social media

Twitpic, we still hardly know ye

Submitted by Rick Eyre on September 30 2014, 9:47 am

Twitpic did not cease to exist on September 25 as recently anticipated.

The Twitpic twitter account announced on September 19 that the business had been purchased. To date the identity of the buyer has not been made public.

My Top 1 listicle of the Things I hate about Twitter

Submitted by Rick Eyre on August 13 2014, 6:30 am

I love Twitter. I use it constantly. It is my first line of on-line communication these days and my primary source of news. It has made longer form blogging redundant for me (which is possibly not a good thing).

All of which lends, I think, towards understanding the Things I hate about Twitter (as compiled while lying awake at 5am this morning and blurted out on Twitter around 6 - this post includes some extras):

This social media #fail is brought to you by the USA Cricket Association

Submitted by Rick Eyre on October 16 2012, 11:28 am

On Saturday, a representative of the United States of America Cricket Association posted to its Facebook page, linking to an article on Cricinfo referring to reports of internal dysfunctionality within the Association.

People: