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Celebrity Who’s Who on Twitter [LinkUp]

Published on February 4, 2009 in Entertainment and New Media & Software. Comments Tags: , , , , , .

So, Kanye West maybe lying about his twitter account, but it does bring up a legitimate question: Who’s real and who’s fake?

Well, I got a list that separates the real from the fake. This is not by any means a complete list nor a “up-to-the-minute” list. But it is a starting point. So, if you ever want to network with celebrities, music labels, radio stations and so on, here’s a starting point:

Artists, Bands and Musicians on Twitter – by GCN1

Disclaimer: This list is maintained by a third party, not me. While I shouldn’t have to put this warning up, it’s amazing what questions I get.

P.S. – In the future, I may put up my own list of black artists. But that’s a big maybe.

Hip-Hop Tech: Twitter 201 – Intermediate (Part 2.0/3)

Published on January 13, 2009 in New Media & Software. Comments Tags: , , , , .

This is part 2 of a 3 part series about using Twitter. This article assumes that you know the basics of Twitter. If you don’t know what Twitter is or how to use it, I suggest reading the first part before continuing.

At first, I was going to write only one intermediate level post. However, there’s too much good stuff to digest in just one post. So I broke it all down into two parts. In this first part, we will cover:

  • How to carry a Twitter conversation
  • Twitter Lingo (What is “Retweet” and the uses of @replies)
  • How to shorten URLs (aka links)
  • Why Twitter seems to “not work at times” (or why there’s a whale being carried by birds)

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Hip-Hop Tech: Twitter 101 – The Basics (Part 1 of 3)

Published on November 21, 2008 in Entertainment and New Media & Software. Comments Tags: , , , , , .

Some friends and a lot people’s been asking me internet questions. So, for my first venture, I’m doing a three part series of Twitter-related posts introducing Twitter to the hip-hop community. It’s a website that looks odd to many of us, and make even the most hardcore of tech users and hip-hop fans paranoid.

Here’s a brief overview of what to expect in this post:

  • What is Twitter and why it’s so popular.
  • What Twitter is not (aka stalker fears)
  • How people use Twitter
  • How to get and set up a Twitter account
  • Breaking Down Twitter.

If you would like to see what the other posts will cover, scroll to the bottom of this post for an overview of the next two posts.

What’s a Twitter & why is it so popular?

Twitter ScreenshotIn simple, layman’s terms, Twitter is a miro-blogging website. And what’s a “mirco-blog”? Take away mirco, and you’ll get “blog”, like Thought Remixer (a Wordpress-Powered Site), Wordpress, Blogger, or even the MySpace blogs. The only difference is that with a micro-blog, you can only express yourself with a limited amount of characters, or in Twitter’s case, 140 characters. A character is any type of keyboard input, which includes spaces. So for example, if you were to type in the following:

I just met Timbaland at the Knicks game tonight! I got a picture with him on my myspace profile! Check it out if you like!

You have just written 122 characters.

Now why would one want to use twitter to express something that you can blog about anyway? To put it simply… because you may not choose to blog about small things, but you want the world (or your friends) to know what you are up to without really bugging them. Or you want to share a thought to anyone who will listen. So, you can think of Twitter as a public shout out box. A few things people use Twitter for is:

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