Twitter is a micro blogging service that consists of 140 character posts. You can think of it as SMS for the web.
It has grown into a near real-time messaging service ranging from the banal “just ate an egg McMuffin” to the useful, “Arrested” which freed James Karl Buck from an Egyptian jail cell. [See link at end of blog post]
Here are five things a business person needs to know about Twitter:
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AJAX is a series of interrelated technologies that power the so-called Web 2.0:
Asynchronous communications with the web server
Javascript
XML
What Do These Buzzwords Mean?
Asynchronous refers to the method in which the web browser communicates with the server. Rather than rely upon the actions of the user – “click,” then send data to server, then wait for the server to send a response back, then refresh the screen – the AJAX “engine” manages the process
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Cloud computing refers to the shift of ownership and maintenance of servers from individual business units to a shared and secured environment on the internet. It means a lower total cost of ownership and the ability to scale rapidly to meet demand.
Think if it like this: if you’ve got an internet connection you’ve got access to storage space and software applications limited only by your budget. Nothing to install and nothing to maintain.
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iPhones and Tom-Tom’s oh my! As more and more hand held devices begin sharing data with each other and with the net, the ability to predict behavior becomes the next big thing for marketers, social networks and of course governments curious about citizens’ behaviors.
All of this falls under the rubric of “Reality Mining,” a term used to describe the marriage of GPS (global positioning systems) and large scale data mining. Pioneered by Sandy Pentland, a researcher at MIT whose work read more…
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Mike Wesch is a digital ethnographer. An academic who combines the study of Media Ecology with Cultural Anthropology. He has a wonderful talent for explaining the semantic web and you can easily become the smartest person in the room by watching it now.
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Our clients spend a lot of time researching and sharing information with others. And Diigo – pronounced “dee-go” – has proven an invaluable tool in making that happen across timezones and travel schedules.
It all begins with a simple to install browser add-on that allows you to highlight portions of web pages that are of particular interest to you. You can also attach sticky notes to specific parts of web pages. That’s been done before, but perhaps not read more…
Because of the confusion surrounding the right or lack thereof to unlock your iPhone and install third party applications, let’s just say “I have this friend…” [skip ahead to summary and BS Score]
I have this friend who wanted to use his iPhone overseas and …
When he called AT&T they wanted $3.99/minute for voice calls. But the prevailing rate amongst competitors was closer to 45 cents / minute. So he reacted appropriately. He unlocked his phone using read more…
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