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News of the Tweet: Hashtags
10.23.2012 //
No longer innocent search terms, hashtags have evolved into something unique and more than a little disturbing,
News of the Tweet: The Fall Out of the Fall
10.18.2012 //
The gory details of Lance Armstrong’s doping regimen and revelations about many other top pros pharmaceutical escapades have created a busy week in Twitter World. An Austrian falls from outer space and breaks some media records in the process.
News of the Tweet: Highly-Judged Thought Process
10.11.2012 //
Last weekend the world’s bravest mountain bikers congregated on a tiny patch of the Utah desert to try and out do each other at the Red Bull Rampage. It was like a band of cowboys decided to have a dick-swinging contest, just without the homosexual undertones.
Exclusive: Trans-Provence…The Last Day
10.03.2012 //
Crashes, injuries and airlifts to the hospital mark the final day of racing, but fail to put a damper on the world’s premier Enduro race.
News of the Tweet: On the Nature of Shame
09.05.2012 //
Riding bicycles is stupid. It’s only by some stroke of cosmic chance that no one laughs and points when they see an adult riding a bicycle down the road…
News of the Tweet: Not So Easy PC
08.29.2012 //
One of the biggest name in cycling got in trouble, the world feels the wrath of renegade, raging grannies and so much more.
News of the Tweet: Crankworxed
08.21.2012 //
Crankworx is arguably the best event in mountain biking. And if you agree with this statement, you probably agree that it is better by a very long way.
News of the Tweet: Heroes, Superstars and Hacks
08.18.2012 //
By Seb Kemp Apologies to anyone who was waiting for this. Somewhere around last Friday things became a blur after a rider plowed their front wheel through the back of my head. After that it has all been bright colors and loud noises, blow-up sex dolls and the odour of seared body armor. That’s right, [...]
News Of The Tweet: The Zombification Of Social Media
08.07.2012 //
By Seb Kemp Book reviews are being killed by kindness, says @silvermanjacob. Where has the venom gone, is social media to blame? bit.ly/T6BJnC — The Millions(@The_Millions) August 4, 2012 The above link to an article by @silvermanjacob points out an unforeseen problem with social media: that is, the niceness epidemic. In his article, Silverman says [...]
News of the Tweet: Inane Entertainment
06.12.2012 //
By Seb Kemp Britt is halfway through her year of buying nothing new — no gear, no iphone, no nada. Here’s what she’s learned. bit.ly/KjMbBz — Adventure Journal (@adventurevida) June 8, 2012 I get drawn to certain tweets, not just for the benefit of this weekly workout but also in my day-to-day scanning of Twitter [...]
News of the Tweet: CopyCats
05.21.2012 //
Similar to the ‘Discover’ tab – where links and Tweets are summarized to help you decide which are more important to you, the emails feature “the most engaging Tweets seen by people you follow, even if you don’t follow those who wrote them”, Twitter wrote on its blog.
News of the Tweet: #RulesOfTwitter
05.15.2012 //
By Seb Kemp I stumbled across the hashtag #rulesoftwitter this week (remember our discussion of hashtags or #s from #NOTT16?), and it got me thinking: Is there really rules for Twitter? Surely there are some formal regulations laid down by the meta beasts in the servers but the more interesting rules are the ones laid [...]
News of the Tweet: Douchebaggery
05.07.2012 //
Well, the word is out that I am lurking on profiles and following tweets. Like a social media sheriff – a bent and corrupt one – I’m keeping an eye on it all.
News of the Tweet: #WhatIsAHashTag?
04.02.2012 //
Today is the last day of my winter beard. Spring is here and no longer will I be wrapped up in my Snuggy hiding behind a screen.
News of the Tweet: Drink This and Calm Down Commie
03.26.2012 //
Lisa Richardson, for the second time this month, gives us with something to ponder as we roll into another week of virtual interaction and digital procrastination. However, that list missed out Tumblr and Instagramification, the other thing an iPhone was invented for.
News of the Tweet: Unicorns “Leak” Tears
03.19.2012 //
Well, unless you were living under a rock, you couldn’t have missed the fact that the first World Cup of 2012 took place last weekend in South Africa.
News of the Tweet: Rubbing one off is racing? Is the media blowing it?
03.12.2012 //
By Seb Kemp Last week I touched on the subject of Instagramification, which is the way in which many people aim to communicate, define or extend their identity through digital imagery that can be immediately shared or re-appropriated. This week I had planned to give you some findings from my off track explorations in photo [...]
News of the Tweet: Turn This Off, Twitter Is Unhealthy
03.05.2012 //
By Seb Kemp At a conference in Montreal last week, one of the founders of Twitter, Biz Stone, likened Twitter to Ice-Cream. Let’s look past his name – which is possibly the constituent parts of his first pet’s name and the street he grew up on – and look at the other seemingly bonkers part [...]
News of the Tweet: Mutually Aggravated Deadlines
02.29.2012 //
I’m terribly sorry that #NOTT is late this week. I apologize to the three or four people that regularly check out this murky little corner of the internet that duplicates and pirates what is already out there. This week I was out in the desert tackling a strain of Welsh Mad Dog Disease, heavy-handed margaritas, and photographic Groundhog Day.
News of the Tweet: Following You, Following Me
02.21.2012 //
By Seb Kemp Twitter changed this week. I think. I don’t really know because no one else mentioned it so I have to assume it was either not newsworthy or it just happened at my end. One day this week I fired up the old Google box and switched the channel over to Twitter only [...]
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