Tag: Micro-Blogging

• Knowing Your Limits And Gaming Yourself

  Since starting this blog several years ago, I’ve tried several techniques to keep up a regular blogging routine. From blogging daily for a week or two, to attempting to blog every day for an entire year, I’ve tried them all. While this blog isn’t a business for me, it’s a great way to share knowledge, […]

  Business, Life

  Blogging, Inspiration, JFDI, Micro-Blogging, Productivity, Project 365, Tips, Writing

• Twitter introduces new Lists feature

  So, I just logged in to my Twitter account via the web interface and saw a notice mentioning a new “Lists” feature that Twitter have just launched. The notice read: “New! Lists. A great way to organize the people you follow and discover new and interesting accounts. (BETA) Lists are timelines you build yourself, consisting […]

  Technology

  Micro-Blogging, Social Media

• Do you use Twitter’s “Favourites”?

  I do. The main question is, how do you use the feature? Also, where do your favourites go, and can other users view them? For those unfamiliar with the feature, it allows Twitter users to mark a tweet as a “favourite” for viewing at a later stage… kind of like an archive.

  Technology

  Micro-Blogging, Social Media, Thoughts

• Gatorpeeps – An African micro-blogging platform

  “Africa’s talking, are you?” – the Afrigator slogan, the company that has (a few minutes ago) released it’s new product, Gatorpeeps, an African micro-blogging platform similar to Twitter. Gatorpeeps has some really nifty features, including hashtag (#) communities, allowing easy categorising of “peeps” (“tweets” on Gatorpeeps) as well as streamlined searching on various topics through […]

  Technology

  Micro-Blogging, Social Media

• Do non-personal Twitter streams work?

  Is it not going against the core purpose of Twitter to use the service as a group account (for example, an account for one’s company)? Does it really achieve the return that the company is looking for in terms of interacting with their market? Do Twitter users catch on to this and not interact with […]

  General, Technology

  Micro-Blogging, Social Media, Thoughts

• South African musos on Twitter: The List

  Since my previous post on South African bands on Twitter, I’ve been contemplating drafting a list of South African bands and musos that tweet. After reading Anna’s blog post on the topic, listing South African music industry Twitter users, I’ve decided to draft the list. Twitter is an amazing service that can assist bands in […]

  Music

  Micro-Blogging, South Africa Bands

• Choosing your ideal Twitter client

  Updating your Twitter stream should be the simplest task possible. It should be a constant flow from brain to finger tips. In addition, viewing other’s tweets, replying to and interacting with tweets should be just as easy. Many of us Twitter users choose to use the web interface when at our desktop or laptop. Others, […]

  Technology

  Micro-Blogging

• South African bands arrive on Twitter

  Recently, I’ve noticed an explosion of South African bands and artists signing up on Twitter to promote themselves. It’s taken a while for bands to cotton on, and they’re now chomping at the bit to get going. The question here is, really, “will these bands use Twitter for it’s intended purpose, or purely as a […]

  Music

  Micro-Blogging, South Africa Bands

• Twestival in Cape Town… Tweeters tweet for charity

  Last night saw Twitter users around the world band together to support a worthy cause (charity : water …providing clean drinking water to 1.8 billion people that don’t have access to it). Tweeters from over 100 countries around the world gathered in their various nations to share, learn and discuss with eachother. Capetonian Tweeters gathered […]

  General, Technology

  Charity, Micro-Blogging

• Christel House SA – A Tweet-up for a Cause

  This Saturday morning past saw a group of tweeters, press, teachers and school-kids arrive at Christel House SA in Ottery for what was truly an eye-opening experience. We planted trees on the school grounds, sharing in the construction and landscaping of what is truly an incredible institution. The Christel House school is an institution that provides […]

  General

  Charity, Christel House, Micro-Blogging