On Tuesday 25th August 2009 at 20:28 GMT (21:28 BST in the UK), Twitter suffered a “service interruption”. While this really wasn’t a problem for me (I’m not addicted you know – I can stop at any time!), it reminded me of the following cartoon that was featured in an article on ReadWriteWeb.
There’s a lot of hype around suggesting that Twitter is the new king of social networks. These graphical representations by mkandlez knock such claims on the head. Since my first tweet in November 2008, I’m now in regular contact with some of the leading figures in the British and international education IT community. I doubt [...]
Thanks go out to Made by Many and BBH Labs for creating and to Steve Clayton for sharing. If you’re viewing this post in an RSS reader, you may have to visit the site to see the above presentation. For more introductory tips on Twitter, visit Danny Nicholson‘s The Whiteboard Blog. Finally, please remember that [...]
Alex Cutler, Director of Schools Development at Capita Children’s Services, has taken to posting SIMS development news live on Twitter. This live stream gives users and support consultants unique access to the SIMS testing and development process. You can follow SIMSDev by clicking here. Other SIMS Tweeters: Feel free to leave your Twitter address below [...]
Forget the Fail Whale and welcome the Fail Bird! Sorry, you probably won’t understand this unless you use Twitter. Thanks to Twitter Tips for the, er, tip.
I always use bit.ly to shorten my URLs for Twitter, mainly because of the real-time statistics it provides. It also tells me where the short URL has been recycled in another person’s tweet. Like all on-line utilities, there are times when maintenance is required. One gets used to these services being always available, so it’s [...]
I attended my first Naace Strategic Conference on Tuesday in Blackpool. Unfortunately, I could only attend the first day but I enjoyed the event nevertheless. It was great to finally meet Tony Sheppard (who, as always, furnished me with some good advice) and I’m sure that I spotted a few other Twitter followers in the [...]
Will you be attending the Naace Strategic Conference in Blackpool next week? Do you have a Twitter account? If so, you too could be part of the official conference tweeting team! To obtain a badge on arrival, members can register on the Naace website by clicking here. If you are posting about the conference on [...]
Sue Waters (@suewaters) shared a link on Twitter a short while ago to a site that generates a mosaic from either your Twitter friends or followers. Click here to see my twitter network displayed as a couple of mosaics! You too could have a mosaic made up of your Twitter friends or followers by clicking [...]
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