I just went through a massive twitter purge. I do this every once in a while, usually after realizing (for the umpteenth time) that auto-follow is a bad idea.
I'll say it again. Autofollow is a bad idea.
Wait...
There, maybe I'll remember that for next time.
I used Tweepi to go through my whole list and manually unfollowed anyone who I
...Why do you use twitter?
Is it a game for getting the most followers?
Or is it to keep tabs on certain people, and what they're doing?
Or is it to follow ideas?
You may not know this, but I am the #1 Twitter hater. Don't believe me? Out of over 16 million on the "hate twitter" Google search right now, I'm #1.
That
...This is something that's been on my mind for a long time, whether it's ok to post affiliate links in twitter.
Robert Scoble got called out on it when he did this a few months ago, which got me thinking again about making a post about it. It's been on the "write about someday list" until now when I had a chance to make an example. I wanted
...UPDATE 12:56 pm Feb 12, 2009: The "Don't Click" thing going on at Twitter this very minute is exactly the exploit described in this post. Original post follows...
I came across this interesting post last week, and thought I'd do a screencast of it.
I just find it fascinating what sneaky stuff people can do on the Interwebs, and by studying
...Yesterday, I joined Sam Harrelson, Daniel Clark, and Joe Magennis on their new podcast, GeekDads@Home, a bunch of geeky dads who work at home.
After listening to the first few shows, I was pleased to be invited to participate. We talked about school, babies sleeping (or not sleeping rather), and among other things twitter of course.
...So we've been blessed with another new baby here in the Jangro household. It's been a busy few weeks here since August 7th when Jason Thomas was born. Beyond the normal joys, trials, and tribulations that come with a newborn, there has been a new dimension to such an important event. Social Media.
Since his big brother was born a little
...Quick show of hands.
How many times did you see this image in your browser this afternoon? Was it more than two or three?
And did you start getting violent thoughts? towards kittens?
If you're nodding your head, put your twitterin' device down, whatever it may be, and back away slowly.
It seems that some people are beyond help. They're
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