Buzz was a reserved name in Gmail folders for some time, and now it is clear why. I think Google realized that Wave should not have been the starting point with their jump into the real-time. Something that offered a simpler experience to a larger set of users was needed. Tapping into Gmail gave them…
Tag Archive: Twitter
Twitter is not a RSS reader no matter what @Scobleizer says
I was listening to a recent TWiT episode with the regular roundtable discussions and Robert Scoble mentioned how Twitter has become his RSS reader. No matter how you slice it, Twitter is a news source and real-time feed, but couldn’t be considered a RSS reader. With any current reader, you are able to control subscriptions,…
Book review: “All a Twitter” by Tee Morris
I sat on the review of this excellent book with a long title, All A Twitter: A Personal and Professional Guide to Social Networking with Twitter, for some time. I happened to meet Tee Morris at BlogWorldExpo this fall and see where the humor and energy in the book came from. He does an excellent…
Is the Twitter @ message really a 1:1 conversation? Twitter says no
The Background In reviewing GraphEdge for EverythingTwitter, I read a recent blog entry from their founder about a limit they hit on Twitter and the response received from Twitter when the subject was broached. The crux of the issue was on the number of messages an account can send daily. I went searching for this…
