Category Archives: Social Media

On: Programmable Twitter Clients

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Derek

Loic Lemuer (CEO of Seesmic) recently announced at Microsoft’s Developer Conference that he’ll be releasing a new version of Seesmic that supports plugins. This is huge for developers, as well as users. Up until now the Twitter developer ecosystem has … Continue reading →

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Google’s Vision of the Web in 2015

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Derek

Marshall Kirkpatrick of ReadWriteWeb had an interesting post today recapping an interview with Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt at last week’s Gartner Symposium. In a short, 6 minute segment out of the full 45 minute interview (video below), Schmidt hinted at … Continue reading →

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Crowdsourcing Music Videos

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Derek

I just came across one of the coolest music videos I’ve ever seen, and the beauty of it? It was made by a fan, just for the fun of it. Incredible. Link: Two Weeks – Grizzly Bear from Gabe Askew. … Continue reading →

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Review of the ‘Twhirl’ Twitter Client

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Derek

Twhirl is a relatively new Twitter client that packs just about everything you need for twittering into one Adobe Air based application.  While Twhirl of course handles all the basic things you need out of a Twitter client, I feel … Continue reading →

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The Calacanis Effect

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Derek

Some people have been wondering how much having Jason Calacanis link to your blog in his twitter feed (twice) and his blog?  Well, some initial numbers from the last 24 hours… About 70 new Twitter followers.  With each of his … Continue reading →

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Jaiku Invites?

Posted on October 16, 2007 by Derek

Anyone have any invites to Jaiku they want to give me? If so, hit me up at drgath at gmail. I’ve always thought the “life-stream” concept first pioneered by Twitter and now used by Jaiku was pretty cool even though … Continue reading →

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