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I'm Bill Wren, a writer-editor, social media enthusiast in Fredericton, New Brunswick. And that would be my dog, Molly Bloom, as a logo in the header.
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Tag Archives: Social networks
Hazards of truncated communication
On his Broadcasting Brain blog Mark Dykeman recently posted I like print media just fine thanks in which he talks about how easy it is to miscommunicate, particularly in the truncated world of Twitter. I commented and afterwards thought the … Continue reading
Why I use Twitter
I’ve been looking everywhere in Fredericton for answers to some questions I have about the “free wireless network,” Fred eZone. Couldn’t get them – anywhere. But I got them right away on Twitter from a tech guy in Moncton. I … Continue reading
Who is using Twitter and why?
Facebook is used by shoals of people (to steal a term Kurt Vonnegut liked to use). Twitter’s growth is always “surprising” (although, by now, the real surprise would be if it stopped). For me, however, what is most interesting is … Continue reading
Blogs aren’t dead because they didn’t exist to begin with
I had an interesting back-and-forth on Twitter with Andrew Keen (@ajkeen) after he posted a tweet that roughly read, “Blogs aren’t dying – they’re dead.” I tweeted back something about them not being dead and included a link to an … Continue reading
Good answer: Twitter, blogs as news
There’s a good answer on the question of Twitter, blogs etc. as news. From Susan Chira, foreign editor for the NY Times, answering reader questions March 30-April 3, 2009. Via @jayrosen_nyu (btw … the link at the end of this … Continue reading