CC Chapman on Twitter said: The problem with more and more conversations happening over DM is there is no easy way to search them Which is more or less true in the native interface. Luckily, RSS comes to the rescue. From the Twitter API: direct_messages Returns a list of the 20 most recent direct messages…
I enjoy communicating with Twitter, talking to all of the friends I’ve made over the past few years at conferences, events, etc. I enjoy many of the Twitter clients out there like Tweetdeck, Twhirl, Nambu, and others. The one thing I don’t enjoy? Every Twitter client seems to have a large memory footprint. Leave any…
Twitter’s the hot new thing, the shiny object du jour. As such, it’s also turned into a massive cesspool of spam from marketers desperate to try hawking their ineffective wares in another channel, hoping against hope that consumers on Twitter are not as smart at filtering them out as they are in other media. Sorry,…
I thought I’d detail some of the processes and thinking behind how I manage and maintain nearly 10,000 followers on Twitter. Before we dig into tech stuff, I have two stated goals for Twitter: 1. Focus on people who want actual conversations. 2. Eliminate people who want to advertise. I don’t care. I didn’t care…
Fun With Journchat Last night I decided to give Journchat a spin, which is a Twitter-hosted discussion of journalism topics between PR folks and journalists. Question: As a journ, who should I follow on Twitter to ensure my newsroom is on top of breaking news? (quick one) #journchat Not a person, but topics. Try jargon…
