Year: 2009

  • Twitter’s explosive worldwide growth

    Data published yesterday by comScore Media Metrix shows that growth in the number of people who use Twitter continues non stop and the micro-blogging service now has nearly 10 million users worldwide. According to comScore: […] Worldwide visitors to Twitter…

  • The army’s first-person shooter recruiter

    With its mixture of live-action video featuring real soldiers in combat and a first-person shooter games interface, Start Thinking Soldier is a powerful indicator of what it might be like as a soldier in a combat situation, presented in a…

  • Dell’s Pearson now Blog Council president

    There’s big news at the Blog Council, said Andy Sernovitz in an email today: Blog Council Announces Dell’s Bob Pearson To Join As President Goal is to accelerate sharing of best practices and build social media as a discipline utilized…

  • Free travel to Chicago is a nice idea

    Discounts in the form of early bird and other reduced-price options are common devices used by conference organizers to stimulate sign-ups for their events. Here’s a tactic that’s a new one to me – sign up for a conference and…

  • Twitter traffic: What about mobile and third-party apps?

    Robin Goad’s post yesterday on what a Google-Twitter marriage might mean has some terrific data on Twitter traffic, like this chart which shows the growth in UK visits to twitter.com over the past year and especially in the first quarter…