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Comment on Groups for Twitter; or A Proposal for Twitter Tag Channels by The 10 Kinds Of Twitter Hashtaggers | Test

The 10 Kinds Of Twitter Hashtaggers | Test — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:32:33 +0000

[...] back in ye olde aught seven, a humble man named Chris Messina proposed a convention for nerds to organize at events: The pound sign, making groups easily searchable. [...]

Comment on Twitter hashtags for emergency coordination and disaster relief by How did the idea for hashtags originate in Twitter? - Quora

How did the idea for hashtags originate in Twitter? - Quora — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:50:29 +0000

[...] Krewson, Journalist in Charlotte. @underoak And from Messina himself, on Oct. 22:http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2007/…Insert a dynamic date hereView All 0 CommentsCannot add comment at this [...]

Comment on An icon for WordPress by andy böh

andy böh — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:07:07 +0000

Thanks for the great icons. I’ll love them an i will use them on my website.

Comment on Making the most of hashtags by FactoryCity » Kicking off 2008 with a themeword

FactoryCity » Kicking off 2008 with a themeword — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:20:07 +0000

[...] interesting about this, however, is that we were able to extend participation by constructing a hashtag-based meme on Twitter. It started simply [...]

Comment on Two tastes better together: Combining OpenID and OAuth with OpenID Connect by What I would change in OAuth « mixedpuppy

What I would change in OAuth « mixedpuppy — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 02:45:06 +0000

[...] Maybe what I really want is OpenID Connect [...]

Comment on Independent study on OpenID awareness using Mechanical Turk by Chris Messina

Chris Messina — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 23:51:49 +0000

Ah, wow. I dropped the ball on this one, eh? Thanks for following up but no, I never did re-run this survey.

It might be worth it to revisit this idea in 2011, but I think the motivation for this exercise largely depends on where the OpenID Foundation wants to take the brand — and whether consumer awareness matters as much to its proponents as it had the potential to, say, in 2008.

Comment on Independent study on OpenID awareness using Mechanical Turk by Dan Brickley

Dan Brickley — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 12:52:19 +0000

Hey Chris!

“I plan to re-run this study every 3-6 months”

Did you? Any more plans in this direction?

Comment on New microsyntax for Twitter: three pointers and the slasher by The Short and Illustrious History of Twitter #Hashtags

The Short and Illustrious History of Twitter #Hashtags — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 02:33:15 +0000

[...] types of metadata markers, for instance /via, /cc and /by. Those have been christened “slashtags,” but they haven’t caught on quite as [...]

Comment on Groups for Twitter; or A Proposal for Twitter Tag Channels by The Short and Illustrious History of Twitter #Hashtags

The Short and Illustrious History of Twitter #Hashtags — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 02:32:56 +0000

[...] in the spring summer of 2007, Messina proposed the hashtag as a way to group conversations on Twitter, which was then an incredibly simple [...]

Comment on New microsyntax for Twitter: three pointers and the slasher by Barton Smith

Barton Smith — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 12:23:17 +0000

Ha I acutally spent some time trying to standardise my twitter pointers; figuring out brackets, colons, location. This is great though and is very similar to what I use on my blog. Will begin using from now on. Let’s hope it catches on. Shame is, most people don’t care though.