TweetA little over a month ago, I started using Twitter despite a lot of skepticism. I really didn’t think it would have much value for me, despite what a boatload of journalists have said. I said I would give it a one-month trial run and re-evaluate afterward. The result, which I hope will be taken …
TweetA local blogger, proving that he doesn’t just throw hand grenades at our newspaper’s Web site, offers this piece of friendly advice in his blog today: Here’s my good deed of the day: Whoever is in charge of your self-promotion, go over to http://twitter.com and register “pennlive” for an account. We’d hate to see you …
TweetA little past 9 a.m. today, a long fleet of truckers roared down the central business area of Harrisburg, all incessantly honking their horns. Some had signs taped outside their windows, revealing that they were protesting gas prices at the Capitol. Interesting story, as anyone who lives or has an office downtown surely has heard …
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Tweet Robin Hood: Oh, Marian, if only ’twere me. Maid Marian: Oh, if ’twere you, ‘twould be… twerrific. Eventually I’ll get tired of making bad jokes about Twitter’s name. Promise. Just two days into my Twitter Twial, I have: Been followed by 21 people Found 39 people to follow, including 14 locals I’ve never met …
TweetIf you read other journalism blogs, it’s Twitter this Twitter that. Twitter Twitter Twitter. Twitter will cure cancer. Twitter will save the world. Twitter is the now, Twitter is the future, Twitter will replace oxygen. There’s a near-consensus out there, coming from a lot of people who I highly respect. People I align myself with …
TweetA lot of the most spirited arguments for social media are often made in places where there’s already a tech-savvy audience built in. Yet in a place like Harrisburg, Pa., which is home to the country’s 86th-biggest newspaper and the No. 41 television market, there are a total of nine people on Twitter who have …
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