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File Under Mixed Messages
backlash pic via Josh Spear I got an email from Ipsos about a new study on social networking they’ve released. Since Twitter mania and accompanying social media backlash are in full swing, that’s the...
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If I Was the GTEC Blog
OK so the frist day of the GTEC conference is over and the second one is getting underway. I just checked out the GTEC blog to see if there were any posts outlining highlights from yesterday. Nothing....
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Feeding the #GC20 Tag on Twitter
Last week I put together a little Twitterbot to feed the #gc20 tag. What I was trying to do with this bot was to provide a focused stream of information about the Government of Canada and Web 2.0. I...
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@StatsCan Comes Alive
Screen grab of Statistics Canada's English Twitter account Statistics Canada is about to start tweeting. The accounts @statcan_eng and @statcan_fra will begin posting links to The Daily starting...
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Breaking the #gc20 Twitterbot
It just kept going and going and going and ... At the end of last week, I made some tweaks to the #gc20 twitterbot I built — and today, the @gc_20 account started re-tweeting the same stuff over and...
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“Corporate Twitter”
"Corporate Twitter" - Brand Camp by Tom Fishburne Source I love that guy in the lower left — he’d be a perfect civil servant. While I was laughing over this, I realized that this could easily be...
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Should I Change My Twitter Name?
Take Our Poll Ah, “personal branding.” Definitely a topic worthy of a straw poll. I’ve been thinking about changing my Twitter name. Why would I do that? The usual response I get when I meet Tweeting...
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Department of Finance to Live Tweet the Federal Budget
News release: The Department of Finance is using Twitter. The Department will begin tweeting when the Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, rises in the House of Commons to deliver Budget 2010...
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Government Service Delivery via Twitter – @CBSA_BWT
Canada Border Services Agency is tweeting border wait times. This tweet reports that there's no delay at the Douglas (Peace Arch) border point in Surrey BC. Well willya lookit that. The Canada Border...
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Twitter Users Going Mobile — Time to Take Your Website Mobile Too
Recent data from Twitter showing the plethora of devices and apps used to access the service Twitter released data last week showing an explosion of mobile use of their service: Total mobile users has...
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