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 worryi [...]
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Make Your Twitter Followers Uneasy Us...
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 worryi [...]
Hate Someone’s Tweet? Now, You ...
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 & [...]
Twitter Goes To The Dogs, Literally
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.
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Indiejourno’s Most Read Stories...
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!
Haagen Dazs’ ridiculous snafu of having an “offer” at their debut outl [...]
4 Ways to Attract Followers on Twitte...
Attract new followers and release your inner twit, a la Ashton Kutcher!
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 y [...]
How Twitter Can Make You Look Like A ...
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 TV station, and [...]
Mumbai Massacre – Bracing for t...
A reporter talks on her cell phone outside the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower on November 27, 2008, hours after the terrorists struck. By Arko Datta/Reuters/Landov.
November 26th would mark the one year anniversary of the carnage in Mumbai, when armed gunmen from Pakistan rampaged through the city by the sea indiscriminately shooting innocent p [...]
Oh No! A New Gadget For The Twits!
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 you vi [...]
Why You Should Google Yourself
Google yourself regularly to map and tweak your online image
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 essenti [...]