Tag Archives: Twitter

Karl Rove following Nye-Gateway on Twitter

Posted on September 19, 2009 by Featheriver

My jaw dropped when I saw the notice from Twitter that Karl Rove was following me. I thought “You must have hit the big time somehow.” Then, “Why would Karl Rove follow me?” I still don’t know why he is … Continue reading →

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Support Healthcare Reform: Tweet Your Senator

Posted on July 26, 2009 by Featheriver

Unique. President Obama is asking all Americans to send a Tweet to your Senator. You can access the website to send your tweet here. The instructions on the site are: We’re calling and writing letters — and now there’s a … Continue reading →

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Exploring Bing the new search engine

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Featheriver

There are more and more search engines one can use. Google, Yahoo!, Amazon, Answers, Creative Commons, eBay, Wikipedia, Twitter Search, are all on my computer, and now there is Bing. I’m going to try out Bing for awhile and see … Continue reading →

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Time on Twitter

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Featheriver

Time Magazine has some articles on Twitter this week one of which is how Twitter is changing the way we live. They even cover the top 10 celebrity Twitter feeds: Britney Spears: http://twitter.com/britneyspears Snoop Dog: http://twitter.com/snoopdogg Dalai Lama: http://twitter.com/ohhdl John … Continue reading →

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RT ReTweeting 101

Posted on May 30, 2009 by Featheriver

It took me some time to understand exactly what RT meant in Twitter.  I had tweeted a tweet about something. Then I noticed someone had put an RT in front of my tweet. I wondered why and what did that … Continue reading →

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Why conservatives and liberals differ

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Featheriver

Actually, I prefer the term “progressives” to using “liberals.” The word liberal is used as negative connotation when conservatives use it. But that isn’t the reason for this post. Nicholas Kristof, of the New York Times, has an article today … Continue reading →

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Using Twitter to Communicate with Washington

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Featheriver

Twitter is an effective means of communicating with Washington politicians, news organization, even C-Span. [Huffington Post] It will even work to increase the ability of communicating with the Nye County Democratic Central Committee. All they need to do is sign … Continue reading →

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Using Twitter

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Featheriver

The more I use Twitter the better I like it. There are multiple ways to use and benefit from Twitter. Chris Miller on The Social Networker wrote: In the last week or so I broke 5000 tweets.  Was there a … Continue reading →

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