Kevin Spacey Explains Twitter to David Letterman

This is just too funny – reminds me of the many times I’ve tried to explain it to “Twitter-resistant”  friends & family.  However, Kevin & Dave are waaaayyy more entertaining…  enjoy!! You can follow Kevin Spacey at http://twitter.com/KevinSpacey.  David Letterman not yet among the converted yet, as far as I know.

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Twitter Is Not EMail

Most who know me also know I’m a huge Twitter fan.  It’s not only a social media, it’s a genuinely useful and flexible tool that can be adapted to almost any purpose.  As Twitter is everywhere in the media these days I notice new users (and some not-so-new users) venting about suffering another’s apparently bad [...]

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Twitter Obsession Continued… Andrea Kalli Demos How to Use Characters in Tweets

If you’re a fellow twitterholic and want to use those cute alternative characters, like suns and musical notes… check out Andrea Kalli’s thorough tutorials here… she needed two posts as there’s so many to list! Twitter Special Characters – Part 1 Twitter Special Characters – Part 2 Thanks, Andrea – and happy 4th to all!! [...]

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TweetBeep: A “Google Alert” Tool for Serious Twitterholics

A new gadget for the Twitterholic in your life (me). With TweetBeep, you can create email alerts when domains and phrases of your choosing are “tweeted”. Slick features include user filtering and can report on domains even if they are in a shortened URL, such as TinyURL or Snurl. Thanks to Mari Smith for the [...]

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Twitter Tip: How to Reply to Other Users

The Twitter Blog has a great explanation of the “@” reply feature. I had been using it, but it can be confusing, as it’s easy to assume that they go to the target user only. The thing to know is that “@replies” are visible to all, much like replying to one participant in a group [...]

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