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New Twitter homepage design

Posted on 24. Jul, 2009 by admin.

It’s being reported that Twitter will soon be unveiling a new homepage design; I shouldn’t be looking forward to this as much as I am, but there you go!
The current Twitter homepage can be a little baffling for newcomers – especially those being driven there by main stream media who aren’t as techy as us [...]

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Weekly Wordpress Roundup 2

Posted on 23. Jul, 2009 by admin.

The time is here for another wordpress roundup – each week I will be collecting the most popular links from Twitter. You can view last week’s here.
1. Wordpress 2.8.2 – Another week and another version of Wordpress is released, upgrade now to fix a couple of vulnerabilities.
2. 23 Extremely Helpful Wordpress Help Sheets And Resources [...]

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22 Ways to Share Video & Photos on Twitter – Ultimate list

Posted on 23. Jul, 2009 by admin.

There are now a number of ways to share photographs and video with your Twitter followers – today we present you with the ultimate list of available apps so you can find the best fit for your twittering needs!
Photo Sharing Apps
1. Twitpic – The original and the one I personally use – its very simple [...]

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10 Free Backgrounds for Your Twitter profile

Posted on 21. Jul, 2009 by admin.

Its always good to customize your twitter page to stand out from the crowd a little bit. If you dont have the time or skills to create your own background image then feel free to grab one of these brought to you by GoldenBlogging. We have provided the files in Photoshop .PSD format for you [...]

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How Twitter can improve your health & fitness

Posted on 21. Jul, 2009 by admin.

We found out the other day that Twitter can help you be more productive, today we look at health and fitness apps to see if Twitter can improve your health (of course you actually have to work out, Twitter’s not that good. yet.) We also take a look at the top health & fitness twitterers [...]

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17 Ways to connect with local twitterers

Posted on 20. Jul, 2009 by admin.

Twitter is great for connecting with your friends but if you wanted to find people more local to you ? Maybe you are a business wanting to connect with potential customers or you’d just enjoy twittering with people in your vicinity, Luckily there are a number of apps available that address this situation. In this [...]

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Twitter’s monetisation options

Posted on 17. Jul, 2009 by admin.

Edit: This post was written yesterday before Techcrunch leaked the hacked Twitter documents so Iwill do an updated post. Anyway, here are my thoughts from yesterday …
There has been lots of talk and speculation about just how Twitter will monetise their service, they have kept very quiet about their plans so far but it cant [...]

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Twitter’s strategy, outed on Techcrunch

Posted on 16. Jul, 2009 by admin.

Wow, I had a post lined up for tommorow on my thoughts for twitter’s monetisation strategy but Techcrunch has just dropped a bombshell by publishing some of the hacked documents, stolen from a Twitter employee.
Im still digesting them myself, but you can take a look at them here. They outline a very ambitious plan for [...]

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10 Twitter productivity apps

Posted on 16. Jul, 2009 by admin.

Twitter can be a great way to waste some time, but with the help of some applications it can also help you to be more productive. In this post we will take a look 10 of the best.
1. Twit2do – A simple to do list, login with your twitter credentials and you can add items [...]

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Inside Twitter HQ

Posted on 15. Jul, 2009 by admin.

Just noticed this article on the Guardian website: Inside Twitter HQ. An interesting read but not enough pictures! I thought I would dig out some pics to see the work environment of one of my favourite companies.

Pictures were taken from this Flickr set.

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