Tweet Since Brett Brown became the head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, I decided to start a fake Twitter account for him. I’m a huge Sixers fan and, when I heard his first radio interview in Philly, it was impossible not to notice his thick New England accent. I’m a Boston University graduate and my father’s family is from outside of Boston. In short – I know the accent well. So for the last seven years, I’ve been tweeting in a New England accent and it’s gotten quite a bit of notice. The account has about 4,222 followers and many […]
Read moreTweet It used to be that Twitter only let you apply for a verified Twitter account if you were someone or something famous. As of July 19th, they are allowing anyone to request that little blue checkmark. It’s not exactly clear why they are doing this, but they’ve opened up the process to all of us. In defining who can get approved, Twitter says that “an account may be verified if it is determined to be of public interest.” Okay, so they aren’t handing out free blue checkmarks. “We want to make it even easier for people to find creators […]
Read moreOakland police use Twitter to fight crime
Tweet I thought this story was neat and I hope that all local police departments are using social media in this manner. Why not? Get the word out and interact with the community when you need some help. And that’s exactly what the Oakland Police Department is doing. This article starts with the story of officer Anthony Toribio responding to a shooting at a McDonald’s. Instead of rushing to his squad car (are they still called that?), he got on Twitter and tweeted out the descriptions of the suspects. Not long after that, a woman responded that the Infiniti sedan […]
Read moreTwitter hits NASCAR…hard
Tweet Lindsey and I watched the Daytona 500 last night and might have become NASCAR fans. The race had it all, including a collision between Juan Pablo Montoya and a track-drying truck. The accident sent flaming jet fuel into the Florida night. It was crazy. So what did Miller Lite drive Brad Keselowski do? Went on Twitter. unsecured personal loan poor credit rating He had pictures of his vantage point of the disaster and tweeted them to his fans. But, while that’s interesting on its own, the result was mind-boggling. At the end of all of it, he had added […]
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