Weekly tweets roundup for 2009-07-24

24 July 2009 + 0
  • @LukePollard Consider it a compliment that you look youthful and smart? in reply to LukePollard #
  • RT @chrisgarrett: You should retweet this now, because it's very cool http://post.ly/1LZm in reply to chrisgarrett #
  • RT @DigitalPublic: Houston, We're Fixing a Problem: Interplanetary internet to Link Worlds by 2011?: http://bit.ly/JXpE6 in reply to DigitalPublic #
  • @caronmlindsay Why, thank you in reply to caronmlindsay #
  • Learning yet more new acronyms. For professions that are about communicating clearly with public, PR and marketing do love their TLAs :) #
  • New York police spent $1m on typewriters (!) in 2007 http://bit.ly/2UhZYo #
  • @marshallmanson It's great – have a good time! in reply to marshallmanson #
  • RT @rfenwick @Hewleith: Starbucks to remove its corporate ID: http://www.yumsugar.com/3508729 #
  • Best error message of day "There was an error processing your boomerang request". Not sure what I did that counts as asking for a boomerang #
  • @markmurrayuk Makes more sense when realised reply to typewriter and not boomerang tweet! in reply to markmurrayuk #
  • London postal strike causing lots of problems if this sorting office is anything to go by #
  • For the record: whilst I technically have three Blackberries on me, this is only temporary situation. Honest. And one is switched off. #
  • @common_squirrel Is it you who has been eating all the nuts in my garden today? in reply to common_squirrel #
  • RT @libdemvoice: London Undergroud: should lines be completely shut to speed up engineering work? http://libdemvoice.org/15674 #
  • If authors who go into schools have to now get CRB checks, why don't Education ministers who also go regularly into schools? #
  • @NicholasDLee MPs don't have such checks run on them though? And even if ministers are subject to spooks' checks, ministers don't pay costs in reply to NicholasDLee #
  • Testint, testing http://myloc.me/bFS9 #
  • Testing, testing, encore http://myloc.me/bGcG #
  • Testing, testing. http://mypict.me/bKmv #
  • RT @Norfolkblogger: Another lib dem leaflet. Lib dems now on 13 ! #
  • To the 14 people who took time to view that deadly dull test photo from me: I did warn it was a test :) #
  • RT @savingfeelsgood: Champion snail slides to victory http://bit.ly/AD3bV #
  • RT @stuartbruce: @timhoang on 'Social network analysis and PR' http://bit.ly/17iGk3 #
  • What we can learn from Poken (or indeed, what is Poken)? http://bit.ly/bpU0T #
  • RT @simond: George Osborne just said the Tory banking plan was for 'soundbite banking'. Definitely, I just wound it back on Sky+. #
  • Looking through an old presentation on the server here I discover some of my work in old job quoted as example of good digital practice :) #
  • Preparing presentation for this evening on impact/future of social media. Best quote gets a mention, even if from deadly rival :) #
  • COI's digital expenditure up 84% in last year http://bit.ly/2d0SR #
  • http://twitpic.com/b0cec – I appear not to have an audience so far #
  • http://twitpic.com/b0j0a – And now the audience has gone #
  • @itvtdf What was the song used over the collection of footage at the end of the rest day highlights programme? in reply to itvtdf #
  • Discovering the joys of Jay & The Americans #
  • Iain Dale's Diary: How to Attend a Count & Lose Gracefully (I Think) http://bit.ly/yBAmD #
  • RT @CraneFactory: A Non-Intrusive Way To Integrate Twitter With Your Blog – http://is.gd/1FInK @problogger #
  • RT @CraneFactory: A Non-Intrusive Way To Integrate Twitter With Your Blog – http://is.gd/1FInK @problogger #
  • Good stats news for MySpace for a change: Music Traffic Grows 1,017% http://bit.ly/kXW7A #
  • RT @danielscocco You Got to Learn Touch Typing http://bit.ly/T68wd #
  • @tim Treat it like Wikipedia – good source for info but don't blindly trust it in reply to tim #
  • @MarkReckons Could do, though the VM adds another layer of load and complexity in reply to MarkReckons #
