Business on Twitter

It’s all over the blogosphere, so rather than rewriting what has already been written, here are some links to news about the recent Twitter phishing attack - in short, it’s wise to change your password NOW if you’ve inadvertently clicked on the links.

• The official Twitter blog comment
• Darren Rowse’s plain English explanation
• Twitter phishing scam may be spreading - CNET
• Mashable.com’s take on the scam, with a picture of the email
• Twitter search results for ‘phishing‘

OK, I’m all for starting them young, but in the womb?

http://mashable.com/2008/12/14/baby-twitter/

Excerpt:

Expectant father Corey Menscher wanted to “create a device that would give me a chance to be aware of our baby’s movements”. He created a waistband for his wife which sends a Tweet everytime the baby kicks, naming the project “Kickbee”.

Read more here –>

If you can’t see the embedded Flash movie, here’s the original link:

http://vizedu.com/2008/12/how-to-use-twitter-as-a-twool/

A great article by Shannon Whitley:

Extract:

Although I can easily think of several individuals I’d like to place on this list, I figured it would be too mean to actually call them out by name (and possibly result in a libel suit).  So the list below contains ten archetypes that I’ve noticed on Twitter.  I’m sure there are many others, so feel free to add your own in the comments section.

1) The Pimp - The pimp is always looking for avenues of self-promotion.  If almost every tweet is a reference to a blog post and even conversations end in links to posts, you’re following The Pimp.

Finally, A list of Twitter applications for business men and women on the go.

So now you can update your Twitter whenever you want, wherever you are, all from your mobile phone.

Ross McKillop has a review of 20 applications that you can use on your phones here http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/04/16/20-ways-to-use-twitter-on-your-cell-phone-or-mobile-internet-device/

A reporter from Rocky Mountain News decided to “tweet” about the funeral of 3 year old boy Marten Kudlis who was killed at an ice-cream store last week.

He “tweeted” the funeral word for word posting tweets like

RMN_Berny: family members shovel earth into grave
Wednesday, Sep. 10, 11:40 a.m.

Read the original article here

Is this worst use of Twitter you’ve ever seen?

Email us on leigh@nikkipilkington.com and share with us the misuse of Twitter that you’ve seen.

TwitterLocal tell us that Twitterlocal lets you generate an RSS or XML Feed to filter out Tweets around a certain area. Just enter a city, state, postal code, choose the range of miles you want to include, and hit the button. You’ll instantly get URLs to add to your RSS reader.   Worth a try if you want to find local Tweeters!  

http://www.twitterlocal.net/show/Berlin%2C+Germany/5

Tweet about others at least as much as you Tweet about yourself.

Think about it Twitterpeeps, think about it….

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