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Louis Gray shared an item on Google Reader
November 20, 2008 3:13 PM - Sign in to comment - Link
by Michelle Lentz The closer to mainstream Twitter gets, the more time wasting third-party apps will appear. I call that the Facebook model. By watching my Twitter feed, I’ve come across three fairly pointless applications just today : TweetValue: This site assesses the value of your Twitter ID. I have no idea how they figure this out or how it might ever be useful. According to the site, “The value is calculated with a Ph.D algoritm that is based on the public information available on your Twitter profile.” Uh, right. Anyway, JasonCalacanis is worth over $14000. Me? Not so much....
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Sarah Perez shared an item on Google Reader
November 20, 2008 2:43 PM - Sign in to comment - Link
Lets start with the fact that if you're using Twitter with one of it's desktop clients, this post is probably not for you. But, if you're using Twitter simply from the Web, here's how to create yourself a better, and much useful Twitter.First you need a Firefox browser, and in some cases, a Greasemonkey addon.Ok, now all you need to do is to download these 5 great Firefox plugins/Greasemonkey scripts:Twitter Aout-RefreshThis script checks for new tweets every 3 minutes and adds them to the top of the Timeline, plus it shows you how much tweets you missed since your last...
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Moopz Newz shared a link
November 20, 2008 2:22 PM - Sign in to comment - Link
Fleck - social bookmarking and URL’s to Twitter There are numerous social bookmarking services that hook to Twitter, but this one specifies the Fleck Lite version specifically for Twitter users.  Sign-up was one page, simply enter your (gasp!) username and password for Twitter, create an account on their service and use the bookmarklet. From there start sharing URL’s with all your Twitter friends.       ...
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Louis Gray posted an entry
November 20, 2008 2:05 PM - Sign in to comment - Link
By Mike Fruchter of MichaelFruchter.com (Twitter/FriendFeed)In September, FriendFeed launched the redesign of their site, along with a new feature, lists. Friend lists are a way for you to help you organize your subscriptions into groups. In theory, it's a great system for trying to maintain an upper hand in controlling the voracious FriendFeed firehose.So far, it's been approximately 60 days since I created and started using my lists. I'm in the process of overhauling my list system and these are some of my observations thus far.Organization works.The hard work is spent in the trenches, sorting members by interest, and creating...
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Good stuff. - Aram Zucker-Scharff
FriendFeed List Organization, 60 Days In - Sarah Perez
Great work, Mike. I have a bunch of lists that I never use already. My main list is called "Web 2.0" and it has a zillion people on it at this point. I think I might declare list bankruptcy, nuke them all, and start over. Wait no, I am keeping my Memphis list and my Wife list. Everything else is toast though. - Daniel J. Pritchett
I love that you are having more and more guest posters. Have you considered adding a right sidebar that lists them and offers profiles of them? - Laura Norvig
Laura: I think it's fun. I think eventually everyone on FriendFeed is going to be on Louis Gray's blog. I am trying to come up with a good post for him too. Unfortunately the competition is tough! - Robert Scoble
@Laura, I definitely need to make some updates to the site. It might even take changing the domain, and I've thought about all that. Soon there will be more clarity I hope, but for now, I'm lucky that Mike and others have been so very helpful. - Louis Gray
@Scoble, it's not the competition that will kill you. It's filling out the application forms in triplicate! - Louis Gray
I use lists by context - in a way which hat I am wearing at the moment I want to see different things. And yes, some people are in several lists. I know FF say they are working on conceptual filtering in some way, but that is a very tricky problem especially across languages - all i can say is bring it out, even very incomplete. Yes, people will complain and bash it, but it could still help. - Joelle Nebbe
U make some great points, I cannot boast many followers as of yet but I have just really begin this journey, having someone who has travelled this route before certainly helps so thanks for taking the time to share it. - Ray Marr
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November 20, 2008 1:31 PM - Sign in to comment - Link
Twittertise: Playboy Does it. Why Not You?That’s right, Playboy really does use Twittertise. This post is part of Mashable’s Startup Review series, which highlights great unsung startups. The series is made possible by Sun Startup Essentials. Company Name Twittertise 20-Word Description Twittertise allows you to schedule tweets and track their clickthroughs. CEO’s Pitch Twittertise allows you to advertise on Twitter and track the success of branded communications with your customers. Using Twittertise you can schedule your communications on Twitter up to a year in advance and using URL tracking technology measure the effectiveness of your traffic driving techniques on the platform.  We have complete graphing analytics...
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Arduino Based Turkey Temperature Probes This is a cool way to incorporate an Arduino into your Thanksgiving dinner. Check out this site on Thanksgiving for live video feeds and core turkey temperature graphs thanks to an Arduino. [Thanks Michael] In addition to video, flickr and twitter feeds, probably the single coolest part of the site is the live temperature graph. We have an arduino based system that measures the temperature of the bird, the air in the smoker and the outside air and updates a graph on the site so anyone can see how the bird is coming. More about the Arduino Based Turkey...
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November 20, 2008 12:30 PM - Sign in to comment - Link
links for 2008-11-20 louisgray.com: 15 Tools for Your Twitter Toolbox (tags: twitter) http://www.louisgray.com/live/2008/11/tweetvalue-debuts-another-way-to-rate.html (tags: twitter tweetvalue) Twitter Followers vs. RSS Subscribers (tags: twitter) Shaquille O'Neal: Will The Real Shaq Twitter Feed Please Stand Up? (tags: twitter) 37 MORE Information Packed Twitter Backgrounds | Mike Smith (tags: twitter) Twitter Interview with Steve Rubel (tags: twitter)...
