So, that may or may not have managed to get your attention. If you have absolutely no idea what the title may be referring to, Kurt Sutter is the writer/producer of Sons of Anarchy (he also worked on The Shield, and appears on Sons as Otto), and he apparently went off on TV Bloggers, especially those (I guess) who put out episodic recaps/opinions. I imagine some number of said TV Bloggers must … [Read more...]
I hope you're a fan of Haven, the Syfy original about an unusual Maine town afflicted by increasingly wild and crazy events. This Friday, the show is kicking off something very special, incorporating Twitter into the show in a way that has never been attempted before. Built into the storyline on the show, and then played out on Twitter itself, this is a coupling of formats that is truly … [Read more...]
The Awl, and everyone else under the sun, reported today that a memo went out at The New York Times "banning" the use of the word "tweet." Apparently, Phil Corbett, the standards editor, sent out a memo explaining the reasoning behind the "ban," and if The Awl can reprint it, I suppose I can too. While many have commented on the idea in the specific, should it be banned or not, I'm rather taken … [Read more...]
Critics and the general public alike were quick to fire with both barrels at NBC's new show, The Marriage Ref , and most of the time with a good bit of inter-referencing. Several critics have mentioned the Twitter chatter taking place during the show, and by and large it wasn't very positive. A major helping of unhappiness seems to come from the feeling that the massive marketing push for the … [Read more...]
At the NewTeeVee Live conference, it was confirmed that starting November 17th, there are going to be a lot of new options for your XBOX360 and more to the point XBOX Live. Already putting together big pushes in the everything-in-one box theory with lots of XBOX Live options and the ability to stream Netflix movies, you'll now be able to Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm, and plenty of other words that … [Read more...]
If you know me via Twitter to any degree, you probably know that I frequently follow people for no other reason than that @mickipedia @ed them. Just play along if you don't get that. Micki, @mickipedia, or Mickispeedia (ok, or Micki Krimmel), depending on where you are and what she has on her feet, has been one of my favorite Twitter personalities from the day I signed up. It's actually a … [Read more...]
I was surprised the other day to find Headup putting a link on my own website. That's mostly because I don't actually go to my own site with Firefox that often. Headup is a wonderful little plugin I ran into a few months ago, and it opens up the web in a variety of ways by showing up on websites you visit. I was surprised, because I didn't realize Headup searched through links on any … [Read more...]
For a variety of reasons, I've been thinking a lot lately about what Twitter is. How do you explain it to people, and just what the hell do people do with it anyway? Whatever it is, is there any value to it, or is it just the next goofy thing to do online? Not that long ago, I wrote an article entitled Why Twitter is Doomed to Failure, and the general idea there was that … [Read more...]
Welcome to ScreenTime! This week, web phenom Casey McKinnon graces the pages of Are You Screening? You may know her from Galacticast, A Comicbook Orange, or Kitkast, three popular and wonderful webshows she has been involved with. You may know her from her column in The Guardian. You may even just know her from her daily self-portrait on flickr. Then again, … [Read more...]
Somewhere in the back of our minds, we've all known that Twitter is in trouble. I don't mean because every once in a while someone wonders aloud how the thing is going to make anyone any money. That's somewhere in the front of our minds. The recent spin on buying friends for $1 pops the question up again, and we look at, and we talk about money often enough. No, I mean that thing we … [Read more...]
