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Quickie: new Twitter client, Tweetie, released for Mac
I’ve been playing with Twitter for a couple of months now, and I have to say, I rather like it. I’ve graduated from interacting with it purely through the Twitter site, and tend to use a client for most of my tweeting.
On my iPod touch, I’ve been using a client by the name of Tweetie [...]
Weekly links: Twitter bits
I often come across links that I find useful or enjoyable and that I’d like to share, but that I haven’t got time to write a full blog post about. I’ve decided, therefore, to try wrapping a few of my favourites up into a weekly(ish) digest which I’ll post here.
This week, a selection of Twitter-related [...]
Beginners guide to Twitter Part III: cool tools
Time for the third part of my beginners guide to Twitter. Here’s how far we’ve got:
Twitter basics: messages, followers and searching; Confusing conventions: @s, #s and RTs; Useful tools to make your Twittering life easier (this post).
Today, I’ll be making a whistle-stop tour of some [...]
Beginner's guide to Twitter Part II: @s, #s and RTs
So, here’s the second part of what’s become a three-part introduction for new Twitterers. Here’s where we are so far:
Twitter basics: messages, followers and searching (yesterday); Confusing conventions: @s, #s and RTs (this post); Useful tools to make your Twittering life easier (coming tomorrow).
Let’s get [...]
Beginner's guide to Twitter Part I: messages, followers and searching
I’ve recently signed up to Twitter. It’s not a new thing; it’s been around for a few years and it’s probably safe to say that I’m way behind the curve on this one. For those who haven’t come across it yet, it’s a very, very simple social networking site which allows you to broadcast 140-character [...]
bluecloud project launch!
The time has come to release bluecloud (formerly known as the Student Learning Community 2.0) on an unsuspecting public. We’ve created a space for the community on the University’s new uSpace social networking platform and seeded it with a few interesting ideas, but what we’d really love is to get more students in reading, writing, [...]
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