http://www.mediaartstudio.com/blog Social interactions, Media and Art Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:24:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Two of my favorite tools together in one. Tumblr and Twitter used as a datamining tool. I am having a tough time figuring out how to play with this, but I am totally intrigued. http://www.tweetip.com/ http://tweetip.tumblr.com/post/27780274/tweetipfh-a-twitter-tumblr-client-designed-for http://twitter.com/tweetip http://www.mediaartstudio.com/blog/2008/07/08/twitter-tools-including-tweetip/ Business Week publishes an article today on Why Twitter Matters. Some of the best comments from the article run to why we hang on to the mundane comments about what someone is eating, to what they found under the couch. The author points out these are often the same comments we ... http://www.mediaartstudio.com/blog/2008/05/15/business-week-outs-twitter-as-important/ I spend less and less time actually toting around my laptop these days and more often taking advantage of computers located wherever I am working. One of the tools I am going to integrate into this is Portable Apps. These are tiny open source versions of applications that can run ... http://www.mediaartstudio.com/blog/2008/05/12/portable-applications-small-and-powerful-apps-on-the-go/ I found a great post today on Twitter that I immediately retweeted (what you do when you broadcast something to your network) the link. 50 easy things to consider when reducing your carbon footprint. I liked these ideas since they didn't require radical changes in lifestyle and were based around ... http://www.mediaartstudio.com/blog/2008/04/22/in-honor-of-earthday-how-to-reduce-your-carbon-footprint/ This Saturday, if you are in Houston, TX you can get punched! Sucker Punched in a brilliant way. Tim Newton will be the headliner at an Art Show and Exhibit at this cooler than cool store. This night there will be a DJ, light refreshments, T-shirts and the best Dali-esque ... http://www.mediaartstudio.com/blog/2008/04/08/interactivity-does-a-creativeleak-in-the-art-world/ Seesmic is a rapidly growing website building on the video/chat network. I have recently seen traffic and mention of Twhirl among other Twitter friends and followers as a great desktop application for Twitter. Now that didn't take long did it? Today, Seesmic announces the acquisition of Twhirl. Looks like good ... http://www.mediaartstudio.com/blog/2008/04/03/seesmic-snags-twhirl-for-desktop-application-of-video-chat/ Check out the tool Tweetscan and see how many ways to think of using it. It will scan the recent database of tweets and preview all tweets with your name in it for example. See who is talking about you or about what.  Did I check out my name? Of course, ... http://www.mediaartstudio.com/blog/2008/03/26/narcissistic-goodness-or-valuable-twitter-tool/ Shel wrote a great analysis of Twitter and it's community uses at this years SXSW 2008. More importantly, he discussed the idea of using it as a community building both before and after an event. There were some obvious limitations, but the overall popularity is undeniable. Twitter was used to ... http://www.mediaartstudio.com/blog/2008/03/25/twittersxswi/ Pay attention folks. It seems like such an easy thing to do. I love this little test, I promise it is completely work and child safe.   http://www.mediaartstudio.com/blog/2008/03/21/pay-attention-details/ Start blogging. I have kept several websites and blogs, but a return trip to SXSWi pulled me out from under my rock. I need a place to communicate, about the things I love, the things I am passionate about. Why blog? The question now has become why not? http://www.mediaartstudio.com/blog/2008/03/21/sxswi-2008/