Month: May 2008

  • Y.M.T.A

    Compete did an analysis of Twitter users in April. They found users tend to be Young, Male, and Twitter Addicted. Two fascinating stats: Twitter skews heavily towards the college/twenty-something crowd. Twitter attracts 18-24 year-olds at nearly twice the rate of an average U.S website. Splitting age demographics based on usage intensity shows that heavy users…

  • The age of geek empowerment

    For as it is written, the last shall be first and the geek shall inherit the earth. — David Brooks in The New York Times. (via Rex Hammock)

  • Give this blog post 5 stars or I’ll beat your ass

    Social media has evolved to the days when angry story subjects showed up at newspapers to take a swing at the editor. That’s actually happened once since I’ve been at the News Sentinel, but that’s a tale for another day.. Of course, the tactic may not be all that successful. Revised headline: Give this post…