Can Twitter Survive What Is About to Happen to it? I think that is the wrong question…
The explosive rise of Twitter in the last couple of months is giving rise to a couple of phenomena, and to some these trends are harbingers of doom: More than a few people are asking if Twitter can survive what is happening to it, in it’s current form. And the answer is surely that it can, at least from an infrastructure perspective. I would pose the question differently: How can Twitter continue to deliver value as a meaningmaking and sensemaking tool for its users? A couple of examples that illustrate what is happening: Tweepme, a ponzi-like scheme that would have you pay for...
read moreWhat the cool kids did this weekend…
For those not obsessed with recent tech or online developments, the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, is the place where the Digerati, Social Media Mavens, Tech Geeks, Bloggers and increasingly Corporations assemble each year to immerse and attune themselves with emerging trends, innovation, creativity and fun. There are few better places to get in touch with trends in online developments. Web2.0? We’re talking Web3.0 here (officially announced at SXSW on Friday)… Now I was not there, but not being able to attend an event like this is actually becoming ever less...
read moreKafka-esque iTunes Tweetie 1.3 flip flop at the app store leaves some questions…
The byzantine mechanism by which new iPhone apps are approved for listing in the iTunes App store has always been a subject of somewhat derisive musings among Apple’s many fans. Yesterday however, the story reached Kafka-esque proportion when Apple rejected an upgrade to Tweetie, arguably the most popular iPhone Twitter app. The reason given was profanity, which they had noticed in a screen shot that displayed a dynamically generated has tag list. (see image) The truly amusing thing is that Loren Brichter, the developer of the app, did not provide the offending screen shots to Apple,...
read more5 ideas for improving Twitter use in workshops and conference settings
Here at Positive Matrix we have been giving a lot of thought to how to get better value out using Twitter in a workshop or conference setting, and we’d like to share some ideas how to optimize not only the technology, but the process and protocol surrounding the use of Twitter in such as setting. Using a Twitter backchannel is nothing new, but seems to be increasing in use. This week alone there were several examples, the “Demo09″ conference used a Facebook live video stream with integrated Twitter chat, and this feature became a reference tool for Chris Shipley, who was...
read moreSix Steps For Using Twitter For Your Conference Or Event
Twitter Trumps Online Conference – Six Steps For Using Twitter For Your Conference Or Event I recently read the below post by Jeff Hurt (@JeffHurt) about the use of Twitter at conferences. My wife and I own a groupware collaboration company with a multi-input chat feature using hand-held wireless keyboards (see our partner site Positive Matrix), and we have been pondering how the advent of advanced Twitter tools is shaping the future of participatory and collaborative workshops. We will be posting more on this topic. I recently attended the American Society of Association...
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