  • Template Twitter strategy for Government Departments http://bit.ly/16p70i #
  • @katebevan Yum! in reply to katebevan #
  • @simond Isn't that what politicians (of the ruling party) in effect do? in reply to simond #
  • @simond The tech mix of one corporate account but being used by lots of identifiable individuals is interesting in reply to simond #
  • Dear world, Thursday is now a 7 meeting day. Please send chocolate. #
  • Fab cartoon from xkcd: The Author Of The Windows File Copy Dialog Visits Some Friends http://bit.ly/x9W0p #
  • @Alewin7 Also @nick_clegg ratings with MORI have now been higher than David Cameron's for three months in a row #
  • Discovering just how much spam there is on www.SlideShare.net (ie presentations with just 1 slide that advertises a product) #
  • Hearing Alan Rusbridger argue that sites like FixMyStreet have replaced (+improved) much of what local papers used to do #wjm #
  • Rusbridger now highlighting how TheyWorkForYou has similarly replaced + improved what mainstream media used to do for Parliamentary news … #
  • Says papers used to be like throwing books over a wall at people. But now becoming an interactive, mutual process #wjm #
  • Rusbridger highlights how internet played key role in reporting of Barclays + tax and G20 protests #wjm #
  • Great photo of crowd of G20 protestors with all their cameras highlighted. There were lots! #wjm #
  • Rusbridger says in both cases took mainstram media to turn the story in to one that had real impact on decision makers #wjm #
  • Number followers of @guardiantech is now approx three times Guardian sales #wjm #
  • Ah, the obligatory @iaindale reference :) . Though just his name in small in corner of slide #wjm #
  • Says future lies in pairing of journalists and wider public to make and amplify stories #wjm #
  • Key role for large media bodies in defending reporters against powerful interests that don't want a story reported #wjm #
  • Rusbridger fears of a future where those in power don't get proper scrutiny because of media financial problems #wjm #
  • Suggests possibly a subsidy for Press Association to ensure basic reporting of local public bodies etc #wjm #
  • @shareaholic What new goodness is coming? in reply to shareaholic #
  • @norwichnorthld Good luck tomorrow #
  • @flashboy Yeah, I was surprised how @arusbridger seemed to view sorting out long term finances as someone else's problem in reply to flashboy #
  • @helenduffett Hooray. in reply to helenduffett #
  • @davidcushman @drewb It's not just Twitter that's banned in Japanese elections, so are blogs and more: http://bit.ly/1jtvPb in reply to davidcushman #
  • RT @libdemvoice: New blog post: Japan adds Twitter to the list of internet services banned in elections http://libdemvoice.org/15713 #
  • That looks like a Google street view car filming me, but it's branded "360 degree view", no Google name or logo in sight #
  • Are London's tube stations getting renamed to be only one word long? http://bit.ly/25h2Ur (Answer: no, but this is a weird sign.) #
  • RT @tweetmeme Five lessons from a week in online video | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog http://bit.ly/v4SPT #
  • @shareaholic Be nice if the stats data in green (no. of Diggs, comments etc) was clickable to take you through to see details in reply to shareaholic #
  • Oooh @libdemvoice I'm getting excited about your makeover #
  • @willhowells Were they hard-working families? in reply to willhowells #
  • RT @greenwellys: via @Nick_Osborne The Daily Mail is looking for a 'visibly ethnic intern' http://bit.ly/CLLCg #
  • News from the Herd: Ad agency in hot water with wall advert http://bit.ly/buG8y #
  • @salimfadhley I trust the internet can unbaffle me. in reply to salimfadhley #
  • Good news: seven meeting day over. Bad news: tomorrow it's eight. Wondering if I can get meeting attendance made a 2012 Olympics sport #
  • RT @ruskin147: Karoo – Hull's only broadband provider – is disconnecting customers for file-sharing #

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