Posts Tagged ‘twitter’

Living “off” the web – The Incursion Lifestyle

I fully expect this to happen. My Droid X is in the mail. It’s a phone that happens to do internet things in a groovy way. It can also spawn multiple copies of itself that morph into common household appliances. I made up that last part. Having a smartphone (in the Droid’s case, a superphone) [...]

7 job interview tips inspired by Twitter

So…how many followers do you have? Mark Mann over at Denvelopers asked me to construct an interesting list. At the time, I was deep inside a job search. Inspired by that process and the ways in which I’ve seen Twitter rise to prominence, this is what I came up with. Keep it short Whether it’s [...]

Playing with the big dogs, on Twitter and otherwise

Mark and I kicking it in Kibera with some friends There is no end to blog posts from experts declaring the need to “separate noise from signal” and “engage your community” while getting out there in social web promotion. As nonprofits, we understand this. No joke. We get it. I spent 13 months with The [...]

Tim’s Going to Kenya

OK. So I take off on Monday morning for Kenya. That’s in 3 days. Got a few things to do. I’m traveling with a team from The 1010 Project, a humanitarian organization here in Denver. We partner with creative and innovative social entrepreneurs in the developing world to break the cycle of poverty. As the [...]

Eradicating Malaria With the Tony Blair Faith Foundation

Hello web-friends, I have been appointed to my dream job and I need your help to make it rock. I have been selected to join the Faiths Act Fellows, a cadre of 30 young interfaith leaders in the US, UK, and Canada who will spend August 2009-June 2010 working to promote malaria eradication. This is [...]

Twitter: Training Wheels, Airbag, or Insurance?

I’m pursuing a number of job opportunities right now. If I’m hired, I might move away from Denver. I’m casting my net wide, so I’m not really sure where I might end up, but I know that before I get there, I’ll try to build up my Twitter network with local contacts – people who [...]

What is Twitter?

This video explaining Twitter is awesome. I think it should replace the Common Craft version that Twitter uses: social media, twitter, supernews

Of Advertising and Return

A little while ago, I caught a tweet from @davewiner pointing out that super web-guy and blog-champ @jasoncalacanis was offering Twitter $10000/month to be on the “Suggested Users” list. I retweeted it and offered Mr. Calacanis $5000/month to relentlessly promote him and his work. I wasn’t entirely serious, and I’m convinced that my response was [...]

Because People Want To Know…

I happened upon an ABCNews story about Twitter that featured such luminaries as George Stephanopoulos and MC Hammer. I’ve got no idea how to post the damn thing in here, so I’ll just link out to it: John Berman catches up with MC Hammer about Twitter. John Berman (@abcdude) gave a pretty good rundown of [...]

What Comes Next?

I spend a lot of time wondering about “what comes next,” not so much to catch the wave, but to be inspired by what we might do in the future. Guy Kawasaki has an interview on the I Am Paddy blog about Twitter and business and connections. It’s an interesting read, but as I scrolled [...]