Tag: twitter
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Stuff I tried to make from Pinterest out of floppy disks and beer bottles
This is a graphic detailing the stages of my relationship with Pinterest. Don’t act like you’re such a good person because you don’t waste time virtually pinning stuff. Everybody has been seduced by the curiosity that oozes out of Pinterest. It’s because it’s easy and fun and quick. If we all took a few seconds […]
Jessica Puente
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What happened to the Twitter widget and what’s going to happen to your Twitter apps?
On June 29th, Michael Sippey, the director of consumer products at Twitter posted a blog on the Twitter developer blog titled, “Delivering a consistent Twitter experience.” The first paragraph is your typical, “Yes, we’re still awesome and we know it.” The second paragraph is vague but you should note the stress Twitter puts on developers […]
Jessica Puente
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Are Facebook and Twitter making you smarter?
If you logged in to Facebook or Twitter at all yesterday, you know the health care law was upheld. Maybe you don’t follow any news organizations and maybe you care more about peanut butter than you do politics but someone you know does care and probably posted about it so now you know. After work […]
Jessica Puente
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Kony 2012: Invisible Children video. Some say cause others conspiracy.
If you have so much as signed in to Twitter today, you recognize the name Kony. This movement has gone viral on so many platforms, you’re overwhelmed with it before you even know what it is. Kony 2012 is a documentary film running rapid online in hopes of raising support and awareness for the arrest […]
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Why won’t Facebook let you follow your friends on Twitter easily?
Let’s face it, Twitter is the walkie-talkie of the 21st century. When you follow someone, you are adding them to your frequency. But you wouldn’t go around handing out walkie-talkies to random strangers and expect them to go along with it. Naturally you want to follow friends, and if you’re like me some political pundits […]
Jessica Puente
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Will Google let Beyonce’s baby create a Google+ profile?
I’m online a lot. Forget tattoos. The day they figure out how to hook people up to computers I will be the first in line. That being said, there are some things about the “online” that really grind my gears. Like most, I am a Google groupie. Those random moments when I don’t have wifi […]
Jessica Puente
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Twitter and telepathy
This morning I had a nice Twitter conversation with one of our readers. He thought we could have compared boot fest to a different festival instead of Austin City Limits in a recent editorial. He had great ideas, but if you don’t use Twitter, how would we know? Telepathy was the only thing I could […]
Jessica Puente