What you’re holding in your hands is a set of guidelines. A collection of protocols which describe an approach to another protocol, something we call Twitter. The amazing thing about this particular protocol is that it’s being defined daily. By you. Twitter was inspired by the concepts of immediacy, transparency, and approachability, and created by […]
Read more »The following is an excerpt from 140 Characters, page 9. There’s the story you wanna tell, and the story a reporter wants to hear, and somewhere in between is the story that gets told. –@realizing Real reporting can take place within social networks. There are two key principles to remember. First: Public Twitter and Facebook […]
Read more »I’m excited to announce that John Wiley & Sons have agreed to publish the book 140 Characters! I’ve already begun to work with Shannon Vargo over at Wiley, to bring this work to print and digital download. In addition, my company DollarApp is producing a companion application which should ship by the time the book […]
Read more »[Note: I actually wrote this 2 years ago, but here it is reprinted almost word for word.] Getting overwhelmed with junk on Facebook? Annoyed by random spam targeting you? Tried Twitter for a while and now you think it’s about to Jump the Shark already? Ease back on the throttle there, Fonzie. Twitter is no […]
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