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The science is settled: Tennessee happiest state as measured by Tweet content

Tennessee happiest state, Germany happiest country. Via Maetenloch at Ace of Spades, who notes “Now this may not mean that the people there are that much happier than the average, but rather that public negativity is frowned upon by their … Continue reading

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Frequently Asked Questions About the 2011 Deficit

What’s the expected 2011 U.S. budget deficit? $1.5 trillion What percent of the 2011 budget is that? 40%. So out of every 10 dollars the government will spend this year they’ll get 6 from tax revenues. They have to borrow … Continue reading

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Wash. TV anchor lands job in Knoxville thanks to Twitter

Westfield Patch – Drohan Tweets Her Wpay From Westfield to Knoxville: Drohan had ifor a job with an NBC affiliate in Washington State, which she was offered. While she ended up declining the job, she chose to place it on … Continue reading

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Social media madness

Hat tip to Cloud Ave. Bonus!

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Jakob Nielsen’s advice on writing Twitter posts for a business

Good stuff. When to Tweet My last design decision was when to post the message to the Twitter timeline. My preferred tweeting time is 9:01 a.m. because it encompasses working hours from California to the U.K. and thus reaches a … Continue reading

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I now understand the genius that is Tad Kochschwinger

After posting this I actually read Tad Kochschwinger’s Twitter feed. Now I think he’s a genius of Twittery obnoxiousness: Bad start to the day. The Segway caught a flat on the way to Starbucks. People don’t just love me because … Continue reading

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Are you on The Twitter? Are you TweetingTooHard.com?

Teh funny. Behold the  “twisdom” on The Twitter. Kochschwinger’s mother-in-law died and his audience was moved. It was win-win for everyone except the dead lady!

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How do I get Kim Kardashian’s picture off of my Twitter profile?

Dear Lazyweb, So I created a Twitter account for work. During account setup Twitter asks if you’d like to follow some of their top Twitterers. Thinking I should see how other people Twitter I picked five people. Now I have … Continue reading

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Twitter FAIL

Patterico has the backstory on this Twitter: “‘So, Johnathan, what did you do today?’ Oh, nothing really. I just gave away TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS of somebody else’s money!”

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