Some Threads on Threads
General observations on trying out a new social networking site…
Old Twitter: A Close Reading of a Newspaper Story from 2009
A look at January 2009-era Twitter, through the lens of a particular newspaper article.
Twitter and Gnip: taking control of the tweets?
Some thoughts on Twitter's acquisition of Gnip, Twitter's vanishing data partners, and the implications for the "social listening" world.
Not Necessarily News #3
This is the third of my 'not necessarily news' posts, where I try to wrap up the stuff that caught my eye in the past week (give or take a day or so – I haven't quite figured out my posting routine yet.)
The general idea here is that I don't want to be trying to cover 'news' – the idea of throwing something away because I didn't manage to write a few paragraphs about it within 24 hours isn't really what I want to be doing.
This week, I've gone with something of a theme around the whole 'news' thing, and trying to explain (through the words of people much smarter than me) why I'm trying to do this 'newsletter without the news' format.