Feb
03rd
2010
Twitter running on App Engine?
posted in: Twitter

Just received a pretty interesting Google alert this morning for - my Twitter account. I'm pretty sad when it comes to this stuff, however every once in a while in turns up something interesting. Anyway, the alert in question gave out this URL - which looks to be an exact copy of my Twitter account,...

Aug
13th
2009
2009 this is real-time.
posted in: Blogging, Twitter

There's absolutely no denying that this year on the web, for many companies, realtime is the dream to chase. We are moving at a frightening rate towards the web being more and more integrated with our everyday lives and it closely reflecting whats happening in the world, here and now. Furthermore wi...

Mar
31st
2009
Yahoo launches new Twitter tool Sideline
posted in: Twitter

An interesting move by Yahoo today, as they launch their own Twitter search tool. An indicator no doubt of the importance that is being placed on Twitter as a platform for search.  Like some of the Adobe AIR  applications that have preceeded it (Tweetdeck and rTweeter) - it is built using Adobe ai...

Mar
28th
2009
Guest post at Twitip
posted in: Twitter

Quick post for those of you who haven't already seen it - I have recently guest posted over at Twitip - thanks to Darren and Lara for accepting my application to write. Take a read over there and let me know your thoughts.I have focused on the benefits of Twitter for receiving real time help. Th...

Mar
18th
2009
DIY reputation management with Netvibes.
posted in: Business, Marketing, Twitter

[caption id="attachment_1853" align="alignright" width="300" caption="reputation management for free!"][/caption]Reputation management is everywhere, you can't turn a corner on the web without seeing another service crop up out of the woodwork to monitor your company reputation online. Infact, t...

Feb
20th
2009
Twitter – The ego has landed.
posted in: Twitter

Twitter, either love it or hate it - it's here to stay. Having been converted to the ways of it, after some deliberation its fair to say I'm addicted. But here's what continually frustrates me to the point of crying.Twitter rewards egos.The true value of twitter (in my opinion) is not in cha...

Feb
09th
2009
Twitter experimenting with a new ajaxy web interface update
posted in: Twitter

Just noticed that Twitter is experimenting with a new Ajax based system for browsing older tweets. As opposed to the existing Next and Previous buttons, they now seem to be moving towards a large "More" button, which will show you older tweets in a much more friendly way. Think it may still be at th...

Jan
23rd
2009
Friends, Relatives and Followers.
posted in: Twitter

Came across a great link to create a Twitter follower mosaic. Big hello to all you guys....

Aug
09th
2008
Twitter Appender with Log4Net.
posted in: .NET, Twitter

For those ASP.NET developers amongst you who don't know what log4net is, it is the best logging platforms for code monkey's there is. It uses various appender structures to send log messages to different protocols, e.g. you can send your log messages to email, or to any TCP port, or to a file or t...

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