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Twitter – “Who to Follow” Feature… August 19th, 2010
Twitter is currently testing out a new feature with its members called “Who to follow“… So when you log in there is a box on the home page that suggests two users you should follow… Doesn’t this sound familiar??? That’s because this is exactly what Facebook does… The basic purpose of this is to is to gather feedback, so here’s some feedback :
ITs PATHETIC!!!
The fundamental two things are totally wrong i.e “Position and Implementation”
POSITIONING
Normally the location of certain information on a page gives us the insight into what are the priorities of a company… For example when Apple launches something new it makes sure its mentioned right in the center of its Home page to gain popularity… Similarly as we can see this new “Who to Follow” appears above rest of the options like @replies, Direct Messages, Favorites, Retweets, and Search… Which clearly implies that this is more important than the rest of those things… This really makes no sense at all, it should be located well the rss feed option… There should also be an option to toggle into a closed/minimized state…
IMPLEMENTATION
I know this is just the testing phase but somethings should be clearly worked out… Say if i blocked a person, it still suggests them (I recently blocked Preeti Zinta because of her continues self endorsements :-/)… It also suggests people I’d followed for a while and consciously decided to stop following… So suggesting these people is unhelpful at best, irritating at worst…
I really feel that Twitter design team should instead of trying to mimic Facebook start with a new slate to design this option on… It would be tough as they as messing around with an application which is used by billions now… But they should seriously make some needful changes in “Who to follow”…
Tags: Design, twitter
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On Farmville Addiction!!! February 23rd, 2010
For weeks now, there has been a serious issue demanding my attention… It’s even worse than drug addiction; even worse than nicotine addiction; even worse than food addiction; even worse than gambling addiction; even worse than shopping addiction… Its called Farmville Addiction… Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Facebook, Farmville, twitter
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Twitter Background with Avatar Image of Followers/Friends… February 18th, 2010
Most effective way to customize Twitter account is by using customized background image…
Twilk is an online tool to create Twitter background image from avatar images of your Twitter followers... To get started, login into your Twitter account and click allow for access to this tool… It will automatically generate background image with avatar images of your Follower friends… One more click will set that image as your current Twitter background…. Check out Twilk
Tags: background, Twilk, twitter
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Google Takes on Social Networking with Buzz!!!
February 10th, 2010
Google co-founder Sergey Brin on hand for the launch of Google Buzz Photo: REUTERS
Google co-founder Sergey Brin on hand for the launch of Google Buzz Photo: REUTERS
Google has announced a new social networking service called “Buzz” that looks like Facebook but feels like Twitter… Buzz basically integrates your Gmail account and based on your location lets you share links, photos and videos, status updates with your contacts from your mobile device (supports iPhone, Android and Google has released a new version of Google Maps for Mobile for Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 devices)… Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Buzz, Facebook, Gmail, Google, twitter
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Howto : Twitter from Command Line… January 25th, 2010
This is a tutorial explaining how to post to Twitter using command-line in Linux, without needing to even open up your web browser….
First, install the curl package:
sudo apt-get install curl
Next, create a script anywhere in your $PATH, for example tweet.sh inside ~/bin, where ~ is your home directory (make sure ~/bin is included in your $PATH variable, in case echo $PATH doesn’t return it, edit ~/.bashrc and add a line like this: export PATH=/home/USER/bin/:$PATH)…
The script tweet.sh should contain the following: Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Bash, Command Line, Fedora, FOSS, Linux, twitter, Ubuntu
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Bing Gets Its Own (Not So Short) URL Shortener (FAIL)!!! January 18th, 2010
Looks like Microsoft is also about to start a URL Shortening service…Its called Binged.it
Binged.it is not yet public and is currently available only for internal use… Bing’s employee @fareologist has been using binged.it to shorten URLs when tweeting…
I don’t see Binged.it gaining much traction… As compared to other URL Shortener its basically too long… Google’s shortener, goo.gl, is 5 characters. Facebook’s is 4 characters. Bing’s is 8 characters… Dunno why Microsoft decided to use a name which is longer than its original domain name (Bing.com)…
Now i feel its rightly said that sometimes Microsoft’s stupidity can reach AWESOME heights… 
Tags: Bing, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, twitter, URL shortening
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Shahrukh Khan on Twitter!!! January 4th, 2010
Shahrukh joined the rest of his Bollywood buddies on Twitter…. Guess blogging would be next for him…..
Anyways, i am sure this was like a new year wish granted for his fan’s around the world who have nothing better to do then to wait for tweets from SRK…
Well if you are a Shahrukh fan, you can find him on twitter with handle: iamsrk … I believe he was going for iamkhan first but since that would have be mistaken for his upcoming movie publicity, he stuck with a more mundane handle…
Tags: Bollywood, Shahrukh Khan, twitter
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Coming Soon : The Google Phone!!! December 14th, 2009
The Google Phone or Gphone has been rumoured for a long time, and while many of us have doubted its existence until now, the evidence is mounting up. Numerous Google staff are actually using an unbranded Gphone, and pictures of it have been posted via Twitter. It’s called the Nexus One, it runs Google Android obviously… It’s being manufactured for Google by HTC.
Tags: Android, Google, Gphone, HTC, twitter
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Dell Makes Millions from Twitter!!! December 10th, 2009
With falling profits and ever growing competition from the likes of Acer and HP, Dell may not have a lot to cheer about.. But it told Bloomberg on Tuesday that it has earned an estimated $6.5 million in sales of PCs, accessories, and software, thanks to promotions on Twitter.
Talking to Bloomberg, Dell’s online unit vice president, Manish Mehta, said that the firm has earned an estimated $6.5 million over the last two years in PC, software and peripheral sales from Twitter alone – mainly through promotions tweeted by Dell’s hundred strong army of Twitterati.
“It’s a very vibrant channel for us and it’s growing aggressively,” Manish Mehta told Bloomberg, referring to Twitter. “It’s not just our reach and growth that has progressed, it’s that it’s happening globally.”
Dell has made Twitter an integral part of its operation. There are more than 100 employees that send out tweets to customers….
Tags: Dell, twitter
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Schmidt Joins Twitter!!! December 7th, 2009
Yes its true!!! Google CEO Eric Schmidt has joined twitter with an awful handle (eschmidt0)(Now he uses the handle @ericschmidt …. Current Googlers such as Hunter Walk (YouTube) and former Googlers such as Chris Sacca welcomed Schmidt to the service, pointing to his account, eschmidt0 @ericschmidt
It’s weird as couple of months back we heard him describe twitter as “sort of poor man’s email systems.” and why the hell did he choose such an awful handle to start with?? O_o Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Eric Schmidt, Google, twitter
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