Weekly tweets roundup for 2009-07-17

17 July 2009

@marshallmanson Will be interesting to see, esp. given how many times we've said United Airlines. There, done it again in reply to marshallmanson #
Yikes, up to 1.2 million views now for the United Airlines clip: http://bit.ly/16jwbl #
Facebook disables an MP's account for, er…, having popular groups http://bit.ly/vnHng #
@rfenwick Put a bid in for a dumb waiter direct to kitchen in reply to rfenwick #
Good to see Facebook's Director of EU Policy respond to an MP's problem, possibly because he's an ex-MP himself http://bit.ly/fywrR #
Puzzled by strap line on PoliticsHome website: "Live as it happens". What other sort of live is there? "Live before it happens"? #
@jangles Is it less of a resources hog than earlier versions? in reply to jangles #
New GM boss looks to social media to promote firm http://bit.ly/12szSq #
Surprise invitation to go eat chocolate cake. Nom nom nom #
@jamesgraham More boring than N Korean govt? in reply to jamesgraham #
@rfenwick @marshallmanson The tea & coffee museum moved a few years ago, so are you sure you're looking at right location? in reply to rfenwick #
@jamesgraham It's @kcna_dprk in reply to jamesgraham #
@rfenwick Glad I got to see it when it was open then! in reply to rfenwick #
Dear Facebook, Sent same support request via various routes several times over several months. Would be nice to get any sort of reply. Ta. #
RT @andyreeves: Welcoming @willierenniemp Lib Dem MP for Dunfermline and West Fife to Twitter. #
RT @norwichnorthld: Labour candidate from Town Close ward not happy with selection of Chris Ostrowski http://tinyurl.com/l75wjt #
Signed up to new Vodafone contract. Please be nice to me, oh customer services #
RT @joshuamarch: Pew Internet on how [US] internet usage has changed 2000-2009 http://bit.ly/138vyD #
RT @drewb: What PR Cannot Do for Clients (via feedly) http://ff.im/59h77 #
Where does website traffic come from when you have a viral hit? http://bit.ly/pACy6 on the Evian roller skating babies #
Wondering who these lucky 22% are who've never made an email mistake at work http://bit.ly/Mg9Ry #
Tough, tough task in the office today: watching funny YouTube clips. It's work; honest. #
The internet campaign of an Afghan Presidential candidate : Gearbox by Mark Pack | The Wardman Wire http://bit.ly/18H25D #
Looking at social media monitoring services. Get in touch if you think you've got something special #
@TomMessett6C Thanks Tom. Julie's been in touch. in reply to TomMessett6C #
@KhoshalWial What's the best contact details? #
@AaronMarz Yes please. in reply to AaronMarz #
Wow, amazingly powerful Cancer Research TV ad. Wonder if coincidence that similar to oldish Australian road safety ad #
Now amused by cheek of iPhone ad boasting about copy and paste. Doesn't mention how many yrs since other phones could do this #
Free web versions of (slimmed down) Microsoft Office on the way: http://bit.ly/WL4FU #
RT @libdemvoice: New blog post: Lib Dem MPs "more likely to be on Facebook than members of any other party" http://libdemvoice.org/15633 #
Google is currently offering me ads for ceramic watches and the Labour Party. Who am I to doubt its big database cleverness? #
@alexfoster Ay Mail or Sendblaster? in reply to alexfoster #
@alexfoster Yup, you need an SMTP server in reply to alexfoster #
Is your social media expert really an expert? | Shankman.com http://bit.ly/fAbP5 #
RT @BrotherMagneto: Thought-provoking post about Bruno's ticket sales: http://bit.ly/oARfw #
@simoncollister Sure, happy to try to help. in reply to simoncollister #
Is this the worst Government website? http://www.hmg.gov.uk/ #
Added 256Mb extra memory to home PC. Now reminiscing about my first portable which had 8Mb total, and that was a lot. #
BBC NEWS | Nick Clegg takes over own Twitter name http://bit.ly/TC7FZ #
BBC NEWS | Microsoft 'is king of UK brands' http://bit.ly/jb4XV #
Get far fewer emails now than in previous job. But much higher proportion are arranging meetings. Not necessarily progress #
Search box on dmoz.org not been working for me for a couple of weeks. Anyone else having problems or know the story? #
Yikes, I better not come into contact with this http://bit.ly/37Mjog #
Ah success: just walked past fence being built to tackle local litter hotspot I've been pursuing #
Wonder how many wins Mark Cavendish needs in Tour de France to get same media coverage as British tennis player gets for losing #
One floor in this building has as many first aiders as all the other floors put together. I wonder what they do on that floor… #
New York Attorney General Sues Tagged.com over spammy emails http://bit.ly/TjLPw #
@katebevan Hope you've given your desk some asprin then to recover in reply to katebevan #
@alexfoster Ah, happy memories of his song about how we should all live like the zebra, white and black happily next to each other in reply to alexfoster #
@simond Why not get the audience to crowdsource it? You say the first sentence and then hand it over… in reply to simond #
RT @guardiantech: In pictures: a nostalgic look at Teletext pages from days gone by http://bit.ly/RRSil #
Interesting to see Dave Carroll monetising his United Airlines complaint: http://bit.ly/fn07d #
BBC iPlayer usage by Mosaic group http://bit.ly/P7tBp Interesting stats, though no prizes for guessing that the Es come out top #
Signs of a poorly chosen Spotify play list no.3: when the tunes in the ads are better than the songs #
Singing the praises of technical support from web hosts eUKhost #
@moorjames Thanks, very useful. Interesting to see how competitive those prices are compared with many from UK firms in reply to moorjames #