Recently, a friend asked me: “Where do I get started for Twitter and government? Do you have any recommendation for top people to follow? I pointed him to my Twitter list – GovLoop Rockstars – but then I realized that I have 385 people in that list and it’s getting a little overwhelming. So IRead… Read more »
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TwitChimp is a great Twitter list management tool. Here are Features and Benefits
By BobGourley TwitChimp is the ultimate Twitter list management tool. It is designed for two types of people: Those that create Twitter lists and Those that benefit from Twitter lists. We know those are not mutually exclusive categories, but find that a handy way to organize the features and benefits of our Twitter list managementRead… Read more »
The latest infographic about Twitter – Australians the third most active users
The Twitter infographic below has been brought to my attention by The Wall and I thought it worth reflecting here. As you’ll see below, Australia is rated the third most active nation on Twitter, behind the US and UK and just ahead of Brazil, Canada and India. There’s some useful general demographics on Twitter’s globalRead… Read more »
Tweets about Twitter Offer Interesting Insights
Curious about Twitter, not just as a social media platform but also as a company? Using a sample of recent tweets, this post offers a glimpse into the company’s leadership, its role in society, and how the platform and its features are evolving. Though neither comprehensive nor in-depth, this glimpse provides insights into the complexityRead… Read more »
From Town Hall to Twitter: Do You Have a Comprehensive Communications Plan?
Over the last month or so, I’ve had the chance to teach a handful of workshops on creating a comprehensive communications strategy – one that combines both traditional approaches with the use of social media and mobile engagement activities. Below is the slide deck from my workshop for the National Conference of State Legislatures‘ SuperRead… Read more »
Top 15 Tech Blogs On Twitter: Follow these to stay up on today’s tech trends
By BobGourley What makes a great tech blog? It takes great staff, an actionable vision, and timely/accurate reporting. How do you know which tech blogs have found that magic blend? The great tech blogs have a history of delivering high quality reporting. They have proven past performance in bringing insights to their readers. We assembledRead… Read more »
Cloudera On Twitter: Track the Cloudera team and gist their tweets with TwitChimp
By BobGourley Cloudera is the company that makes Apache Hadoop ready for enterprise use. They provide the free to use open source distribution called CDH (for Cloudera Distribution including Apache Hadoop). We built a list of Twitter accounts we believe to be associated with Cloudera, including their official account plus accounts of people who seemRead… Read more »
How to Change Your Agency’s Twitter Header Image
Some of you may have noticed something new lately on Twitter. Following in the same footsteps as Facebook and Google+ cover photos, Twitter is now offering something similar called header images. According to NBC’s Today, “There’s now a huge header image that runs across the top, sort of like the banner image that Facebook usersRead… Read more »
Add a Public Works Themed Header to Your Twitter Profile
Today I noticed that Twitter had added the ability to add a header image to a Twitter profile. So I created a few headers out of some photos related to public works and posted them on the Public Works Group site. So if you would like to change out the header on your Twitter profileRead… Read more »
Federal Technology Experts to Follow on Twitter
CTOvision was once again named one of the top sources for government technology news and analysis. Fed Tech Magazine just published it’s list of “46 Federal Technology Experts to Follow on Twitter” which it later updated to include a 47th member, features CTOvision’s Twitter account, which you can follow for our CTO feed for theRead… Read more »