Well, it’s official. Nottingham Twestival takes place on Thurs 12th Feb 2009 at The Castle pub. A Twestival is both a meetup for Twitter users and fundraising event for charity:water. Events are taking place worldwide, take a look at the list of participating cities at Twestival. It’s 100% organised by volunteers and 100% of the [...]
A shadow loomed but Gordon Brown backed down on the MP’s expenses row. This was in part achieved by the efforts of mysociety. They even had a helping tweet from Stephen Fry. By encouraging use of WriteToThem as shown by Ewan Spence and a Facebook group with over 8,500 members there was overwhelming support. In [...]
My post How to Host Your own Short URLs was included on Twitip today. You’ll have to go there to read it but the short of it is: “Linking to your blog from Twitter with TinyURL is making you invisible. Host your own short URL’s for maximum exposure.” Short URL: http://www.martinwright.tv/u/7
Lots of buzz on Twitter surrounding release of Songbird: Songbird Blog » Songbird 1.0 is Here! Songbird Takes Flight With 1.0 Release Songbird – Open Source Music Player Songbird 1.0 released – Download Squad Songbird 1.0 is out. Are iTunes days numbered? – InternetNews:The Blog – Sean Michael Kerner Featured Download: Songbird 1.0 Release Official, [...]
You’ve heard of Twitseek, but you don’t know what it’s all about. Read on… Why the cheesy logo? Because it makes the purpose of the site clear. Sorry, what’s the purpose of the site? It’s like Google, only for Twitter. It’s an attempt to present the results from a Twitter search in a different format. [...]
The horrific events unfolding in Mumbai have caused a flurry of activity on and around Twitter. For the first time, the first page of results on Twitseek has returned posts within the last 60 seconds. Bombay Blast – a set on Flickr Mumbai’s Longest Night – NYTimes.com The latest from Mumbai – allvoices.com Mumbai Help [...]
