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Bringing it Together With Facebook: Twitter

September 3rd, 2008 No Comments

Do you have accounts on a lot of different sites? Are you reviewing restaurants on Yelp and sharing videos on YouTube? Posting pictures on flickr and talking on Twitter? Want to share all of your stuff with your friends without having to make them sign up for a bunch of different sites?
Bring all of your [...]

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The Elevator Pitch Series: Like Candy For Nerds

August 7th, 2008 3 Comments

Twitter may ask you to communicate in 140 character or less, but we don’t – we’re challenging folks to pitch Twitter in an actual elevator to create “The Elevator Pitch Series” – stay tuned for more!
Our second pitcher is Will Roman, he is an entrepreneur and an advertising RTF student here at U.T.

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After the Tweetup, DM me FTW

August 5th, 2008 No Comments

Did that make any sense to you? Because it’s okay if you didn’t.
At Wednesday night’s spectacular Mashable party, amid the flashing cameras, handshakes and frequent card exchange, I overheard this conversation:
Guy 1: You know, it was great to meet you, are you on Twitter?
Guy 2: Yeah, man, I tweet.
Guy 1: (whips out the iPhone) What’s [...]

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Expanding the Definition of Acquaintance Through Twitter

July 29th, 2008 No Comments

Friend, friend of a friend, a drunken mistake, classmate, teacher – labeling our social network helps us understand each person’s relative value and creates a hierarchy of importance to us.
But how would you characterize people you know on Twitter? Sure, you’ve got coworkers and friends and industry leaders – but based on observation, a significant [...]

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The Elevator Pitch Series: Jenn Deering Davis

July 28th, 2008 2 Comments

Twitter may ask you to communicate in 140 character or less, but we don’t – we’re challenging folks to pitch Twitter in an actual elevator to create “The Elevator Pitch Series” – stay tuned for more!
Our first pitcher is Jenn Deering-Davis, she is a Ph.D. student here at U.T., where she is studying organizational communication.

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