Welcome to a new series at BigBlueBall we're calling the Sunday Funnies. With everything that is going on in the world of social media, sometimes you need to sit back and have a good laugh. Each week we'll be sharing something fun -- just for the helluvit. This week, Jon Stewart and the Daily … [Read more...]
Half Baked Twitter Idea
As Twitter continues to build momentum with no visible business plan, others have tapped into twittermania to produce real products. BakerTweet is one such product. It's a hardware device marketed to bakeries. It allows them to turn a dial to broadcast a tweet to their followers when they've pulled … [Read more...]
Miranda IM Gets a Twitter Upgrade
The multi-protocol instant messenger Miranda got a whole new gig today. Now you can use Miranda to connect to Twitter, staying up to date on everyone you follow and posting new tweets. Miranda-Twitter is a protocol plugin for Miranda IM v 0.8+. Miranda is a free IM program that works with all of … [Read more...]
Digsby
Digsby is a multi-protocol instant messaging program that adds social networking and email notification integration. Digsby's IM support is extensive. Digsby connects to AIM, WLM (MSN), Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber and Facebook Chat. Social network support includes Facebook, Myspace, Twitter … [Read more...]
What is Twitter?
What is Twitter? Current TV offers this humorous explanation in Twouble with Twitters. Watch for the Fail Whale. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN2HAroA12w … [Read more...]
Twitter Raises Another $35 Million
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Twitter has raised another $35 million in venture capital -- a remarkable vote of confidence for a company that has "very little" income. Twitter has been growing substantially, with co-founder Biz Stone reporting that "tweets" are up 90% in the past … [Read more...]
Hello World! Feedback? Feedback!
The BigBlue Crew suggested a blog would be a great way to share what's going on behind-the-scenes at BigBlueBall.com, so we've launched BigBlueBlog. We'll be posting information about our staff (the BigBlue Crew!); site news and updates; info about new goodies we're working on at BigBlueBall; and -- … [Read more...]