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Tweetie, A Fast, Easy To Use, A Full-Featured Twitter iPhone App I agree with John Gruber on this one, so far Tweetie is the best iPhone app for Twitter out there (I’m sure more are on the way). It’s meets most of my mobile Twitter requirements. You can download it for $2.99 from the iTunes Store. Here’s a breakdown of it’s features: - Handle multiple twitter accounts. - View your timeline, replies, direct messages and favorites. - Browse your friends and followers. - Post new tweets, retweet - Reply directly to tweets and send direct messages. - Follow and unfollow people. - Mark tweets as favorites. - Navigate reply chains....
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Twitter Rocks the Early Vote; Who Can Catch Them? (OWAs)This article is part of the Open Web Awards, an open, international contest for the best websites and services. Since kicking off the voting round of the Open Web Awards yesterday, we’ve seen nearly 10,000 votes cast across 26 different categories. In the Mainstream Social Networks category, Twitter has the early lead, but has some tough competition from last year’s winners, Facebook and Netlog. With voting open until November 30th, perhaps one of these contenders can make a run for the award: Dotblu – A social network geared primarily towards teens, where users compete in various games to earn virtual...
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Tac Anderson posted a message on Twitter
November 20, 2008 11:54 AM - Sign in to comment - Link
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Stop Smoking: 9 Resources to Help You QuitThe third Thursday of every November has been designated the Great American Smokeout by the American Cancer Society since 1977. While it’s important to quit smoking the other 364 days a year, designating one day allows everyone to rally around and draw more attention to the cause. From websites, to a mobile and even Twitter tool, here are nine resources to help you quit smoking. So, what are you waiting for? Are you going to be one of the people this year putting down your cigarette for good?  Done it before and want to share your experience?  Let us know in...
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Duncan Riley posted an entry
November 20, 2008 9:18 AM - Sign in to comment - Link
Spam’s annoying, but when you factor in the amount of time you spend dealing with it on the job, the numbers can add up. At least, that’s Google’s message in its new ROI Calculator, designed to determine exactly how much money you or your business is losing because of spam. The system works by asking you the number of employees at your business, the number of annual workdays and the hourly salary for an average employee, the average number of spam messages received daily by employees, and how many seconds it takes them to deal with each one. It then...
Calculate How Much Spam Costs You - Zee from WeDoCreative
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AJ Batac shared an item on Google Reader
November 20, 2008 7:03 AM - Sign in to comment - Link
Google was once invincible and unable to make a mistake. Well, although its share price is not what it used to be, one can argue they’re still invincible in most areas they’ve dabbled in, but the mistakes and flops are now piling up. Google Lively, a virtual world in which users can create their own environment and avatar and communicate with each other, is about to be shut down. True, this was one of Google’s 20% projects, meaning that it was created by one of Google’s engineers in their “spare” time, but still, time and money were invested in it...
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pixites posted a message on Twitter
November 20, 2008 6:40 AM - Sign in to comment - Link
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A New Backchannel For Live Events: The Brightkite WallWhenever there is a conference or event, there's a secondary bit of action taking place behind the scenes: the backchannel. Here, the attendees are live blogging, twittering, posting photos, and streaming live video about what they're seeing on stage or in and around the venue. Twitter has always been the microblogging platform of choice in this scenario, but starting today, they just might have new competition from Brightkite, the mobile social networking service that's making a name for itself among the early adopters. Sponsor Last night, Brightkite released a new feature for their mobile social networking platform called the "Brightkite...
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November 20, 2008 5:17 AM - Sign in to comment - Link
Complementary tools to listen to Twitter For listening to conversations on Twitter about your brand, your client’s brand or anything else you need to be paying attention to online, you are literally spoiled for choice. I think one of the simplest yet more effective tools available is Twitter search (known as Summize before Twitter acquired it), shown in the screenshot above (click for larger image). As its name indicates, it searches tweets on the keywords you enter. Once you do that on the website, the results page tells you when new content appears on Twitter that matches your search term(s). You then manually refresh the...
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Strands mobile comes to Nokia, BGR has invites It looks like Strands on the go isn’t just for iPhones anymore. We’ve covered the Strands team’s work before - you know, the guys behind MyStrands Social Player and a variety of recommendation-based services. Strands has not-so-secretly been working on a social networking showcase of its recommendation technology for a while now and not too long ago, access to its closed-beta service went mobile with the announcement of the Strands iPhone app. Strands had been known for some time as being a very Nokia-friendly company so naturally, Nokia users wondered what was up. No worries people, Strands has you...
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November 20, 2008 2:21 AM - Sign in to comment - Link
Twitter Followers vs. RSS SubscribersDaniel’s note: This is a guest post by Nathan Rice. My personal opinions are slightly different than his when it comes to Twitter followers vs. RSS subscribers (because I think the latter are more important for a blogger or web publisher), but I am always open to different perspectives and points of view. I am also curious to know which one you guys value more, so make sure to drop a comment after you read the article. You may be aware that Twitter is the newest phenomenon in the blogoshpere. Big name bloggers have been jumping on the Twitter bandwagon...
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TweetValue: Will Selling Your Twitter Account Help You Survive the Recession?Louis Gray has just published a review of yet another Twitter tool named TweetValue intended to assign value to any Twitter account - this time the value expressed in real money. We have already seen applications calculating all types of ranks for us but TweetValue goes one step further and encourages us to know how much our Twitter accounts are really worth. To find out the value, you simply let the application know your Twitter ID and it will calculate its dollar value based on some secret algorithm using publicly-available information about your Twitter account. In addition to simply calculating...
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