From the monthly archives:

February 2011

An infographic of your tweets!

February 28, 2011

This is fun: Ever wondered how much it would take to print your entire Twitter timeline? Enter your Twitter username here to automatically produce an infographic like the one below for your timeline. Produced by Cartridge Save, stockists of Dell toner cartridges

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How do you know when you should delete a tweet?

February 27, 2011

By Danny Dumas for Wired

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What Pre-Twitter News Could Have Crashed Twitter?

February 27, 2011

If Twitter had been around, what events in your lifetime (where no one was hurt) would probably have broken Twitter due to high traffic volume? (Meaning NO war, terrorism, violent crime, assassinations, natural disasters, etc.) Example: The OJ Car Chase (followed at the time by over 20 helicopters). Leave a comment with your answer or [...]

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Twitter dating services in 2011

February 27, 2011

I’m amazed that new Twitter dating sites keep being developed, even as old ones fail and fade away. While sites like TwitCrush, Flirt140, MyTweetHeart and Radaroo have disappeared, PlentyOfTweeps and DateTwit are still going strong, and Luv@FirstTweet is the latest addition to the field. Anyone have any experience with any of these services they would care to [...]

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What do Social Media Managers Do All Day? [Infographic]

February 27, 2011

Click to enlarge: Source: Socialcast … HT: SocialWayne

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How to use Google to search Twitter bios

February 26, 2011

Quick tip: For example, search for “attorney” on Twitter. intitle:”attorney* on twitter” OR intext:”bio * attorney” site:twitter.com To do your own search, click the link above, and edit the search to replace the word attorney with the word you want to search for. Here is another example: intitle:”web designer* on twitter” OR intext:”bio * web designer” [...]

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The Top 100 Words on Twitter

February 24, 2011

As compiled by the lexicographers of Oxford University Press and reported in TIME magazine, based on a sampling of 1.5 million tweets, here are the top 100 words by frequency found in tweets: If you’d like to copy the list for whatever reason, here it is in text format: 1. The 2. I 3. To [...]

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Cool Tools For Your Event

February 23, 2011

Analysis tools http://archivist.visitmix.com/ TagsExplorer Animations and archives •  How to use HootSuite Archives http://tweetreach.com/ More tools to explore Visualization tools http://www.polleverywhere.com/plans paid http://tweetchat.com/ http://www.tweetwallpro.com/#animated-twitter-wall-visualisation http://visibletweets.com/ Fun animated display http://www.twitterfountain.com/ (adds images) http://twitterfall.com/ http://www.streamtwitter.com/demos.html paid https://rowfeeder.com/ paid

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Today Twitter cut millions of mobile users off without warning

February 18, 2011

UPDATE: Late Sunday, over 48 hours after the apps were updated at Twitter’s request, Twitter finally allowed them to reconnect again. Why the ridiculously long delay? No word from Twitter on that yet. Guess what? Twitter didn’t have to turn off the Twitter apps for millions of users by childishly pulling the plug on UberTwitter [...]

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What’s wrong with #FollowFriday?

February 18, 2011

#FollowFriday is great in theory, but often turns out badly in practice, so I have a hard time recommending it…although it works well for some people. First, here’s what you should do instead: Ask for and give personal recommendations (Example 1 Example 2). Also see 10 seconds a week to find great Twitter users What [...]

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