Over the years communication has been symbolized by different things. Flags, fires and waving hands have all been used to communicate a message. You’ll see pictures of those in books, history books. What will our children and grandchildren see? The @ symbol. It’s been known under many names: asperand, arrobase, monkey tail, little mouse, and…
Tag Archive: Web
Twitter – Blocking Followers
Block – Dirty word in Twitter land Chances are you don’t block many of your followers and you aren’t alone. Blocking is looked upon as a dirty word. Bringing it up results in confused looks up to outrage. Judgmental, big ego, and more labels may be assigned to you for admitting you block more than…
Blogging is Lifestreaming?
Jeremiah Owyang brings up the question, is blogging becoming lifestreaming. It’s a dang good question. Bloggers across the net have taken to using their blogs as a collection point for all of their various Twitter, Friendfeed and other sources. They’ve become aggregation points. The truth is though that’s a skewed view. Blogging is changing in…
HOW TO: Create Custom Twitter Backgrounds from Mashable
Mashable geek Ben Parr brings us a helpful post on creating custom Twitter backgrounds. Ben introduces the reader first though to reason why one might want a custom background. The top reason provided? Personalization and expression! That’s right; ditching the blue and putting up something that says you on it is going to be vast…
