Quick hits / twitter recap
March 16th, 2009
So, I’m a month into my twitter experiment. (Plug: follow me at @weiks on twittter.com.) It’s been pretty interesting, although time- and attention-consuming. Here are some of the links that I’ve shared and tweeted about. (I got the idea from Andrew Chen.) I am not sure how valuable this post will be. I suppose if just one reader finds just one link valuable, then I know it will have been worth it.
- A VC who still wants to invest in FB co’s (Dave McClure) link
- The right way is to post your status updates to twitter. You can target only some to appear on FB with this app: link
- Clay @shirky’s interesting historical analysis of the demise of newspapers link
- a great find for font afficiandos link
- Orrin Hatch was soliciting comments on the budge via twitter (none yet). Note that he has MBL. link
- Terrific commentary! But I think Jed is hopeless optimistic. Twobbying is here to stay, sadly. link
- Jim Cramer vs. Jon Stewart: they are both right, and it’s funy! link
- Database of VC’s - resource for startups link
- Can you lobby congress with tweets? An interesting effort by the Sunlight Foundation link
- Interesting: “Will Search-Marketing Dollars Also Shift to Social Media?” link
- holykaw! SocialMedia reports that some Facebook Developers are making over $700,000 a month. Awesome! link
- 47 Awesome Twitter Tools You Should be Using link
- ideas how to distribute music into twitter link
- This FB connect chat feature is quite interesting. and look at the example site too! link
- a powerful partnership to aggregate (and not just distribute) content via social networks link
- An interesting model for monetizing social actions (here, a tweet) link
- A service that helps you decide whether to follow someone back on twitter…looks cool, giving it a try now. link
- disqus is leading the way with twitter, reblog and FB connect functionality for comments link
- taking quizzes and blowing them out by vertical (e.g., romance) and by channel (e.g., myspace, fb) - interesting! link
- An interesting e-gov conference: Personal Democracy Forum 2009 link
- interesting reading: how twitter is a hybrid between a space (like a forum) and a channel (like email) link
- a great article on newsfeed optimization on fb link
- My Twitteristics: Tweets 10X as much as the Twitter founders(26/day), Engaging(37%), Hyperlinked(52%)! link
- “In the meantime, the lobbyists are getting the news they need. The voters, not so much.” link
- Been there, done that. Nice post. “Jason Calacanis: What to do if your startup is about fail” link
- hahaha: “Our Social Media Future (comic)” link
- Another one bites the dust. No federal bailout for newspapers? link