Category Archives: Twittering

Who retweeted you?

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Dave

I didn’t know you could do this. Maybe you don’t either, so I’ll share it. How do you find out which of your tweets have been retweeted, and by who? Turns out, by looking on the Twitter website! First, go … Continue reading →

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#testittuesday – public service use of twitter par excellence

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Dave

I had a great day yesterday (Wednesday) at the FirePro seminar on social media use in Fire and Rescue Services. I have a load of notes to type up and share here, but one thing really jumped out at me … Continue reading →

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Almost live transparency from Greater Manchester Police

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Dave

A really interesting experiment is happening in Manchester today, thanks to the local police force. Greater Manchester Police are, according to their website, publishing details of every incident that it deals with on Twitter to allow the public to see … Continue reading →

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Google goes for Twitter

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Dave

Google Buzz is the search engine giant’s latest attempt to get social to work within its suite of applications. Strangely, while we use Google’s stuff for all sorts of things, from searching to email to RSS aggregation to document editing, … Continue reading →

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Moronic reporting of non issues

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Dave

Take a look at this story, excitingly titled on the BBC News site “Council Twitter users face rebuke“. Councillors in Cornwall could face being reported to the authority’s standards committee for using social networking sites. The trouble is, no they’re … Continue reading →

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