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It’s not about a service, it’s about messaging

by Tris Hussey on April 28, 2009 · 1 comment

in Internet Life, Social Media, Web 2.0

Oh Twitter. You can’t seem to catch a break can you?
Why aren’t you making money?
Why are you so unstable?
Why can’t you be like your older brother Facebook, he’s got a business model?
And now, why don’t users stick with you for more than a month?
When MySpace and Facebook were at the stage that Twitter is at today, their retention rates were, according to Nielsen, twice as high – and they’ve now stabilized at nearly 70 percent. Twitter’s high rate of churn will, if it continues, hamstring the service’s growth, says Nielsen’s [...]

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Mac Twitter Apps Showdown: TweetDeck, Nambu, Tweetie for Mac

by Tris Hussey on April 20, 2009 · 12 comments

in Internet Life, Social Media

Beyond the post Oprah-on-Twitter hype, the majority of folks I know and chat with on a regular basis are tweeting business as usual. So while Ashton, CNN, and Oprah were getting headlines and new Mac Twitter app was being chatted about in my Twitter stream.
Tweetie for Mac is a desktop app brought to you by the same folks who brought us Tweetie the iPhone app. The first public beta dropped today, and despite my attempts to get it early, I had to wait until today to give it a try. [...]

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Twitter hits the mainstream and a crossroads: Time for an open server

by Tris Hussey on April 17, 2009 · 3 comments

in Internet Life, Social Media, Web 2.0

So an actor named Ashton gets a million followers and a talk show host named Oprah joins Twitter and the world rejoices. Twitter has hit that magic point of becoming mainstream.
Of course, there isn’t universal cheering, but that is to be expected. I’m sure the academic community was aghast when AOL users could send and receive email from the Internet proper.
The questions on my mind were echoed by Fredric on RWW:

Can the Mainstream Handle Twitter?
On its own site, Twitter will also have to explain its utility better if it wants [...]

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Where does Twitter fit into your communication stream?

by Tris Hussey on December 8, 2008 · 4 comments

in Internet Life, Social Media, Web 2.0

Hi, I’m Tris and I’m addicted to Twitter…
I think it’s the fact that the messages are short and the flow of information is so fast that I just enjoy it. Rapid-fire, simultaneous discussions with tons of people at once (yeah “tons” isn’t terribly exact, I know). Twitter fills a niche between email and IM. Listservs and forums.
I’m certainly not going to be on the “Twitter solves all the world’s problems” bandwagon, but I do see it as something that works really well right now.
For example, as news of the F-18 [...]

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Was business blogging only a fad for the good times?

by Tris Hussey on November 17, 2008 · 0 comments

in Blogging, Social Media, Web 2.0

Jim Turner and I worked together at One By One Media and Bloggers For Hire when business blogging was a new and unproven way to reach customers. Yes, it was often a hard slog, but blogging was hot in the media and a lot of people were being told to “get a blog for us” so we did. Now times are a wee tougher and Jim is seeing the predictable backlash.

I can see a pattern to something that is beginning to make me think that the economy is hitting even [...]

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TweetDeck hits 0.20, becomes more useful, and almost my dashboard

by Tris Hussey on November 17, 2008 · 1 comment

in Internet Life, RSS, Social Media, Web 2.0

Over the weekend we got word that version 0.20 of TweetDeck was nearly done and being sent to early testers (Iain, pls can I be an early tester for the next round) and planned for updating today (ish). True to form TweetDeck told me that an update was ready for me and I quickly said “Yes! Upgrade me!”. Here are the release notes for this new version:

Version 0.20 beta – 17/11/2008 (more info)
* – Added patches 0.19.1, 2 & 3 fixes
* – Added API rate limit info added [...]

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Motrin tries to reach out, but gets hand bitten off by potential customers

by Tris Hussey on November 16, 2008 · 5 comments

in Social Media, Web 2.0

It’s the weekend so a large company is going to get trashed on Twitter for a social media gaff. This week’s winner is Motrin.
Katja Presnal has a great summary (and the video that caused the uproar) on her blog and Mashable has a post by Sarah Evans giving some additional commentary on what went on but let me give you the short sentence version.
PR-advertising agency Taxi NYC made a site-promotion for Motrin targeted at mom’s who “wear” their babies (that is using a sling, snugglie, etc) that used a video [...]

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Okay we need to swiften up with passwords

by Tris Hussey on November 13, 2008 · 0 comments

in Blogging, Internet Life, Social Media, Web 2.0

Okay folks we really blew it this week. How many times have we been told not to give out our passwords? How many times have you refused to give a tech support person your password? Yeah lots, but this week I think we collectively blew it. Not just once, but twice!
First was SocialMinder then it was Twitterank. Both spread like wildfire working off what powers social media the most, us.
A friend passes something along or see a tweet with “My Twitterank is…” from a friend, well of course it should [...]

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I would have sent a tweet, but didn’t have time so I blogged

by Tris Hussey on November 2, 2008 · 1 comment

in Blogging, Internet Life, Social Media, Web 2.0

Always a nice start to a post when you can start off with a homage to Mark Twain. His quote (roughly) “I would have written a shorter letter, but I didn’t have time” is exactly how I feel about Twitter vs. Blogging. I don’t think Mark Evans would agree with me though:
Blog posts are easy to write and publish. To pump out a 500-word post – or a series of 500-word posts – does not take a lot of time or effort. What’s difficult is writing a 500-word post [...]

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BlogWorld 2007, BlogWorld 2008, and new trends. When it hits bwe is it mainstream?

by Tris Hussey on September 22, 2008 · 1 comment

in Blogging, Social Media, Web 2.0

I was at BlogWorldExpo last year, helped with the conference and was on a couple panels. I had a really great time, of course. Last year a lot of the buzz and topics were on business blogging and the business of blogging. Lots. So much it got to be a bit much I think.
This year, while business blogging, etc are still on the radar and have a prominent place on the program, it’s Twitter that is everywhere. Talking with Rebecca about her live blogging, we agreed that people aren’t looking [...]

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