hard-boiled
My Tumblr dashboard is getting a little clogged. Not simply from new and existing features or the relentless postings of people I don’t actually pay attention to or my own repetitive musings or reposted Twitter updates, but a combination of those things.
So I am cleaning it up. If I stop following you, I am sorry. It’s you, not me.
Ombudsman Blog - Post Editor Ends Tweets as New Guidelines Are Issued
A prerequisite for reporting “hard” news is fact. If what you get paid for contains the facts, then you have done your job. Far be it from me to tell someone that they have to forgo having an opinion on matters that they have to deal with day in and day out.
I think this is completely ridiculous.
As tweets on Twitter, they’re pretty innocuous.
“We can incur all sorts of federal deficits for wars and what not,” read a recent one. “But we have to promise not to increase it by $1 for healthcare reform? Sad.”
What makes these tweets significant is that they were written by Raju Narisetti, one of The Post’s top editors.
They were “personal” observations, he said. “But I also realize that… seeing that the managing editor of The Post is weighing in on this, it’s a clear perception problem.” He has closed his Twitter account.
Geek And Poke: Micro Communication
I have wondered to myself before, exactly how many of the activities people claim to be doing on Twitter are actually taking place?
Great webcomic btw.
I think this is a rather brilliant use of a free utility for the purpose of making government more transparent. Personally I think there are some closet Twittershitters in Parliament.
The document tells civil servants their tweets should be “human and credible” and written in “informal spoken English.”
It advises government departments to produce between two and 10 tweets a day, with a gap of at least 30 minutes between each “to avoid flooding our followers’ Twitter streams.”
This is gold:
The Twitter document said the government must “accept that there will be some criticism” of its efforts.
Remember, don’t tweet with your caps lock ON.
I have been following Starving African Child on Twitter for about 2 weeks and as a Catholic, I can affirm that it satisfies 15% of my RDA for guilt.
Consequently, I picked up a (red)Starbucks Card to fill up for the next few weeks. My daily coffee intake will now support some people that need medicine.
I know, I know. I could have just given $10 to some charity that worksin Africa and the money would have gone directly to a good cause. However, one of the things I enjoy about programs like (red) is that there is more to it than just donating a few cents here and there. There is something good about fundamentally changing the way you consume.
That and as a human that runs on guilt, I need to consantly look for small good deeds in my daily life.
Gallery - Picture of the day - Image 16 - New Scientist
Amazing shot. Looks like a nuclear explosion going off. I really like the way it makes a hole in the cloud layer.
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