Even with Twitter experiencing delays this morning, Apple's iPad announcement generated 177,000 tweets in the first hour alone according to data from Trendrr.com.It should come as no surprise that the Twittersphere was (and still is) all a-buzz about the iPad the build-up to which has been months in the making but the iPad averaging nearly 3,000 tweets per minute in the first hour is just plain remarkable. We haven't seen anything like it in recent history. According to Trendrr, tweets ...

Unless you were under a rock, it was virtually impossible to miss today’s unveiling of the Apple iPad. Nonetheless, people wanted to make sure their friends knew about it too, and have been retweeting, sharing, and email forwarding stories about the new device in droves.Clearspring, whose AddThis sharing widget is viewed more than 50 billion times per month, tells us that shares about Apple-related news are up more than 600% today. The massive volume spike is illustrated in the chart ...

Who doesn't love sexy gadgets? And perhaps the most anticipated new one since the iPhone is the Apple tablet, to be announced today.We also love you guys, our customers, and our fans, so to celebrate not only the release of what is sure to be an amazing computer, but also how awesome you all are, we're going to give away 3.Yep, that's right, 3 of the nicest Apple tablets that get announced today will be given out to 3 random ...

I wrote this article to give you insight into the complete design process for the redesign of Nearby Tweets. Web app developers and entrepreneurs will hopefully gain some ideas or reinforce their own processes. Users may find it interesting to see what goes into the design of a complex UI. I'd love your ideas, feedback, [...]

If you like this post, or any of my work, please, nominate me for a Shorty Award. The linguistic analysis engine behind TweetPsych has given me a bunch of cool data points to analyze, so I’ve begun to look at various factors and their relationship with follower counts. Using a database of over 30,000 accounts that have been analyzed with TweetPsych, the first dimension I’ve looked at is “Social Behavior”. The “Social Behavior” category includes inclusive language like “we” and ...

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tweetmeme_source = 'FreelanceFolder'; One of the main reasons I became a full-time freelancer was the freedom I thought it would give me in creating my own hours and working at home. It’s the dream, right? Sleep late, work in your pajamas, shave far less often, and decide when you are [...]

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Recently Rob wrote a post over at MyInkBlog that discussed social media, and through the comments we began wondering what most people use social media for. While Angie and I [...] Related posts:The Twittering! A Closer Look at the Social Media Giant Social Media Networking And Your Blog! Circular Social Media Icons

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