Entries from November 2009

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Student: ‘I keep up with the news better’ on Twitter

Tweet My occasional series  “What the Heck do You Do on Twitter?” is picking up some steam. Here’s the latest. But first, be sure to read the whole series, especially if you’re new to Twitter. And if you’d like to be featured, e-mail me at savethemedia@yahoo.com or direct message me on Twitter. Here is what [...]

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Monday, November 16th, 2009

Twitter is a ‘great way to make connections,’ student says

Tweet Here is another installment of my occasional series: “What the Heck do You Do on Twitter?” Be sure to read the whole series, especially if you’re new to Twitter. And if you’d like to be featured, e-mail me at savethemedia@yahoo.com or direct message me on Twitter. Today’s featured Twitter user is  Christen Brandt, a magazine [...]

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Friday, November 13th, 2009

Help a graduate student (me): Take my Twitter survey

Tweet Well, as you loyal readers know, I pretty much love Twitter. It’s fun, and, as I’ve written about on this blog, I find it useful for finding news, connecting with readers and picking up on what’s buzzing. As many of you know, I took the plunge this fall and entered the Ph.D. program at [...]

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Sunday, November 8th, 2009

How to measure your blog’s value

Tweet Time for some short-takes, my version of cool stuff you should read from around the journo/techie blogosphere: Measuring your site’s value: With all the tools available to measure the worth of  your blog or news site, it can get confusing. Are page views more important than unique visitors? Would you rather have fewer visitors [...]

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Saturday, November 7th, 2009

Student: Twitter helps me know what’s going on in the world

Tweet Here is another installment in my new series, What the Heck Do You Do on Twitter. This ones comes from Nancy Mucciarone, a junior magazine journalism major at Syracuse University. (Read the whole series.) If you’d like to tell the world — or at least my readership — how you use Twitter, shoot me [...]

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