Anyone who uses Facebook or Twitter is probably familiar with Bit.ly or TinyURL.com–Web services that shortens lengthy Web addresses to fit within limited character counts. These truncated URLs don’t make it clear what page the link redirects to, but most people have gotten used to that fact; users happily click a shortened URL without...
There have been many days when we have worried why we need to be constantly updated via Twitter of people’s terribly uninteresting lives. It’s either “Wow, what a great day,” or a link to some goobaliciously nonsensical crap that they find interesting. Dude, take a hint! We don’t want yet another update of your...
There was a time when having a pooch brought simple chores like taking the dog on regular walks, brushing its coat, and occasionally throwing a stick or prying a slipper loose from its clenched jaws. But these days, having a dog can bring strange new responsibilities–like signing the pup up to Twitter.
The year has thankfully grinded to a halt...but indiejourno's quest to keep you entertained and informed continues. So, we decided to paw our way through our archives and dig out the most read stories on our site. There were really no surprises!
You are on Twitter - now what? You are not Ashton Kutcher, so you don't automatically get a gazillion followers. You are not the New York Times, so still no crazy fan following. You are plain 'ol you - like me. Here's how regular folk like you and me can maximize Twitter's potential.
Considering everybody received the meme on Twitter and the gazillion ways it can be used to "save journalism" "aid journalism" and "wreck journalism" - here a case of Twitter gone wild in Alabama. The idea, as all ideas do, started off as a great one. Take a billboard with an ad for a local...
November 26th would mark the one year anniversary of the carnage in Mumbai last year, when armed gunmen from Pakistan rampaged through Mumbai indiscriminately shooting innocent people and taking two five-star hotels hostage. There was so much that was gruesome about that attack. The sheer brazenness, for one. The fact that someone could just...
If microblogging service Twitter doesn't bother you, then you have to have been living either under a rock or in a cave! For the last one year, the news has been "Twitter this, Twitter that!" And now, everybody please adjust your "new media mindset" to welcome a gadget that solely tweets, retweets and lets...
When my best friend was visiting, I got her a t-shirt that read "Sometimes when I am alone, I Google myself." In the early days of the search engine, that seemed like a really funny joke. But these days, googling yourself is not a mere vanity, it's almost essential, especially if you're looking...