Tag Archives: Twitter

Considering giving up social media for Lent

Posted on Wednesday 2 March 2011 by

A friend of mine—who on Twitter goes by the name of @gedrobinson and in real life goes by the name of Ged Robinson— tweeted this earlier today: and he got me thinking: what a great idea! I’m going to give … Continue reading →

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Not indicative of wider trends in society

Posted on Wednesday 2 March 2011 by

A couple of fabulous tweets this evening from my work colleague @doctorvee about this page on the BBC News website with the title “Pension age workers on the rise says [Office of National Statistics]“: Even by the standards of BBC … Continue reading →

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12 Twitter tips

Posted on Wednesday 8 October 2008 by

Again on SitePoint, article entitled “12 Ways to Get the Most Out of Twitter“. I quite liked TweetStats: measure your addiction!

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TweetDeck

Posted on Saturday 5 July 2008 by

On the recommendation of @solobasssteve I’ve been checking out TweetDeck, a Twitter client, but to be honest I find it far too wide. After all, screen estate is a precious thing when you’ve only got two 17″ (1280 x 1024) … Continue reading →

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Order

Posted on Saturday 14 June 2008 by

When I boot up my PC this is the usual order that I start my various essential applications: Twhirl (Twitter client) Windows Live Messenger (Instant messenger client) Mozilla Firefox (Web browser) Microsoft Outlook (Email, Calendar, Tasks) WinAmp (MP3 player) Until … Continue reading →

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There’s a hole in my Twitter

Posted on Thursday 15 May 2008 by

It would appear that Twitter.com is currently down.  Bah! I can’t connect to it with Twhirl I can’t connect to it with Firefox When I ping www.twitter.com I get 100% packet loss If only there was some kind of nearly-instant … Continue reading →

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Twitter down

Posted on Sunday 6 April 2008 by

It looks like Twitter is currently down. I’ve just noticed that Twhirl gives me a visual indicator about the status of Twitter in the bottom right corner: a green light for all-systems-go, a red light for me-needs-fixed-is-busted.

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Twitter client

Posted on Sunday 23 March 2008 by

I’ve tried out a few Twitter clients now: Twitteroo (4/5) Twitteroo was the first I tried, and I like it. It’s fast; it allows me to enter what I’m doing and tells me how many characters I have left (max … Continue reading →

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Barack Obama’s following me on Twitter!

Posted on Monday 10 March 2008 by

How exciting! I just got this email: Barack Obama (BarackObama) is now following your updates on Twitter. Check out Barack Obama’s profile here: http://twitter.com/BarackObama I’m actually quite excited about the US elections.  I checked out Barack Obama‘s website a few … Continue reading →

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Twitter in plain English

Posted on Monday 10 March 2008 by

I’ve started using Twitter more now. You can follow me at http://twitter.com/garethjms

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