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I’m One of the 300

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 09:46:07 +0000

Gotta love the Twitter lists! I’m one of the 300 active designers you should follow on Twitter. Thanks for including me.

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How Much is Your Twitter Profile Worth?

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:00:40 +0000

Hmpf. If someone paid me $382, I sure wouldn’t sell my Twitter account. Check your own at TweetValue, made by a countryman of mine.

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Twitter and Me

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:43:15 +0000

Microblogging service Twitter isn’t just a fad, it’s something constantly growing in popularity, although it has its ups and downs. For instance, take a look at this Google Trends comparison (for 2008 so far) with Jaiku and Pownce, there’s no doubt that Twitter is holding out strong. Surely the slump it is in now is due to the fact that it is Summer, and the good weather always has an impact on things online.

Actually, the most interesting thing in this graph, is that Jaiku and Pownce are more or less on the same page, while Twitter is massive in comparison.

As you probably know by now, I’m a dedicated Twitter user. I’m on Jaiku and Pownce too, but my activities there are more sporadic, although I participate in discussions and although I syndicate content across these services, I make sure to add some original value as well. Twhirl is a saviour, surely.

Twitter is my favorite, despite the downtime and technical issues. I used to swear by Jaiku, but internationally it is pretty small (Jaiku is bigger than Twitter in Sweden though). I used to think that Jaiku was a lot better, but then they started having issues as well, and while I have a lot of patience with Twitter since it is packed with people, the relative silence of Jaiku made me if not leave it, so not prioritize it.

Pownce is another favorite, or used to be. During the beta, the community was nice, more like an open forum than a microblogging tool. Now it is slow and full of cross-posted content, like I’m doing. Problem is, while I follow up on all answers to my pownces, some people won’t do that. Also, Pownce is often ridiculously slow, which is almost as bad as Twitter’s constant issues.

So I’m twittering away on a daily basis, or at least during work hours. Why?

Navel Gazing, and I’m Proud of It

My Twitter followers know that while I do syndicate some content to Twitter, like posts from this very blog, I’m not really utilizing the service to pimp my online work. That’s right, Twitter isn’t a marketing channel first and foremost for me.

I’m on Twitter for four main reasons:

To sniff out news stories. Lots of news break on Twitter, so why not be there?
To build my personal brand.
To connect with new people. This has already resulted in freelancers, interviews on BloggerTalks, and so on.
To be a little more personal when I feel like it. By that I’m keeping that stuff from my blog.

The personal stuff could be me whining about it being hot in the office, talking about coffee, pushing out cool links, talking a bit about games… You get the point, really miscellaneous stuff that I don’t want littering my blog.

Twitter for me is truly navel gazing, with a touch of spin-off gains. It’s chitchatting with more or less like-minded people. I’m not taking it particularly seriously, it’s more a distraction with benefits.

With that said, I do realize the value of Twitter, what could be done with it, and understand that I’m not utilizing it. That’s OK, everything I do doesn’t need to be a brilliant ploy, taking me one step closer to ruling the universe.

You can follow me on Twitter if you’d like.

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Spinning the Blogo Beta

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:27:38 +0000

I’m enjoying a cup of coffee while taking the new version of desktop blog software Blogo for a spin. It’s still in beta, but I’ve been granted access by Ben over at Brainjuice, and at first glance there are some great improvements. You might remember Blogo from my desktop blogging article over at Devlounge.

Like the Twitter support, for instance.

People into stalking me probably know that I’m totally addicted to Twitter these days (follow me!). It’s a real challenge getting anything done… Anyway, my Twitter client of choice is Twhirl, but I must say that Blogo might give it a run for the money, we’ll see.

I’ll dig deeper into the beta later tonight, or tomorrow if I know what’s good for me. I’ll do one thing though, I’ll treat you to a screenshot of the new Microblog Viewer as it looks right now:

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My Editorship Has Begun

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:14:49 +0000

I’m the new editor over at The Blog Herald, as of yesterday actually. It was officially announced today though, so pop over for that. Among the things on my plate for this gig is of course a redesign, you can follow that on the site of course, and via Twitter, both mine and the one created for The Blog Herald.

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Follow Me On Twitter

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:44:07 +0000

I’ve been Twittering pretty frequently, engrossing myself in conversations and whatnot. There’s been a link on my Stalker page for some time, but I’ve favored Jaiku until now.

Do consider following me on Twitter if you’re on this particular microblogging platform.

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Jaiku So Want To Be Twitter

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:19:14 +0000

As of now, Jaiku is down. It was having problems yesterday as well. Just like Twitter has all the time, the equivalence of downtime these days. Although it used to be worse. Copying the downtime part of Twitter feels like a bad idea. However, now that Jaiku is down, this is what you get:

Certainly reminds me of the Twitter’s down page, with the bird and all, right? Looks pretty bad if you ask me.

You can stalk me on these two fine microblogging services if you like.