sweethearts + twitter = tweethearts
Sweethearts might be the original micro-messager, doling out lovey-dovey phrases short enough to fit on one of their pastel-colored, chalky-tasting candy hearts. This year, the company adds "Tweet Me" to their repertoire of little love notes.
It's nice to see that even a company that has been around for a century and a half can find inspiration in, erm, @gremanda.
please retweet
@danzarella's research into the science of Twitter reveals the most retweetable words and phrases -- and proves that we're just as boring and desperate as we think we are... ;-)
@mchammer, @scobleizer, some forrester guys & me
David Armano – http://twitter.com/armano John Bell – http://twitter.com/jbell99 Bonin Bough – http://twitter.com/boughb Chris Brogan – http://twitter.com/chrisbrogan Sam Decker – http://twitter.com/samdecker Todd Defren – http://twitter.com/TDefren Jason Falls – http://twitter.com/jasonfalls MC Hammer – http://twitter.com/Mchammer Kathleen Hessert – http://twitter.com/kathleenhessert Shel Israel – http://twitter.com/shelisrael Dave Kerpen – http://twitter.com/davekerpen Peter Kim – http://twitter.com/peterkim Charlene Li – http://twitter.com/charleneli Scott Monty - http://twitter.com/scottmonty Jeremiah Owyang – http://www.twitter.com/jowyang Darren Rowse – http://twitter.com/problogger Robert Scoble – http://twitter.com/Scobleizer Andy Sernovitz – http://www.twitter.com/sernovitz Brian Solis – http://twitter.com/briansolis Greg Verdino – http://twitter.com/gregverdino
California agency Ink Foundry names 20 twitterati who are real deal when it comes to social media. Somehow, I made the list.
the anti-twitter
It's not Twitter, it's the anti-twitter (or an "homage to Twitter" if you'd rather look at it that way.) Woofer is a macroblogging service that mimics Twitter's spare interface but asks users to post messages that adhere to a 1,400-character minimum.
Funny parody from Join the Company (http://www.jointhecompany.com).
the truth about twitter
It's often useful to look at web-scale technologies at a human-scale level. This infographic picks apart Twitter membership and activity based on how the numbers would play out in a sample size of 100 people. Interesting, useful data (and visualization) that really helps put things into perspective.
@natomy
From Mental Floss, @lenkendall looks at eight different ways Twitter users employ the @ symbol in their tweets.
the twitterfication of information
Interesting chart from Burson-Marsteller Paris shows the new flow for breaking news: consumer eye witnesses break the news on Twitter, the news filters to mainstream digital channels before being picked up by television and eventually print.
Any of us who spend lots of time thinking about social media already understand this inuitively because we see it happening all around us, and this is actually a concept that I've been exploring as I'm writing my book. So it's great to see it visualized.
Hat tip to http://adamstewart.posterous.com for finding this.
before the twitterfication of information
The traditional flow of information/news before the rise of Twitter.
when tweetstreams collide
Nice data visualization based on my Twitter stream -- www.socialcollider.net. Worth clicking the image to see the full-size view and, of course, running your own analysis.
killer green: twaby, i'm a star
http://ambergrisfilms.com/kg/?p=27
“SAN FRANCISCO (PRWeb) June 12, 2009 – Ambergris Films LLC today announces the optioning of a screenplay that has its roots in the popular online social network Twitter. KILLER GREEN is a horror film that mixes cultural icons such as diners and serial killers with news ripped from the headlines such as biodiesel cars and the unscrupulous practices of outlaw doctors.
In February of 2009, a group of users on the social network Twitter had an almost joking conversation about a movie based on a bio-fuel and a killing spree. The project was dubbed “KILLER GREEN” and author David Niall Wilson started typing a script. Since the idea was born on Twitter, Wilson typed the script in scenes and promoted each scene with his account. Each scene was published on his website under a Creative Commons license and broadcast to the Twitter Community. The following grew. After the completion of the screenplay, Wilson signed an option with Ambergris Films LLC. Nearly every part of the deal was transacted via Twitter, save for the signing of contracts. Pre-production started on the project in June, and many images from our production designer Jeff Ensslen are available on the KILLER GREEN website, http://www.killergreenfilm.com.
Many notable Twitter users donated their names to the screenplay, including Internet marketing gurus Chris Brogan and Greg Verdino.”
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Greg VerdinoMy name is Greg Verdino. I'm a marketer, writer and speaker currently working as VP/Strategy & Solutions at Powered. My book, microMARKETING hits shelves on August 13, 2010. When I procrastinate by surfing the web or manage to step away from the computer and get outside for a few minutes, some of what I find ends up here.
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