3 posts and columns on Tweeter

Google Takes a (Small) Stab at Fixing Twitter Search

in Media on April 14, 2010 at 8:19 am PT

Twitter has a lot going for it. But search isn’t one of those things–even the service’s biggest fans concede that looking for something on Twitter, which can only return results in chronological order, is frustrating at best. Here’s a fix that’s incremental but cool, via Google.

Best Monetization Idea From Twitter Yet: "Follow This" Fashion!

in News on July 8, 2009 at 7:45 am PT

BoomTown always enjoys trying to come up with monetization ideas for Twitter, especially since the boys over at the hot San Francisco-based microblogging service seem so charmingly uninterested in it. I have obviously inspired Dustin Diaz, a Twitter user interface engineer, who tweeted a very Juicy idea yesterday.
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Best Buy: Gimme Credit Downgrades to "Deteriorating"

in News on December 15, 2008 at 8:03 am PT

Carol Levinson, an analyst with Gimme Credit, has downgraded her credit rating on electronics retailer Best Buy–noting that the retail giant should be profiting more from the misfortunes of its fallen rival Circuit City. Inevitably, though, the company has joined the long, sad line of retailers suffering from the economic downturn.