Tag Archives: twitter
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the inbox… here comes Facebook
Most people have learned, by now, that it’s bad Netiquette to forward every little joke, picture, or whatnot to every person they know. It’s OK to forward those cute bunny pictures to the friends who will appreciate them, but just because your dentist is in your address book it doesn’t mean he or she needs [...]
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Some interesting bits from around the Web about technology, social media, marketing, and other snazzy bits.
Stephen Fry attacks 'malevolent' comments following Twitter spat -- The most interesting bit of this, for me, is the part asking Biz Stone to "justify" Twitter because Tweets are "pointless musing." It's interesting how people focus on the trivialities on [...]
Posted in Administrivia, Linkage, Open Source, openSUSE Also tagged comments, Links, stephen fry Leave a comment
Microblogging with Choqok in openSUSE 11.2
openSUSE 11.2 is out the door today, and I've been using it or the release candidates for several weeks. Really enjoying the new release and all the goodies that come with it. One of the packages in this release that's worth a look is Choqok, a FOSS microblogging app.
Choqok is written for KDE, but it [...]
Posted in Articles, Linux.com, Microblogging, openSUSE Also tagged choqok, GNOME, identi.ca, kde, openSUSE 4 Comments
Twitterjacking and other social media pitfalls
A quick cautionary tale. If you have a project, business, or value the sanctity of your personal namespace online, take the time to claim your space on the major social media networks. Whether you use it or not (I would argue you should tend to it as time permits), you need to ensure that others [...]
Tagging: How useful is it?
Just posted another update to my blog, checked it, and realized (once again) I had forgotten to tag my post. It seems redundant, since WordPress allows tagging and categories.
It seems to me a few years ago "tagging" things was all the rage -- we'd be able to organize and sort everything with tags. Now it [...]
Twitter Updates for 2009-01-26
Hello US! Did you miss me? Something seems different... Oh yeah, rid of the Shrub! #
@BryenY Little bit, yeah. #
In ATL, nearly home. Can't wait. All goes well, will hit TPA before 10 p.m. #
@glunardi SUSE green, of course. #
@siddfinch I like to provide good snark opportunities. #
Oooh, and there's an #openSUSE group on identi.ca [...]
Google Buzz: Much Ado about Something