter Groups. Ordinarily, your published tweets are sent to all your followers. However, there are times when we want only certain people to read certain updates. For example, random musings only to close friends, while work-related stuff to clients. Twitter Groups makes this possible by allowing you to organize your followers to certain categories, and send targeted tweets to each.
3. Tweet Volume. It’s a great and simple way to measure the popularity of a brand, a person, or a certain product on Twitter. TweetVolume counts the number of times a word or a phrase has appeared in tweets. Right now the data covers everything from the time Twitter started, but the site has plans to include an option for daily, weekly, monthly and yearly counts in the future.
4. Tweet Scan. Going a step further than Tweet Volume, Tweet Scan is a search engine for Twitter. It’s useful to see what people are saying about you or anything else of interest (like your competitors). You can search by keyword, author, and date with results available via email, RSS, and Twhirl.
5. Twitter PollDaddy. Want to know whether people prefer the iPhone over Blackberries? Omelets over pancakes? The possibilities are endless. PollDaddy enables you to easily conduct surveys through Twitter. All you need is a short question and a list of potential answers. This allows you to get a feel for the people’s pulse, and can be an invaluable tool for your business.
6. Twitter Feed. As tweets are really just another way to publish updates, Twitter Feed is a handy way to incorporate Twitter posts to blogs. It gets content from any site that supports RSS feeds and automatically places the link in your twitter account. A lot of people are already doing this manually anyway to get traffic, so Twitter Feed should make things easier.
7. Twit Response. If you have any time-sensitive announcements, TwitResponse will let you write them and publish them later. The means to hold this information until they’re ready is very important in some businesses where timing is everything, especially in dealing with events, holidays, and product launchings.
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
at 6:25pm
Tin Man is a miniseries coming to the SciFi channel in December. It is a complete re-imagining of the world of The Wizard of Oz. A dystopian urban fantasy world. Be sure to also check out “The Infinite OZ” at the link; it’s a very impressive flash presentation. This could possibly be one of the best films/miniseries to come to TV this year.
read more | digg story
Sunday, October 7th, 2007
at 7:43pm
This t-shirt is actually no normal tshirt. Its a “Wi-Fi Detector Shirt” which actually displays the signal from 802.11b/g with glowing bars on the front.
It doesnt actually check for open networks which would make this a killer product…but its still pretty damn cool in a geek way!
read more | digg story
Saturday, October 6th, 2007
at 8:15pm
Q.) What is the Tuesday Night Tech Show?
A.) The Tuesday Night Tech Show (TNT) is a weekly live comedy show that also doubles as a podcast for the rest of the week. The hosts Bill ‘Dr. Soos’ Soucy and Mark H. Delfs talk about the week’s tech events, usually making fun of the said events and getting instant feedback from the live Ustream.tv chatroom. Part of the show is recorded as a podcast, which can be heard via iTunes or our website.
Q.) When is the Tuesday Night Tech Show produced? Weekly, Daily, etc.?
A.) The show is broadcast live every Tuesday on the fabulous Ustream.tv network (which you can watch on Ustream here or on our own video page here) at 9PM (Eastern Time). We do a preshow from around 9PM to 10PM, then we record the Podcast version of the show from 10PM to 11PM and then we do a post show from 11PM until whenever!
Q.) How can I listen to the show if I missed the live version?
A.) You can subscribe to our podcast feed on iTunes, or, subscribe to our RSS feed here. Each week your software will automatically search for our new shows and deliver them to you when they are available.
Q.) Does the podcast version of TNT have the preshow and postshow from your live shows?
A.) No, the podcast is only the portion of the show from 10PM to 11PM. You will have to either tune in live or go to Ustream.tv to see our video archives.
Q.) How can I contact the Tuesday Night Tech Show?
A.) You can either leave us an e-mail here, or, call the show and leave us a voicemail at (214) 473-4TNT, or, contact us on Skype when we are recording the show via our Skype name, ‘tuesdaynighttech.’ We are also on Facebook, which you can contact us (and join) at our TNT group here. The best way to contact us is during the live show, where you can join our live chatroom right on Ustream.tv, or, the live video page, located here.
Q.) Can my children listen to the show?
A.) If you allow your children to listen to adult content, including adult language & situations and glorification of alcohol, then by all means they can listen! Otherwise, the show is designed for adults only.
Q.) Do I have to be drunk to listen to the show?
A.) Since the show is attempting to be the best damn party on the internet each Tuesday, it only helps if you bring a cocktail when you listen! We drink anything from beer to wine to hard liquor on each and every show.
Q.) I heard you talking about a funny thing on the show and I want to see it on the internet, where do I find it?
A.) All of the content we talk about is always located at our shownotes page, which can be found here or at the bottom of our video page located here.
Q.) Hey, you guys sound familiar, where have I heard you before?
A.) We were the hosts of the infamous ‘Macinchat Radio Show,’ broadcast over the internet in the late 90’s, well before there was such a term as ‘podcasting.’ You can still hear most of those older shows in their entirety here. The show ran about 20 episodes and was one of the only internet radio shows that focused on the Macintosh in those days.
Q.) I have a topic or a question I would love to have you guys talk about.
A.) See the ‘contact us’ section above. Please be advised that this is a comedy show, so, there’s a good chance that we may either make fun of your topic or make fun of you for submitting the topic, so, don’t take it personally. We personally review all submissions, of course.
Q.) Can I watch the live show at another time as a video podcast?
A.) At this time, we don’t have an official video podcast. On the other hand, we are going to begin storing the video as a recording on the Ustream.tv network, which will allow you to watch at a later time right on the Ustream.tv website.
Q.) How is the show recorded?
A.) The 2 hosts of TNT are not in the same room; Bill actually calls into Mark’s computer with Skype telephony software and Mark records the audio from his end. That audio then goes out as a podcast when the show is over for the day.
Q.) Were you guys really on DiggNation?
A.) OK, that’s it–FAQ over. (storms off of the blog…)
(Via The Tuesday Night Tech Show.)
Saturday, October 6th, 2007
at 7:15pm
For Apple owners, there’s one consistent event that can make their shiny new device seem dull and boring: the replacement of their specific device with a new one from Apple. Now there’s a new Apple gadget on the block that literally makes every other Apple device look dull. A company called Computer Choppers has put together a Gold-plated MacBook Pro, with an appropriately diamond studded Apple logo. Should go nicely with your gold plated … HP … LaserJet. Yeah. Get ready to sell your house.
(Via Engadget.)
Saturday, October 6th, 2007
at 7:07pm
Desktop Wallpaper
One of my favourite places again…
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(Via InterfaceLIFT: Newest Wallpaper.)
