Category Archives: twitter

Archiving Twitter

Posted on November 24, 2022 by Reverend

Thanks to this post on the OL Daily, and this subsequent toot from Grant Potter reminding me to do it, I spent time converting my recently acquired Twitter archive into markdown. “Why?” you ask. Well, Mattias Ott covers that beautifully: … Continue reading →

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Some Notes on Mastodon after Two Weeks

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Reverend

I’ve been pretty obsessed with figuring out how to run a Mastodon server on Reclaim Cloud the last couple of weeks, and it’s been a lot of fun. I do dig challenges like this, and I moved almost immediately from … Continue reading →

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WordPress, Movements, and the PressED Twitter Conference

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Reverend

Still buzzing (and a bit bleary eyed) after #pressedconf18 last night. Can't imagine how @Pgogy & @nlafferty must feel! Really looking forward to catching up with all the sessions I missed yesterday. — Lorna M. Campbell (@LornaMCampbell) March 30, 2018 … Continue reading →

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The Hills are Alive with the Sound of bava!

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Reverend

It all started with an innocent Sunday morning Mushroom tweet. It's mushroom picking season in #Trento which means the risotto is gonna be off the hook. pic.twitter.com/gF44fuqX1c — Jim Groom (@jimgroom) August 21, 2016 Antonella’s mom wanted to go Mushroom … Continue reading →

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Luke Skywalker liked me!

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Reverend

That bizarre moment when Luke Skywalker likes your tweet about him. @hamillhimself understands the Twitter pic.twitter.com/ikzPwJN4ri — Jim Groom (@jimgroom) December 31, 2015 Before this get subsumed into the black hole that is Twitter’s timeline, I just wanted to leave … Continue reading →

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#FiveWordEdTechHorrors

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Reverend

Earlier today on twitter I was watching the river flow when I saw the following tweet by the great Bud Hunt: My password is always 123456. #FiveWordEdTechHorrors — Bud Hunt (@budtheteacher) December 11, 2013 I was intrigued, and figured what … Continue reading →

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Why I Tweet

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Reverend

Jeff Swain recently published a video asking others why they Tweet, so I figured I would respond. As usual, it’s hard for me to be serious about anything, especially through video, and despite two takes at a response I still … Continue reading →

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Twitter on Campus

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Reverend

North Carolina State University has really made an impressive case for using Twitter more extensively on campus.  A wide range of departments, organizations, and clubs at NCSU are using Twitter to get announcements, events, and relevant links out to the … Continue reading →

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Tripping on Twitter by way of the Election in Iran

Posted on June 21, 2009 by Reverend

I spent the last hour or so following the #iranelection hastag on Twitter. It is really unbelievable how much stuff is streaming through on a second-by-second basis. I tried to lock in to the flow of information for a bit … Continue reading →

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Hacked P2: Is it a blog? A micro-blog? Or twitter?….Or all three?

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Reverend

I’ve been dying to blog this, but I’ve been in beautiful Camden, NJ, piling up more work to do for Digital Whitman, a project which will shortly become the center of my life. But before that happens, I wanted to … Continue reading →

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