Word On The Tweet 12 – I Love The 80’s

This week Jeff Parsons and Fred Abaroa are joined by Bob Collins and Christine Major

• The impact of Michael Jackson’s death on Twitter including the word spreading and Twitter dealing with the strain.

• Facebook keeps becoming more like Twitter, now allowing updates to be available to anyone through search

• Is the volume of noise on Twitter increasing?

• Is 140 characters enough for Twitter?

Tweep Picks:

Bob: @tpldrew @jpcarroll

Christine: @geechee_girl

Fred: @geechee_girl

Jeff: @Ihnatko

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 52:08 — 23.9MB)

Word On The Tweet 11 – Everbody Take A Drink

This week Jeff Parsons and Fred Abaroa are joined by David Rosen and Heather DeSimone

Show Notes:

• Twitter and the Iran election.

• The 140 Characters Conference in New York

• Twitter Tool: Tweetdeck for iPhone and Buzz Bird

• Picks:

Heather: @retailminded

David: @marieiris @michaelgregoire

Fred: @cmajor @robertcollins

Jeff: @majornelson

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:00:56 — 27.9MB)

Word On The Tweet LIVE

We’re going to give this a shot and see if it works. Tonight at 8:30ET we will be recording Word On The Tweet episode 11 with Jeff Parsons, Fred Abaroa, David Rosen, and Heather DeSimone. For the first time we’ll be streaming the recording live with video. This is some major beta stuff so we’ll try it for as long as the bandwidth will allow us. Here is the link to the chat room to watch and hear the podcast:

http://tinychat.com/wordonthetweet

All we ask is that you please do not turn on your cameras and microphones while we are recording. Interacting with the panel in chat however is encouraged.

If you want to show up early feel free. Cameras and mics before and after the recording are fine.

Hope to see you tonight for the first ever live Word On the Tweet!

Word On The Tweet 10 – The Twitpocalypse

This week @JeffParsons and @CostaVidaFred are joined by @choley, @jdenkmire and @gooddogz to discuss the Twitterverse, covering Twitter news, tools, celebs and more.

Show Notes:

• Twitter starts rolling out verified accounts, sort of.

• The Twitpocalypse!!!!

• Google launching a Twitter search engine?

• The cat door that tweets!

• Twitter Tool: Twitteranalyzer.com

• Tweep Picks:

Josh: @markosm and@amaliebenjamin Nichole: @sj_scannerland and @johnwbz
Nancy: @petconnection and @BrewskiButt
Fred: @mamabeecomedy
Jeff: @theonion

• Celebrity Tweep: @trent_reznor

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 52:03 — 23.9MB)

Word On The Tweet 9 – A Bard’s Tale

This week @JeffParsons and @CostaVidaFred are joined by @Sarah_Wallace, @BarbAtSea and Shannon Bard of @BardCoffee to discuss the Twitterverse, covering Twitter news, tools, celebs and more.

Show Notes:

• @BardCoffee introduces Coffee to Go via Twitter @BardToGo

• Harvard study shows that only a few do most of the tweeting.

• Tony LaRussa sues and later settles with Twitter:

• Does Time Magazine explain Twitter better than Twitter?

• This week’s Twitter Tool: Twitter Feed

• Tweep Picks:

Shannon: @GriffinClubMerv

Sarah: @stevegarfield

Barbara: @robert_banghart

Fred: @fishshark

Jeff: @MovieMom

• Celebrity Tweep: Lance Armstrong

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:05 — 24.3MB)

Tonight Show Twitter Tracker

Conan O’Brien took over the Tonight Show this week and besides being on an hour earlier and getting new digs in Los Angeles that are reminiscent of the Carson set, not much with him has changed. I still think Conan is 100% funnier than Leno ever was.

This bit however wasn’t one of his better ones. Just a monster truck like voice guy shouting cute Twitter puns for their supposed “Tonight Show Twitter Tracker” segment, while Conan pleads that all the hype isn’t necessary. A comment on the sudden popularity of Twitter I guess. Eh. Hope it get better from here Conan. Check out the clip below.

Twitter Coming To XBox 360

Microsoft continues its efforts to make the XBox 360 more than just a gaming platform by adding its very own Twitter client. Microsoft made the announcement today at E3 along with a slew of other additions to the console that are expected later this year in the annual fall update. Also included are the addition of Last.fm and Facebook integration.

John Schappert, corporate vice president of Interactive Entertainment LIVE, Software and Studios at Microsoft had this to say of the new upgrade:

By bringing Twitter, Facebook and Last.fm to Xbox 360, we’re not only extending the walls of your living room beyond your home to your friends all over the world, we’re creating the definitive social network, uniting more than 300 million people to share thoughts on music, play games and tweet.

Looks like a purchase of that attachable to the controller keyboard thing-a-ma-bob is in the future for a lot of XBox users.

Microsoft’s Press Release announcing Twitter integration with XBox 360

Word On The Tweet 8 – She’s Like Rich Brooks Only Hotter

This week Jeff Parsons and Fred Abaroa are joined by Amanda O’Brien of Hall Web Services, Web Developer David Rosen and GriffinClubMerv to discuss the Twitterverse, covering Twitter news, tools, celebs and more.

Show Notes:

• Twitter wants to do a TV show

• Al Roker tweets pictures at jury duty

• Are Raptr and SpyMaster becoming annoying in Twitter streams?

• Is Google Wave a Twitter killer?

• Twitter Tool: Group Tweet

• Tweep Picks: Amanda: @gregcangialosi, Merv: @samcousins, David: @wilw, Fred: @zaibatsu, Jeff: @fancyfembot

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 50:13 — 23.0MB)