Monthly Archives: March 2009
links for 2009-03-13
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"In preparation for the 2009 South by Southwest music festival (March 18-21), NPR Music's spent weeks sampling songs by more than 1,000 of the acts in attendance. Some of the music induced swooning, some of it induced sleepiness, and some of it made us want to pry out our eardrums and swallow them for safe keeping. (We're looking at you, Gaybomb.) Arranged alphabetically by artist, the 100 songs in this ridiculously bountiful — but by no means definitive — mix all passed a simple litmus test, summed up in six simple words: "Yeah, I'd listen to that again." "
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"It’s clear to anyone who watches a twitterstream that people put out questions to Twitter similar to how they use search engines. But if anecdotal examples aren’t enough, a survey I conducted last week confirms that Twitter is used as a search resource."
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"10,000 new followers per day sounds like an astounding number but are all of these followers legitimate?"
links for 2009-03-12
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"We are witnessing the rise of a social nervous system"
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"With Twitter, I feel like I’m interacting with the world–or at least a few million folks who inhabit it. And I kind of like the bustling, fast-moving anything-can-happen feel. Facebook, by contrast, is a quieter, more mundane, more predictable place. Generally speaking, I know who I’ll run into there."
So here’s an unanswered question: Will Facebook ever open up more, in the sense of encouraging looser, more far-flung interaction between members, whether they’ve friended each other or not?
links for 2009-03-10
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"Billing is the heart of the new business model and the solution. People already buy subscriptions and pay for them through a variety of electronic payment systems such as credit cards. But electronic billing for a subscription to a physical product like a paper is not the billing model needed for digital news delivery. A subscription to an on-line paper must be capable of being shared among the people in a household, simultaneously and on multiple devices. Newspapers need a digital business model whose heart is a digital subscription billing model."
San Francisco Based Twitter Accounts (response to @ev)
Earlier tonight, Twitter CEO Ev Williams posted this tweet:
If you know of San Francisco businesses or other SF-related Twitter accts, lemme know. Preparing slides for @gavinnewsom‘s visit tomorrow.
Of course, the responses came flooding in.
Here’s a round-up of the responses. This includes both Twitter accounts related to San Francisco and companies based in San Francisco.
- @21stAmendment – Craft Beer Brewery Restaurant delving into the world of canned craft beer
- @7x7Magazine – 7×7 is San Francisco’s premier resource for Food, Fashion, Culture, Music, Nightlife, Parties and more. Go to 7×7.com to get to know San Francisco
- @7x7Radar – 7×7 Magazine’s Radar on SF Culture, Art, Entertainment and Events
- @ABC7NewsBayArea – News and notes directly from the ABC7 newsroom in San Francisco
- @AsianArtMuseum – We’re the largest museum in the western world devoted exclusively to Asian art
- @BayAreaBites – Bay Area Bites is KQED Public Media’s food blog
- @Booksmith – San Francisco’s leading independent bookstore
- @Caltrain – Caltrain service delays provided by riders. See URL for instructions to update
- @ChronicleBooks – An independent publisher of distinctive books and gifts
- @Coco_luxe – Coco-luxe Confections: luxurious truffles, salted caramels & sweets – To Share, or Not!
- @CSNBayArea – CSN Bay Area and CSN California. Home of the Giants, A’s, Warriors, Sharks, Kings, Cal and Stanford
- @Current – Tweets from within the walls of Current.com HQ
- @Disqus
- @DropBox
- @Emergency_In_SF – Follow some of the larger emergencies in San Francisco as they happen
- @Exploratorium – For the curious ones, the Exploratorium is a museum of science, art, and human perception
- @FrogDesign – Global innovation firm that helps create and bring to market meaningful products, services, and experiences
- @GetSatisfaction – The support network for people to get the most from the products they use.
- @GhiradelliSQ – More than just the best chocolate! Wine tasting, great food and fun shopping
- @GoldenGatePark – Up-To-Date Events & News on Golden Gate Park
- @JDVHotels – Joie de Vivre is California’s largest boutique hotel collection, with over 30 hotels, restaurants and spas throughout the state
- @JugShop – Specialists in Australia, NZ & Italian wines, specialty spirits, craft beer
- @KCBSNews – All News All the Time
- @KGORadio – The Bay Area’s most listened to radio station for over 30 years
- @kqed_arts – KQED Arts is a daily blog covering the San Francisco Bay Area
- @Live105 – LIVE 105.3 KITS San Francisco
- @MagnoliaPub – Haight and Masonic
- @missionpie РA corner caf̩, bakery, and neighborhood gathering place in the Mission that brings the flavors of local farms into the city and tells their stories.
- @MuniDiaries – a place to share and read rider tales
- @SanFranSymphony – San Francisco Symphony & Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas sets the highest standard of excellence in orchestral performance in over 250 concerts a year
- @Seesmic
- @SFRestaurants – Where do want to eat Tonight? Ask Dave….
- @sf_49ers – Official Twitter of the San Francisco 49ers
- @sf_giants – Official Twitter of the San Francisco Giants
- @SF_Weekly – The latest from SFWeekly.com as told by web editor Janine Kahn
- @SFStateCreativeArts – Media, Performing, Visual Arts at San Francisco State University
- @sfbc – Promoting the bicycle for everyday transportation
- @sfearthquakes – The SF Bay Area sometimes shakes. I tell you about it
- @SFist – Everything else you to know about SF & the Bay Area, news, arts, entertainment, politics, gossip, more
- @sfstation – SF Station is San Francisco Bay Area’s definitive online city guide to Arts & Culture, Entertainment, Food, Shopping, and Urban Living
- @sfzoo – The mission of the San Francisco Zoo is to connect people with wildlife, inspire caring for nature and advance conservation action (my pick)
- @spotus – We support journalists in the Bay Area through community funded reporting
- @TCHOchocolate – TCHO makes obsessively good dark chocolate from pod to palate in our San Francisco factory
- @Technorati – Who’s saying what. Right now.
- @TripIt – TripIt is a personal travel assistant that automatically organizes all your travel plans
- @Xobni – Xobni is a toolbar for Outlook
- @WoodenBoat – Historic wooden boatyard & nonprofit maritime museum on San Francisco Bay. Rod Bauer, Webmaster (schooner, sailboat, rowboat, woodworking, sailing)
- @Zeum – Zeum is San Francisco’s hands-on, multimedia arts and tech museum for kids.
Here’s Ev’s reaction to the response…
Holy smokes! Who knew how many SF-based orgs were on Twitter. Thanks for all the tips, tweeps!
— Ev (@ev) March 10, 2009
Know of other good San Francisco based Twitter accounts? Feel free to leave a comment.
Update:
Here’s video of the meeting between Mayor Newsom and Biz and Ev from Twitter.