Tag Archives: twitter

TweetDeck for Ubuntu

I’ve been missing TweetDeck on my main office system, which uses Ubuntu Linux, ever since Twitter bought it and eliminated Adobe Air. I was suspicious of the stability of Air, but I liked TweetDeck, and it worked. I’m embarrassed to … Continue reading

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Twitter Logon Problem – Continuous Over Capacity

For several days I had a problem logging into my Twitter account. I wondered at first whether I had been banned for some reason, but I couldn’t think of any reason for that. Then I checked that I could see … Continue reading

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HootSuite5 is Alive

Well, at least HootSuite5 has arrived!  I’m pretty happy with the new look and features, though I’ll have to use it for awhile to find out what my complaints are.  I always have complaints! In general, however, the new user … Continue reading

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Twitter to Offer Promoted Tweets

They will, according to the New York Times and many other sources.  It’s a form of advertising that they’re testing, designed to build revenue.  At some point Twitter was going to have to do something like this.  It was just … Continue reading

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Twiangulate for Twitter

Those who look for relevant people to follow should love the new tool Twiangulate. It allows you to enter two or three people of interest to you, and get a list of people that they all follow. It’s a fairly … Continue reading

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Linkedin and Twitter Get Together

You can no cross-post updates.

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I Hate Automated Virtual Gifts and Blessings

I have no use for them.  They are worthless.  They are ubiquitous on Facebook, and now I see them on Twitter as well. If you’re a friend, and you send me one of these sorts of messages, don’t be surprised … Continue reading

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Company Twitter Accounts

When I first started a Twitter account for my company Energion Publications (@energion), I wanted to communicate to anyone who used it that Energion was on Twitter to be a good social media citizen, communicate, and yes, of course, sell … Continue reading

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Twitter Karma – Clean Up Followers

Having reached the 2,000 follower barrier on Twitter, I needed to bring my follower list down closer to my followed list. There are some services that will simply unfollow those who don’t follow you, but since I follow–and read–some tech … Continue reading

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Twitter Stages

From @jasonhiner: The Four Stages of the typical Twitter User. I’m trying to move from stage three to stage four.

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