First it was the curse of the fail whale, and then hackers took on the identity of pop singer Britney Spears and President Barack Obama. Then the curse of the twitter clones which impersonated nearly everyone you could think of. Then yesterday it was reported that actress and pop star Miley Cyrus had her twitter account hacked and suspended. All of these things raise the question, when is enough, enough? Let me start by saying I love twitter, I check…
With Twitter becoming more and more popular with businesses and individuals I thought I would take a moment to share an innovative way I have seen twitter used recently. Many of you probably aren’t familiar with the dark subculture event Bats Day in the Fun Park. The annual event, which celebrated its 10 year anniversary last year started with a small group of about 80 dark subculture scenesters going to Disneyland and has grown into what is being called the…
So many of us who are testing the waters of Plurk were greeted by an interesting Plurk page today featuring our friends from the A-Team. The site was down for over 30 minutes and just recently came back up. Unfortunately Plurk’s blog gives us no insight as to what the downtime was about. Are there new features? Improved features? What did this downtime provide us? Perhaps the most interesting thing was the lack of outcry on Twitter regarding the downtime….
If you’re like me then you probably jumped on the Plurk bandwagon last week and have spent countless hours wasting the day away in hopes that it will eventually provide you with the same kind of gratification that Twitter gives me when searching for industry news and updates. Sadly the Plurk universe has failed to deliver that same gratification I have come to love with Twitter. Though there are still those few updates here and there that hold some industry…
Nearly a week after finding out about Plurk.com, the latest in a series of Twitter clones, I decided I would finally give it a try. The service which defines itself as, “A really snazzy site that allows you to showcase the events that make up your life, and follow the events of the people that matter to you, in deliciously digestible short messages called plurks.” works in a similar format to Twitter. 140 characters, you follow people, people follow you,…