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Calbucci rolls out new Twitter app

Tosh — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:34:33 GMT

New project from Marcelo - TweepML

Quoted: It is easy to find individuals to follow on Twitter. But what if you want to subscribe to the Twitter feeds of large groups of people -- say every U.S. Senator or all Twitter employees? That's where a new open source project from Seattle 2.0 founder Marcelo Calbucci comes in.

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John Quincy Adams Starts Tweeting … 161 Years After Death

Tosh — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:22:46 GMT

The history nerd in me declares it awesome that the Massachusetts Historical Society is going to tweet JQA's journal two hundred years after it was written. Huzzah!

Quoted: John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States, was born in 1767 and lived until 1848. You would think that alone would exclude him from using Twitter to communicate his thoughts, not to mention him using a computer or even electricity.
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But that’s exactly what the Massachusetts Historical Society is going to make happen starting Wednesday. The kicker’s that every tweet will be formulated by President Adams (@JQAdams_mhs himself. How is that possible, you ask? A high school student browsing the archive of President Adams made a unique observation about his diary entries: they were the length of the standard tweet.

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Did Shaq Just Find Out He Was Traded On Twitter?

Tosh — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:02:45 GMT

Quoted: Another day, another weird Twitter story. Tonight the news broke that NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal was being traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Huge news, but what’s humorous is that apparently Shaq found out he was traded on Twitter.

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Facebook, MySpace still better than Twitter for connecting people to your site? » VentureBeat

Tosh — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:26:49 GMT

A couple weeks ago TNT allowed users to sign in with their Facebook, MySpace, or Twitter accounts to view a video stream of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals. Today, Turner Networks has shared the percentages user sign-ins of each identity service.

Quoted:: NBA Eastern Conference Finals Users (average of all games):
MySpace: 40%
Facebook: 48%
Twitter: 12%

Facebook Connect is lower and MySpace and Twitter are higher than what I am seeing on InfiniteHoops.com.

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Startup launches Twitter puzzles - TechFlash: Seattle's Technology News Source

Tosh — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:26:43 GMT

Roy's startup project Puzzazz is featured on TechFlash today.

Quoted: Puzzazz this week extended its reach by launching new "successive reveal" puzzles on Twitter. People who follow the @puzzazz Twitter account will see clues for each puzzle in a series of tweets.

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D7 Video: Twitter Co-CEOs Biz Stone and Evan Williams | D7 Highlights | AllThingsD

Tosh — Wed, 27 May 2009 07:52:40 GMT

Quoted: Twitter co-founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams kicked off the seventh edition of D: All Things Digital by sitting down with Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg. The duo talked about the rocket growth of their buzzy micro-messaging service; their eventual–and still vague–plans to make money; and their lack of interest in selling the start-up.

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@InfiniteHoops on Twitter

Tosh — Fri, 15 May 2009 05:03:23 GMT

Using Twitter as a developer / product blog for InfiniteHoops.com. Feel free to follow @InfiniteHoops if you like.

Quoted: Argh!!! @jalenrose revealed the ending to the Lakes-Rockets. No more checking Twitter while watching recorded games.

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Twitter API Wiki / Sign in with Twitter

Tosh — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:50:33 GMT

Quoted: Sign in with Twitter is the pattern of authentication that allows users to connect their Twitter account with third-party services in as little is one click. It utilizes OAuth and although the flow is very similar, the authorization URL and workflow differs slightly as described below.

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Facebook may love US Airways hero Sullenberger even more than Twitter does

Tosh — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:15:18 GMT

Quoted: The successful crash-landing of crippled U.S. Airways flight 1549 yesterday by Captain C.B. “Sully” Sullenberger is one of the most uplifting stories of the new year — and social media sites have been part of the story. A Twitter user may have gotten the best picture immediately following the incident, and Twitter users haven’t stopped talking about ...

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Should Tech Blogs Shut Up About Twitter?

Tosh — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:21:13 GMT

Quoted: Twitter this. Tweet that. And every day, hoards of new applications plugging into the micro-messaging service. Twitter, clearly, is the next big thing in social networking. Like any growing trend, it attracts lots of buzz, and extensive coverage on sites like Mashable (see our Twitter archive for hundreds of examples). And yet, do we detect an

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