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Re: Trendmetr Lets You Compare which Search Term on Twitter Makes More Sound

NatMich — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:19:24 -0000

looks interesting... going to try it out :)

Re: Higher Education Students Think Twitter Might Contritube to Poor Writing Skills

NatMich — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:15:58 -0000

Interesting post! I graduated last year but I would have loved to see more of my professors on Twitter! Aside from drastically boosting the number of Gen Y's that are on and see value in the service, I think Twitter has amazing potential for professors to share interesting and supplemental research, articles and news with students all in real time. Professors are actually some of my favourite people to follow on Twitter since they so often put up high quality links and then seem really eager to answer questions and engage people in discussions and debates around them.

Re: Study: Moms Use Facebook & Twitter More Than Average Adults

NatMich — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:06:35 -0000

I think this is awesome (lol, minus perhaps the mildly awkward decision some of us have to make about whether or not to "friend" our moms :P). But it's fun and exciting to see older generations jump in and take advantage of the power of social media =).

Re: A Glimpse at Web 3.0: 13 Semantic Web Applications Reviewed

NatMich — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:28:27 -0000

Totally agree that Web 3.0 is about semantic web. There are some really great applications here that I've personally tried out (like Zemanta) and some that I would really love to check out. Great post!

Re: What would you do with your last Tweets?

NatMich — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:52:20 -0000

Haha, conflicted on this point. I agree that too many straight-up RTs (straight up = no little personal touch or opinion added in front of the RT :P) drive me nuts on an individual level. That said, when aggregated RTs carry valuable information since they are basically a new way to "digg" an idea, link or whatever information that tweet contains... or even the person that is being retweeted.

Re: Should you update your Facebook status using Twitter? | Broadcasting Brain

NatMich — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:45:55 -0000

Haha, can't really offer an "opposing" point of view here :P. I agree and think Twitter and Facebook are both best at sharing different types of information- Facebook for me is usually info of the more private nature (inside jokes, new cell number, other info I wouldn't want just anyone to know) whereas Twitter (from what I have found) is about receiving and sharing public pieces of information. It's interesting to see what will happen though with all these new Facebook developments (Facebook Lite, facebook pages being able to directly tweet out updates... etc).

Re: Coldewey's Curiosities

NatMich — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:02:51 -0000

Wow...that is quite cool.

Re: Twitter Effect Redux: 78% of Tweets About Inglourious Basterds Were Positive

NatMich — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:00:33 -0000

Cool! Can't wait to check it out!

Re: Not Rocket Science

NatMich — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:11:56 -0000

Haha, that's funny. There's another quote about obscurity that I really like:

"Whoever knows he is deep, strives for clarity; whoever would like to appear deep to the crowd, strives for obscurity."

-Friedrich Nietzsche

Re: Simple Touchpoints of Loyalty

NatMich — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:49:47 -0000

I really like the text message idea. I also know a lot of people who completely agree with you on the "snail mail" bit though I've always been a little skeptical about whether the time spent is worth the effort (that said, it's such a rare occurence that I handwrite anymore that I probably go slower than I should :P).

Re: Are Students Really Studying More than Social Networking?

NatMich — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:59:06 -0000

Hmm... curious results. I wonder if instead of surveying if they had tried to actually monitor the browsing of these students to see what proportion of the time was spent on social networks. Since social networking is something a lot of people do when taking a break or "a second to reply to ___" they might by underestimating how much time they actually spend on it...

Re: I Love the Livescribe Pen

NatMich — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:26:00 -0000

Lol, this looks awesome! Maybe it will help bring back handwriting -my cursive writing has almost gone extinct :P. That said, there are a lot of times when I want to take notes or do writing in the outdoors/beach or in places where I don't want to risk damaging my laptop. Also I love that you can audio record about diagrams and drawings... maybe there's even a future drawing tutorial or diagram learning potential that could come out of this? So cool!

Re: The Myth of Brand Loyalty

NatMich — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:50:22 -0000

Interesting article! Aside from promoting customer loyalty, keeping better track of the purchases and experiences of their customers would likely also help them make more solid recommendations based on patterns of purchase behaviour across customers. The funny thing is, Apple already should be able to do a pretty good job of this since most loyal mac users also have Apple IDs that are then used to access and buy a number of products and services!

