Twitter has been making some more hires recently – first up is Robin Sloan, who joins to handle media partnerships. Sloan previously worked as a strategist and executive at Current TV. During the first presidential debate of 2008, Sloan built an application to overlay tweets on the bottom of the screen. Spookily he was also the author of Twitter’s 5 billionth tweet. Also joining is user experience designer Mark Otto, who worked at ZURB, an interaction design firm whose listed clients include TinyPic and CC:Betty. And finally Dan Webb, the London web developer behind Twaudio, which brought…
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Twitter continues to expand the team…
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UK council in trouble over tweeting
31 Jan 2010 | 11:18 pmCouncillors in Cornwall, UK, are in trouble after claims a number of them used Twitter during a meeting to mock other members – the same behaviour that takes place in the backchannel of every social media conference. They could face being reported to the authority’s standards committee and if they’re judged to have broken the code of conduct for inappropriate comments, could face suspension. The tweets apparently included: “naughty boy!” “high level of accidental sexual innuendo in the council today” “she said phones must be switched off. (I… -
Big money for hacked Twitter accounts
31 Jan 2010 | 8:17 amStolen Twitter accounts appear to be commanding a premium amongst hackers sharing details on forums. Data stealing software is a risk to your details for any site, but according to Kaspersky researcher Dmitry Bestuzhev, he’s seen a Twitter account with just 320 followers offered for as much as $1000. In this case, the three-letter username may have influenced the price. That compares with Gmail accounts for $82, Rapidshare accounts for $5 per month, and other sites including Skype and Facebook. Bestuzhev also went on to say Kaspersky had detected 70,000 data stealing programmes in… -
The first live tweet from space…
23 Jan 2010 | 8:01 amIn the past, tweets have been produced on behalf of astronauts, but they were actually posted by someone on the ground… Now though, that’s changed… The first tweet to have been constructed and posted from space So 8.13am on January 22nd, 2010 marked one small tweet for man, and one giant leap for microblogging kind… -
Express newspaper in Twitter embarrassment
19 Jan 2010 | 10:42 amI wish I’d been online at the weekend and spotted the following story first, because it’s probably my favourite example of national newspapers completely screwing up reporting on Twitter In summary, the Express published a story (since removed from their site), which claimed the BBC was publishing Twitter accounts with 0 or 2 followers. Malcolm Coles was quick point out that the two Express writers had managed to use the figures for the number accounts were Following instead of being Followed by. Meanwhile No Rock And Roll Fun has a great detailed write-up of the complete article. Even…
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badgergravling: One of the benefits of working @absoluteradio - the motivational powers of hearing AC/DC playing throughout the building
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badgergravling: @LaurenFisher @TomGriffola You'll both be pleased to know the train eventually kicked into life, and I've just about caught up on the day!
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badgergravling: @joannageary Is there an adoption system for lost cat avatars?
8 Feb 2010 | 8:26 ambadgergravling: @joannageary Is there an adoption system for lost cat avatars?
