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How Much? 140 Characters Worth

Posted on March 4, 2008 by Michael Koby

Yesterday, I listened to the latest episode of TWiT (This Week in Tech), episode 134 to be exact. In this episode, the question was asked, is there value in these 140 character message conversations being had on the likes of Twitter, Jaiku, & Pownce? One would think that 140 characters is not a lot of space to say anything in but if you really sit and think about it, you do it everytime you send a text message. Can you same something worth while in a text message? Most of you will answer “Yes” to that question. So it stands to reason that valuable conversations can be had in short, 140 character messages. Continue reading →

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People Down on Pownce

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Michael Koby

Yesterday, TechCrunch posted a note about micro-blogging website, Pownce releasing an updated API to programmers this coming Friday.  The comments seem to be swayed towards most people disliking Pownce.  People saying things like "Let it die" and "I can do … Continue reading →

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Effective Micro-blogging

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Michael Koby

It seems that social networks are the new instant messaging protocols of the internet. Remember when you had ICQ and your friend was on MSN and you had to install MSN Messenger to talk to them (or they had to install ICQ)? Remember having anywhere between three or four instant messaging applications in your system tray? Remember when applications like Trillian or Pidgin (then GAIM) came along and saved you from that mess? Well, it’s a new era and it would seem that social networks are just like those instant messaging services of yester-year. Continue reading →

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