John M. Ryan

One quarter of all tweets generated by bots!

It turns out that 24% of all tweets are not generated by people, but rather by bots! But not to worry, these are not all spam bots. You might even be using a ‘bot’ yourself! You know, those wonderful tools that allow you to send out a tweet when you post to your blog. That is [...]

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Boards.ie Are the moderators fair?

There is an update to this post found here Being a moderator on any forum can be difficult – it is a hard job, but what about one of the most popular sites on the internet boards.ie. I do think boards.ie is a wonderful site, one of the best in Ireland! This poll is to find out [...]

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Not on Twitter, maybe you are out of the loop?

It really is amazing how the internet has evolved. For a while it just sat there being the internet. Now it is so much more than just a pile of information. It is social. Facebook, Twitter and bebo have connected long lost friends and so much more. Twitter has become such an important information stream, [...]

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Twitter: Do you tweet celebrities?

I expanded the list of people I follow  on  twitter lately, not being as strict about who I followed as before. I mean twitter can help you expand your social networking from the usual blogger types and tech nerds of the internet. But there is another – well established class of people using twitter, they hail from [...]

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Today on John’s Twitter (2009-05-05)

Chinese stir fry night 18:24:00 RT @lexia: naps are God’s way of hugging you 20:46:42 just watching the Meaning of Life on RTE Player – check it out 23:29:03 Tweet

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Today on John’s Twitter (2009-05-03)

I guess u have to be weird like me to like – The Sarah Silverman Program 00:50:55 @Juliet17101 heheh – yea, I downloaded TweeDeck very cool, sorry Pats i’ve just gone thru a 6 packer! in reply to Juliet17101 01:02:57 @Juliet17101 Yea my first beer in about 2 months believe it or not! in reply [...]

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Twitter – Show me the money!

Internet reports are giving word recently that Twitter is in  “late stage talks” with Google over a proposed acquisition. It won’t be the first time Google has purchased something which is dominating the internet in recent years, such as YouTube. And interestingly enough like YouTube, Twitter, is also a service which has yet to produce [...]

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Famous and on Twitter

Britney Spears: # Bio Yes! This is the real Britney Spears! We’ve got updates from her team, her website and yes, even Britney herself! Stephen Fry: # Bio Dancer, couturier, superheavyweight boxer, neo-plasticist and rapper Barack Obama Wil Wheaton: # Bio I’m just this guy, you know? Jonathan Ross: # Bio Number One Twitter Detective. [...]

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