Posts Tagged ‘ Microblogging ’

Inaugural PodCamp Seattle Highlights Corporate Social Responsibility

Jun 21st, 2008 | By Elisabeth Lewin | Category: Citizen Media, Podcasting, Podcasting Hardware, Video, Video Podcasts

The latest in the series of participant-organized, Open Space “unconferences,” PodCamp Seattle debuts today (June 21, 2008) at the University of Washington Communications Building.
Colleague, friend, and Edelman Digital social media expert Eric Weaver is one of the event’s organizers. He says that the focus of the Seattle PodCamp will diverge somewhat from previous PodCamps hosted [...]



Twitter Down Again? It’s Scoble’s Fault

May 30th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Commentary, Featured Story, Microblogging

Social messaging/microblogging site Twitter today addressed some of the most frequently asked questions about the site’s infrastructure, frequent downtime and what the company is doing about it.
One of the most interesting comments they have is that Twitter power users are responsible for the site’s downtime:
The events that hit our system the hardest are generally when [...]



Seesmic Buys Twitter Client Twhirl

Apr 4th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Citizen Media, Microblogging, Video, Vlogs

Seesmic founder Loic Le Meur, who’s got to be the A-1 top of the food chain numero uno most charismatic French new media entrepreneur ever, announced today that his company had acquired Twhirl, a Twitter client.
Not just any Twitter client, though - le plus grand Twitter client.
Seesmic is a video blogging and conversation platform that [...]