Dennis Fahringer's blog http://fotofah.posterous.com Most recent posts at Dennis Fahringer's blog posterous.com Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:06:00 -0700 Very incisive article: What do Facebook’s changes mean for Google and Twitter? http://fotofah.posterous.com/very-incisive-article-what-do-facebooks-chang http://fotofah.posterous.com/very-incisive-article-what-do-facebooks-chang
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I like the description of Twitter as a real-time social newswire (from more than just FB friends).

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Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:59:00 -0700 An excellent blog post today: How to win friends and influence people - Roger Ebert's Journal http://fotofah.posterous.com/an-excellent-blog-post-today-how-to-win-frien http://fotofah.posterous.com/an-excellent-blog-post-today-how-to-win-frien
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Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:00:00 -0700 What Makes You Re-Tweetable (and More!), an excellent infographic re. social media http://fotofah.posterous.com/what-makes-you-re-tweetable-and-more-an-excel http://fotofah.posterous.com/what-makes-you-re-tweetable-and-more-an-excel
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Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:45:00 -0700 How Google+, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Tumblr Compare [Infographic] (very clear comparison) http://fotofah.posterous.com/how-google-facebook-twitter-linkedin-and-tumb http://fotofah.posterous.com/how-google-facebook-twitter-linkedin-and-tumb
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Sun, 07 Aug 2011 23:16:00 -0700 One month with Google+: why this social network has legs (very good article) http://fotofah.posterous.com/one-month-with-google-why-this-social-network http://fotofah.posterous.com/one-month-with-google-why-this-social-network
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Fri, 05 Aug 2011 21:23:00 -0700 Google+ might have more users than Twitter and LinkedIn combined in a year http://fotofah.posterous.com/google-might-have-more-users-than-twitter-and http://fotofah.posterous.com/google-might-have-more-users-than-twitter-and
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Wed, 03 Aug 2011 23:10:00 -0700 Topsy Searches Twitter Better Than Twitter http://fotofah.posterous.com/topsy-searches-twitter-better-than-twitter http://fotofah.posterous.com/topsy-searches-twitter-better-than-twitter
Topsy is a dedicated site for searching Twitter. It’s better, it turns out, than Twitter’s own search functions.

If you’ve tried to search for tweets on Twitter’s built-in search box, you know it can be frustrating.

For a currently popular topic, you’ll get dozens of recent tweets. For an older topic, you may get no results at all. Twitter has an advanced search page, but a better alternative is Topsy, a dedicated Twitter search engine. It’s so good that even Twitter’s official guide for journalists suggests using Topsy to research news topics.

Topsy’s advanced search, linked from its home page, lets you search for specific Web domains or Twitter users, tweets posted during a specific period of time in the past, and for all tweets with the word “lady” but not “gaga.” You can also specify only tweets that include photo links, video links or Web links.

Social Networks

The way people connect digitally.

Topsy has indexed tweets back to mid-2008. It does not keep them all, but it does keep the ones that were retweeted a lot, or that came from people whom Topsy deems influential because they are often retweeted or cited in other people’s tweets. That same influence algorithm lets you sort search results by relevance rather than in chronological order.

Topsy is also a good way to check in on what’s hot on Twitter right now. The site’s home page features a frequently updated list of trending links, again sorted by relevance. For example, if a few celebrities tweet a video, it will rank higher than one tweeted by a larger group of little people. And there’s a special page devoted to trending videos. Click the video thumbnail, and Topsy pops up a video player rather than sending you to YouTube or another site. Right now the top video is a bunny playing with a ball of string. The people have spoken.

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Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:21:00 -0700 Why Twitter is obsolete because of Google+ (excellent article) http://fotofah.posterous.com/why-twitter-is-obsolete-because-of-google-exc http://fotofah.posterous.com/why-twitter-is-obsolete-because-of-google-exc

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Sat, 16 Jul 2011 15:17:00 -0700 So you don’t understand Twitter? (help here) http://fotofah.posterous.com/so-you-dont-understand-twitter-help-here http://fotofah.posterous.com/so-you-dont-understand-twitter-help-here

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Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:28:00 -0700 2 min. video: Google+ vs. Facebook and Twitter http://fotofah.posterous.com/2-min-video-google-vs-facebook-and-twitter http://fotofah.posterous.com/2-min-video-google-vs-facebook-and-twitter

Quite good for a 2 min. comparison (minus a bit of wasted time at the start ;-)

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Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:08:00 -0700 Homeless using Twitter to find food, housing http://fotofah.posterous.com/homeless-using-twitter-to-find-food-housing http://fotofah.posterous.com/homeless-using-twitter-to-find-food-housing

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Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:55:00 -0700 A guide today from Twitter for journalists (incl. "citizen journalists") on how to best use Twitter http://fotofah.posterous.com/a-guide-today-from-twitter-for-journalists-in http://fotofah.posterous.com/a-guide-today-from-twitter-for-journalists-in

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Welcome to #TfN. Inside, you’ll find resources to help you and your organization at every step of the reporting and publishing process.

We want to make our tools easier to use so you can focus on your job: finding sources, verifying facts, publishing stories, promoting your work and yourself—and doing all of it faster and faster all the time.

We know you come from different generations. Some are native to the pilcrow, others native to the hashtag. You began your careers in different media: radio, print, broadcast, online and mobile. But you share a common bond: the desire to make a difference in the world, bringing reliable information to the communities you serve.

While this group is diverse, we think Twitter and #TfN can be a kind of common ground—and we know Twitter is a tool all journalists can use to find sources faster, tell stories better, and build a bigger audience for their work.

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Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:41:00 -0700 Answers to: What's the best time to post to Facebook or Twitter? http://fotofah.posterous.com/answers-to-whats-the-best-time-to-post-to-fac http://fotofah.posterous.com/answers-to-whats-the-best-time-to-post-to-fac
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Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:39:00 -0700 A Twitter Crash Course (video from TIME) http://fotofah.posterous.com/a-twitter-crash-course-video-from-time http://fotofah.posterous.com/a-twitter-crash-course-video-from-time

They mention HT, but I've never seen that used in a tweet. Hmmm...

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Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:00:00 -0700 customer service today (incl. tip I've read before about using Twitter to actually get results from a company) http://fotofah.posterous.com/customer-service-today-incl-tip-ive-read-befo http://fotofah.posterous.com/customer-service-today-incl-tip-ive-read-befo
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Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:29:00 -0700 Types of Twitter Users (quite insightful actually) http://fotofah.posterous.com/types-of-twitter-users-quite-insightful-actua http://fotofah.posterous.com/types-of-twitter-users-quite-insightful-actua
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Sat, 04 Jun 2011 15:35:00 -0700 French ban words 'Twitter' And 'Facebook' From TV, radio (good luck! ;-) http://fotofah.posterous.com/french-ban-words-twitter-and-facebook-from-tv http://fotofah.posterous.com/french-ban-words-twitter-and-facebook-from-tv
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Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:17:00 -0700 how Twitter users get their questions answered http://fotofah.posterous.com/how-twitter-users-get-their-questions-answere http://fotofah.posterous.com/how-twitter-users-get-their-questions-answere
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Fri, 13 May 2011 13:27:00 -0700 The Taliban is Now on Twitter - Techland http://fotofah.posterous.com/the-taliban-is-now-on-twitter-techland http://fotofah.posterous.com/the-taliban-is-now-on-twitter-techland
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Interesting...

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