Twitter Dictionary: A Guide to Understanding Twitter Lingo Updated October 14, 2016 / Posted August 27, 2010 By Vangie Beal Webopedia's Twitter Dictionary will help you understand Twitter chat, Twitter abbreviations and Twitter slang. Twitter is a free microbloging, or social messaging tool that lets you stay connected to people through tweets, a Twitter-specific post that can contain up to 140 characters, images, or videos. Twitter Dictionary: Understanding Twitter Abbreviations and Slang As with any new social medium, there is an entire vocabulary of abbreviations and slang words that users of the Twitter service ("Twitterers") adopt. Twerminology: 119 Twitter Slang Words & Abbreviations Our collection of the best twerminology includes definitions to more than 100 Twitter abbreviations, words, phrases, and tools that are commonly used on (or associated with) the Twitter service. Quick Links: Numbers & Characters A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | Tools & Apps Twitter Abbreviations: Numbers & Characters Twitter Abbreviations: A
KMWorld 100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management When we first published our list almost a decade-and-a-half ago, our goal was to help shape the knowledge management market. Back then, KM was still shaking off a somewhat tarnished reputation after a number of well publicized, massively over budget failures. Because we're all aware of the true value of discovery and delivery of the right information to the right people at the right time, we assembled a group of colleagues, analysts, system integrators and a select group of users for a year-long collaborative effort to identify organizations dedicated to that goal. As has been the case since its inception, the list is intended to spark a larger discussion of knowledge management. We're always on the lookout for groundbreaking solutions or notable modifications to existing ones. And, throughout the year, the organizations and products we find most interesting will be showcased in our magazine and on our site, kmworld.com.
Say Hello To Slack, The Newest Enterprise Social Network, And The Latest Effort From Flickr Co-Founder Stewart Butterfield’s Tiny Speck Stand aside Yammer, Convo, Socialcast, Hipchat and the rest, and make way for another hopeful in the world of enterprise social networking: Stewart Butterfield, one of the co-creators of Flickr who subsequently departed from Yahoo in a colorful fashion in 2008, is today launching Slack, a platform aimed at teams of co-workers to converse, work on projects together, and share links, pictures and more in real time. This is the second service to come out of Tiny Speck, the studio started by Butterfield and other early Flickr employees. Tiny Speck first gained fame with a multiplayer game called Glitch. Slack is launching as a desktop, iPhone and Android app, with a responsive mobile web app in the works as well, Butterfield tells me. While gaming is definitely a tough game in the world of startups, enterprise may prove to be a richer field. Slack stands somewhere firmly in the middle of these.
Five uninstallers that really work It never ceases to amaze me how many applications include built-in uninstallers, yet leave fragments behind when you remove them. Fortunately, you don't have to be at the mercy of an application's own uninstaller. A number of commercial uninstallers are available that do a good job cleaning up your computer. Note: This list is also available as a photo gallery. 1: Revo Uninstaller When you launch Revo Uninstaller, it automatically displays a list of the applications it can uninstall (Figure A). Figure A Revo Uninstaller 2: Your Uninstaller Another uninstaller worth considering is Your Uninstaller. Figure B Your Uninstaller In addition to its software removal capabilities, Your Uninstaller contains a disk cleaner, which gets rid of junk files. My two personal favorite features are the File Shredder, which securely deletes files, and the Startup Manager. 3: IObit Uninstaller Like the other uninstallers, IObit Uninstaller starts by listing all the programs that can be uninstalled. Figure C
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How to Add Multiple Users to a List With One Click! From any search, just click “All criteria” in the bottom navigation bar, then click “Add all to list”. All the users will be added to the list! This feature is very useful if you want to clone a list from your competitor on Twitter, for example. You just have to add a list as a source, then click “Add all to list”. You can also add a text file as a source, then add all to a list that already exists or create a new one.
How to Stop Google, Facebook and Twitter From Tracking You On the Internet, every site you visit is recorded. There are tools to help block this act, but what does it really mean to be tracked on the Web? And what types of information do companies have about you? Tools by Disconnect literally "disconnect" you from Facebook, Google and Twitter so that these major sites don't keep track of your browsing. "If consumers express increased concern about this kind of tracking," says ESET security evangelist Stephen Cobb, "then we might see the people who do it moderate that behavior. Something like this has probably happened to you: You read about back surgery on some website, and then every page you go to has an ad for a back surgery clinic in Florida. It is exactly this type of behavior that Disconnect's tools try to combat, or at least slow down by inspecting the outgoing requests from the browser. Google Incognito browsing is not as hidden as it seems. How Disconnect Works Collusion for Google Chrome Shows How Websites Track You
Twitter Hashtags 101: Complete Guide to Discovery and Power | Internet Media Labs Blog Twitter hashtags can connect you to people and conversations all over the world … Oh! The places you’ll go!Out there things can happen and frequently do, to people as brainy and footsy as you. And when things start to happen, don’t worry. Don’t stew. The Hashtag: A Door to Discovery on Twitter It is hard to miss the # sign attached to keywords, acronyms and phrases in tweets on Twitter. Started as a way to create groupings on Twitter, hashtags are now a powerful convention for those looking to tag, find, mine and participate in conversations on Twitter. What is a hashtag? “The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet. The Hashtag Conversation: Trending Topics and Twitter Chats On Twitter, you can find millions of tweets using hashtags. However, the real gold for Twitter conversations can be found on regularly scheduled and organized Twitter Chats for specific topics–some casual, but many, very smart and serious topics. Hashtags for Search and SEO 1. 2. 3.
Speed Up Wordpress From 8 Seconds to 1 Second or Less Do you see those “Pingdom Before” speed results? 8.27 seconds load time! When I saw that,“Speed Up WordPress” jumped to the TOP of my to do list for this blog. 8.27 seconds. It took a few different experiments to speed up wordpress, and after much tweaking and un-tweaking, I was able to make my blog load a lot faster! The results vary based on time of day and other factors out of my control, but usually, my results are around a second or less. Here is what I did; the good, the bad, and the ugly! Some things to know: I am on shared hosting on HostGator.My theme is Suffusion.My WordPress version is up-to-date.I don’t claim in any way to be a WordPress expert. First, I took a baseline of my blog’s performance. Pingdom - 8.27 secondsYSlow - D, 63Google Page Speed - 78 Speed Up WordPress by Optimizing My Cache This area took me the longest. I took it down and tried WP Super Cache. So many of the tutorials online are not an ideal set up for shared hosting like I have on HostGator.
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Has Microsoft Leapfrogged Apple? What a difference ten years can make! Merely decade ago, we were just getting used to the idea that Apple would survive as an independent company. Now it’s the most valuable business in the world. Microsoft, on the other hand, went from being the dominant player with monopoly power to the gang that couldn’t shoot straight. They’ve seemed to miss every major trend, stumbling, bumbling and putting out inferior products. The funny thing is, among all the failures and screw-ups, Balmer and team seem to have finally put all the pieces together to gear up for a major resurgence. The Rise and Fall of the PC and Wintel The 1990’s were the age of the “Wintel” duopoly. Microsoft and Intel rose to dominance as corporations began to invest in IT and by the end of the decade there was a computer on every desk. Apple missed out and by the end of the decade was on its last legs. Thus began the first great comeback in of the digital age. The Post-PC World Xbox Live and Kinect Windows 8