Re: Survey: Two-Thirds of Mobile Users Guilty of Drunk Texting

NatMich — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:40:40 -0000

lol. So what was the consensus? Is it okay to get "buzzd" and text ;P?

Re: 10-no-4 Days to Become a Social Media Expert

NatMich — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:12:53 -0000

Lol! You use MyFace too?! :P

Re: Why Teens Don’t Tweet

NatMich — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:58:12 -0000

It's funny. I think you could take each of those words and easily turn them into a pro-twitter :P.

Re: Why Teens Don’t Tweet

NatMich — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:55:17 -0000

Clever post! Yeah, there's a serious stigma amongst Gen Ys about Twitter being some blown-up, Facebook type status updater that mostly older people use. It's really sad too- especially the "business" as an anti-twitter almost makes me want to cry :P. When I first got on Twitter (just a couple of months ago) I was not right away convinced (and my anti-twitters would have been, ironically, both "noise" and "silence"). "Noise" because when I followed people (I had a pretty bad "who-to-follow sense" initially :P) I got a lot of uninteresting tweets and "silence" because when I tweeted out, I knew only a couple of my friends were on Twitter to listen.

But after playing around with it, adopting some tools and learning how to work the site, I realized that far from being a noise machine, Twitter is actually a really fantastic way to filter and sort through noise. It's not a perfect system yet, but by following the right people and information sources, Twitter makes it easy to learn about news and conversations you are interested in, as they happen.

And the silence thing also is becoming further and further from the truth. The thing is that while Twitter can be a tool for keeping in touch with existing friends, I think it is very, if not more useful as a tool for extending your reach to new people- both exposing yourself to and getting to know others. Now-a-days it is hard to tweet out about a brand name or issue without having a twitter account associated with it "hear you" and start following you. And the REALLY good ones will show concern for what you tweeted by engaging you about it. It's good stuff =). And great for business ;).

Re: Digg Ads Are Here: Will Users Bury Them Into Oblivion?

NatMich — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:25:26 -0000

I actually really like this idea. Google also has a sponsored link system in its searches and I think it is fine as long as it is presented in a transparent way. Also, this system of having users vote ads up and down is also a clever way to promote better quality promotions. I'm excited to see this in action =).

Re: Is Cyber Warfare to Blame for Twitter Meltdown?

NatMich — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:34:36 -0000

lol, the start of web 2.0 wars. The Russian-Georgian conflict though? Really???

Re: Get More Twitter Followers TODAY

NatMich — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:49:04 -0000

lol !!!

Re: Sponsored Tweets Launches: The End of Twitter As We Know It?

NatMich — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:16:22 -0000

I realize that something along the lines of this done with other media. With older media like television ads, for instance, it is totally normal for celebrities and other influential people to "personally endorse" some product that they supposedly used. So is it so different to have an influential twitter user personally endorse via tweet? I'm not really sure what I think yet, suffice it to say that I think that even with television promos paid endorsements diminish the credibility for me.

An idea that might be more difficult to implement but would be more in line with something I feel I could trust would be if people were paid to be on a "try it out" list which got sent a handful of sample products and so would guarantee companies exposure to their products but would leave it to the person receiving the samples to custom rank and add a personal opinion tweet of their liking.

Re: Forget Cider Houses- Authority Rules

NatMich — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:05:42 -0000

Wow, thanks for suggesting it! Looks concise and interesting from the get-go. I'll definitely read through it today and update with what I think!

Ok, finished reading it (didn't take long) and there's some really solid advice in there! I think Clark did an awesome job of practicing what he preached- good title, intriguing hooks, demonstrating the value of what he has to say through what he is teaching, etc. Also the layout is terrific, broken up into concise points but with links to other sources for more extensive information =).

Re: Irony or Wrinkle Free

NatMich — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:46:38 -0000

lol, this made my day. I think even I want one now ;).

Re: ESPN Tells Employees They Can Only Tweet About ESPN

NatMich — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:02:36 -0000

It's hard to believe the way some organizations are reacting to Twitter lately. One of things I keep appreciating more and more about Twitter is how easy it makes it to learn about the personalities behind different publications and businesses. This personalization of corporations and media is I think a really amazing thing that I think will ultimately help people understand and develop stronger ties and loyalties to these brands then by just forcing a faceless corporate image. I'm not sure why ESPN is doing this...

Re: The Apple “iProd”: What Could It Be?

NatMich — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:18:40 -0000

lol!