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Money for Something, My Tweets Aren’t for Free

by Tris Hussey on January 12, 2010 · 3 comments

in Internet Life, Social Media

I was watching, and this is rare for me, Net@nite and Leo was telling Amber how Sony offered him $2000 to send out one tweet (one!) on a certain date. Leo didn’t see the email in time, so he didn’t send it. I gather the offer came from Ad.ly where Leo said he signed up for an account and set his cost per tweet very high, just so he could check out the service.
This got me thinking so I queried my Twitter followers:
Would you send out a single tweet for [...]

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Finally, Carbonite for Mac is launched!

by Tris Hussey on March 17, 2009 · 0 comments

in Internet Life

I’ve been a huge fan of Carbonite since they launched. That little, online, behind-the-scenes backup app has saved my tush on at least three occasions. (Disclosure: Because I was an early tester and reviewer I’ve been provided with subscriptions throughout this time). So when I got word that Carbonite was finally out for the Mac (thanks Tamar!), I downloaded that baby as soon as I could.

The release of Carbonite for Mac completes a long cycle for me. Back in 2005, one of the events that got Jeff and me to [...]

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Bloggers and Twitter might be niches, but they’re loud niches

by Tris Hussey on November 17, 2008 · 5 comments

in Internet Life, Social Media, Web 2.0

There is more press on the Motrin ad this morning. Last night I wrote more about the peril of not being tuned into social media more than the ad itself (again, I thought it was patronising), Chip Griffin brings a more accepting take on the whole incident:

Unfortunately, Motrin ran into the Blogosphere Buzzsaw when a number of “Mommy Bloggers” and other social media leaders took exception to the video. Some objected to the spot’s suggestion that Moms might seem harried and even look a little crazy after treking around with [...]

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Well that didn’t take long: Scarecrow Greasemonkey Script Blocks Magpie

by Tris Hussey on November 3, 2008 · 0 comments

in Internet Life, Social Media, Web 2.0

Note to Magpie, that crunching sound? Yeah it’s your business model being crumpled up and shot for a three-pointer into file 13.
Yesterday Magpie was a hot topic on Twitter. Although I didn’t mention it in my post about Magpie, there were tweets about wanting to block the ads and service.
The wait is over folks, well if you use Firefox to read your tweets:
Magpie is a recently introduced service that inserts advertising into a users list of posts on Twitter. Scarecrow is a greasemonkey script that will stop these ads being [...]

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Twitter vs. Magpie: Wait aren’t Magpie’s supposed to be one of the most annoying birds?

by Tris Hussey on November 3, 2008 · 3 comments

in Internet Life, Social Media, Web 2.0

Image via Wikipedia

Colleen Coplick’s discussion Sunday about Twitter ad start up Magpie brought a lot to the surface, and from the tweet search on the topic I don’t think many folks are in favour of it.
Colleen plays Devil’s advocate contrasting Twitterfeed to Magpie:
I totally understand that point of view,  but I’m not sure how using magpie ads differ from using Twitterfeed to push my blog posts out to my followers. Why is that not considered spam but the magpie is? And would it be any different if Twitter themselves inserted [...]

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