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Money for Something, My Tweets Aren’t for Free

January 12, 2010 By 6 Comments

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 [...]

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Finally, Carbonite for Mac is launched!

March 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment

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 [...]

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

November 17, 2008 By 9 Comments

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 [...]

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

November 3, 2008 By Leave a Comment

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 [...]

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

November 3, 2008 By 4 Comments
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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 [...]

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