Posts Tagged: Twitter

Look at this lovely prize that the splendid people at The Paperie sent me. To mark the latest Field Notes release, they had a competition on Twitter; the first to reply with their first name would win a Field Notes notebook personalised with that first name. For once, I was in the right place at… Continue Reading ›

Ideas of March is a great initiative from Chris Shiflett to resurrect the blog. I agree with Chris when he attributes the demise of blogging to the rise of Twitter. Personally I know there are many things I tweet that would have been the basis of a blog post in the past. You’d be forgiven… Continue Reading ›

Having worked to bring Barclaycard into the world of social media I was gob-smacked when I saw this tweet from what appears to be NatWest’s official Twitter account; although it isn’t a verified account I hasten to point out. Amazing, even for NatWest. How they choose to respond to this will be very telling. If they have a… Continue Reading ›

My favourite author William Gibson has recently joined Twitter. I love this tweet of his – it’s pure Gibson distilled to just 137 characters: In Paris, I always imagine living in a doghouse-sized all-Muji garret. Tiny corrugated cardboard speakers. Plastic the color of Vaseline. It reminds me think of the opening line to his ground breaking… Continue Reading ›

I wrote a while ago about a friend taking a Twitter vacation, another leaving altogether and my resultant thoughts and feelings about Twitter. Now I have decided to do the same; as of today I’m starting a one week ‘leave of absence’ from Twitter. Whilst this week is an experiment to see how I, a… Continue Reading ›

I was interested to read that my friend Mike Rhode is taking a Twitter vacation, following closely, as it does, another friend’s Twitter exit. Mike explains his need for a Twitter break: I’ve sensed lately that I need to take a step back. I’ve caught myself constantly checking my Twitter mentions, working very hard to tweet… Continue Reading ›