tweetdeck vs. new twhirl

this is a subjective evaluation based on what’s important to me, and how i use twitter.
the short version for those short on time or attention span

twhirl
tweetdeck
winner

multiple panes that can be moved around the screen
one big giant windows
twhirl

no groups
has groups
tweetdeck

keyword tracking
no keyword tracking
twhirl

very clean interface
cluttered
twhirl

the new twhirl is a fantastic improvement but the winner is still [...]

citizen journalism is not: melbourne airport example

timing could not have been more opportune, there was some debate after my posting on citizen journalism.
so here’s the problem with selling twitter as a mainstream news source: without fact checking it’s just one big rumour mill.
see what happens when jonoh tells the world that there is a fire on a plane today in melbourne. [...]

citizen journalism is not journalism

every time there is some horrible disaster the twitterati / blogosphere lights up with almost jubilant vindication. it’s starting to grate.
i was not conscious of this until i saw a Tweet by blogger @longzheng:
it’s a shame it takes an accident to “show off” the power of Twitter and community journalism. let’s just accept it works [...]

don’t believe the social media jihadists

i have been thinking alot lately about the development and evolution of social media. i have also been tuning into alot of twitter conversations and reading alot of blogs. what is becoming apparent is that there are many social media jihadists out there that think social media is the only form of media for the [...]

can we expect kevin rudd to personally tweet?

well today our prime minister decided to join twitter. welcome kev. this follows hot on the heels of the current leader of the opposition, malcolm turnbull’s very successful entry to twitterverse.
probably, but not all the time. what is good is that his people are transparent when it’s not him updating his twitter page. see below.

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social media case study: drupal.org-part i

few posts ago i wrote about my experiences tweeting about drupal and then having the drupal redesign guys start to follow my tweets.
well, i was immensely impressed with the proactiveness of this approach and i reached out to the team to find out more about the project.
for those of you who don’t already know, [...]

recession hits social media startups: twitter in the deadpool

twitters investors have run out of money. the massive hits to the market have taken their toll, and bad loans elsewhere have forced investors to pull the plug.
at the moment the scenario is improbable but not impossible. if you said lehman brothers and wamu were going to go bust two years back you would have [...]

the most responsive social media experience i’ve had: drupal

i think i have just had one of my most responsive customer service experiences ever and i am not even a customer.
drupal is an open source content management platform. i experimented with it for a while but ultimately i found that as i was mainly blogging, wordpress suited me better.
i tweeted about it and found [...]

what’s the buzz?

social media lends itself to some very useful applications.
in the old days when pr’s wanted to get a feel for public sentiment, they had to go out and do surveys and ask alot of questions. nowadays with social media, there are a number of tools that let you simply search for terms that people are [...]