Category Archives: Twitter

With New API, Twitter Attempts to Kill Autofollow Apps

Posted on June 21, 2013 by jessestay

Just this last week Twitter retired their long-lived 1.0 API for developers. This API was the first “versioned” release, a breath of fresh air in many ways for developers that were tired of API updates breaking their code. On June … Continue reading →

Posted in api, autofollow, developers, holes, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, social, Technology, Twitter, v1.1 | Leave a comment

The Fight for #Conversation – Will There be a Migration From Twitter?

Posted on June 14, 2013 by jessestay

There’s no doubt that Facebook launching hashtags is a big thing, especially for marketers, but I think for users too. Now you can add a simple keyword prefaced by a pound sign (#) to any post or comment and immediately … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, social, Technology, Twitter | 1 Comment

"The Chappys": How a Utah Construction Manager Built His Own Trending Awards Show on Twitter

Posted on March 18, 2013 by jessestay

I’ve talked before about how growing a Twitter audience is simple. It turns out it’s even more simple than I thought – The Deseret News (owned by the company I work for) wrote today about a local Utah construction manager … Continue reading →

Posted in 2013chappys, chappy, chappy awards, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, itschappy, Technology, Twitter, twitter game | 2 Comments

Where is Your Audience?

Posted on July 3, 2011 by jessestay

Google+ is all the rage right now. For those that can get in, it’s all they can talk about on Google+. For those that can’t get in, it’s all they can talk about outside of Google+. Or so it seems … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, Google, google plus, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, linkedin, MySpace, Technology, Twitter | 1 Comment

Twitter is Just The Launch Partner. Will There Be "One More Thing" for iOS 5?

Posted on June 8, 2011 by jessestay

The blogosphere is abuzz about Apple’s announcement that iOS 5 will come bundled with built-in Twitter support. I admit I scratched my head that Apple chose Twitter over Facebook. Twitter, having only about 30-40 million active users, vs. Facebook, with … Continue reading →

Posted in http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, ios 5, Technology, Twitter | 7 Comments

With Lack of True Stats Twitter is Losing Trust of Its Users

Posted on May 3, 2011 by jessestay

I’m reading the MarketingPilgrim article, “As Twitter Slips, Potential Competitors Close in” – there seems to be an increasing negativity towards Twitter lately, and I only fear it will get worse. I’ve warned of this before. Twitter has been consistently … Continue reading →

Posted in http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Technology, Twitter | 5 Comments

How to Replace Twitter With Facebook

Posted on February 12, 2011 by jessestay

I just wrote about how Twitter is becoming much less necessary for me.  In this post, I’d like to show you how, with just a few steps, you can get exactly what you’re getting on Twitter and more with just … Continue reading →

Posted in Bret Taylor, Facebook, facebook page, facebook search, FriendFeed, Howtos, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, robert scoble, social, Technology, Twitter | 7 Comments

With Facebook’s New Page Design, Do We Really Need Twitter?

Posted on February 12, 2011 by jessestay

(Alternate Title: “Twitter: 3 Years Later and Nothing’s Changed”) Talks of acquisition, deprecation of whitelisting, charging for API access – Twitter’s doing all they can to reduce cost and become more profitable.  It’s actually a typical story for them.  I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, facebook new page design, Facebook Pages, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, social, Technology, Twitter, whitelist | 15 Comments

Privacy is Not an On and Off Switch – "Do Not Track" is Not the Answer

Posted on January 30, 2011 by jessestay

Victoria Salisbury wrote an excellent blog post today on “Who’s Creepier? Facebook or Google?“.  I’ve been intrigued by the hypocrisy over criticism of Facebook’s own very granular privacy controls when sites like Google, Foursquare, Gowalla, Twitter, and others have an … Continue reading →

Posted in Browsers, Clients, Facebook, Google, Gowalla, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, information cards, open standards, open web, privacy, Technology, Twitter, WWW | 7 Comments

Miss Those Old Style Retweets on Twitter.com? Try This Kynetx Extension

Posted on January 10, 2011 by jessestay

One of my biggest annoyances with the new Twitter API has been the migration to the new “retweet” structure where clicking the retweet button pulls the person’s Tweet into your own stream, with the person’s name and profile picture attached … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-ons, Application programming interface, Google Chrome, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Mozilla Firefox, retweet, social, Technology, Twitter, utah | 4 Comments