Twitter? or is it “Spammer” now?

I consider myself a relatively active, and well informed user of Twitter, and like many, a promoter of such a useful and potentially powerful tool.  As time has passed, and popularity of the service has grown to the point of mainstream adoption, the spam was certainly inevitable.

That time has come, …

Twitter’s Unintended Hidden Spam Engine – New Follower Direct Messages

Building a strong and valuable following, and establishing friendships and relationships on Twitter is a fickle balance beam of trying to be informative and valuable to your fellow peers, while trying not to be overly annoying and overly verbose.   I seem to have done this relatively well, with a strong …

A Visual Journey into the History of Twitter

Because of the rampant growth and popularity of Twitter.com, many people are only aware of the present state of Twitter. I decided to take a step back in time to see what Twitter was, before it was Twitter as we know it!
Follow me on this little journey! A visual …

Twittad – The less invasive way to monetize from Twitter

In the growing world of Twitter, many third-party Twitter services have surfaced that work in tandem with this wonderful micro-blogging platform to accomplish a number of great and useful tasks.
With this growing number of useful services, there have also been a number of ideas that allow users the capability to …

Pownce Shutting Down… For Good!

I just received notification that Pownce.com (a major competitor to Twitter and other micro-blogging platforms) will be shutting down service starting December 15, 2008!  This comes as quite a surprise considering it seemed to be growing in popularity.  I think Twitter’s relentless growth along with economic effects have made SixApart …