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What happens when a well known celebrity is behind in a charity fundraiser? He makes fun of people. Comedian Michael Ian Black will be making fun of his Twitter followers for charity between 2 to 3 p.m. EST on January 5, 2010.
Black is part of PayPal’s Regift the Fruitcake charity [...]

Have you ever searched for #PRfail on Twitter? It’s a saved search I access on a daily basis. Earlier this week I tweeted about the #PRfail, but the number of retweets made it impossible to see the content. I suspect this post is going to crowd the search a bit, however I’ve pulled my “six [...]

I talked about this in Commentz back in September, but wanted to share here.
I read this stat via Mashable which essentially reinforced the 80/20 rule on Twitter: “80 percent of users are ‘meformers,’ or ‘me now’ status updaters. The rest (20 percent) are informers who use the channels to share informational updates.”
The stat wasn’t surprising, [...]

It was reported this morning that there are already 6.5 million Twitter lists. Impressive numbers. As the number of lists grows it will become increasingly difficult to decide which lists to follow. I’ve done a bit of research to get you started with a few popular lists.
You can easily view all lists related to journalism, [...]

It’s Monday night which means it’s #journchat. Tonight’s chat had approximately 168 professionals (with more than 1,000 tweets) who participated. A one-question poll tonight (taken by 90 of the participants) showed the following breakdown: 26 journalists, 38 PRs, 21 bloggers, 18 marketing professionals among others. While we asked nine questions during the chat, I’ve highlighted [...]

An easy way to follow news outlets on Twitter with one click via Tweepml.org. If you would like to submit a news outlet to add to the list, click here.

Before you scroll down to read the list, a few things you should know:

This is the second year of the Top 50 Tweeples contest. You can view 2008 recipients, here.
There was a public nomination process which took place August 9 through August 18. You had to be nominated by someone along with your area of [...]

Tweeple: Those who use Twitter.
In September/October 2008 I launched the first edition of the Top 50 Tweeples to Follow. It was an opportunity to find interesting people with intriguing content from a variety of backgrounds. The Top 50 list is determined by you and your networks. The original concept was to help new Twitter users [...]

For the past hour or so, it looks like many people’s Twitter posts (or tweets) are also posting to their Facebook accounts. I don’t know the cause, but I did find a way to successfully stop it per a tweet from @KatieKrafka.

Here’s what worked for me:
Go to a Facebook status populated from Twitter and [...]

 I haven’t really thought of myself as a character, but apparently that’s what I am.
On June 16 and 17, myself, along with 139 other Twitter folk, (a.k.a. Twitter characters) will invade New York City to discuss all things Twitter at #140conf. This means rubbing elbows with the likes of Jack Dorsey (co-founder of Twitter) to [...]

 
I read a post earlier this week about a national “fist bump” day occurring in the United States on June 3. The day is inspired by President Obama’s public fist bump only a year ago. While I’m not one to talk politics, I like the concept behind this. A day dedicated to putting aside differences, embracing [...]

Win Kindle II for entering vetted media contacts and tweeting support on Twitter

Post to 
I’m using the MediaOnTwitter wiki! Win a Kindle 2 for entering info #mediatweet http://bit.ly/mediatweet

MediaOnTwitter, powered by TrackVia’s online database, is the first shareable media database available to Twitter users. It is a free resource and media can be sorted by beat, location, name or media outlet.
MediaOnTwitter [...]

Bring. It. On. 
Just finished up the 10th week with #journchat as the TOP TRENDING topic on Twitter. Whew! It’s been a whirlwind. While it’s the highlight of my week to moderate our lovely chat, I’d like to bring a new perspective on a regular basis. 
This is a chat about journalism and new media between journalists, [...]

GUEST POST from Chris Martin, @CMPR
While having an amazing “rambling, cover-the-entire world of social media in 90 minutes chat” with @PRSarahEvans today over baked manicotti and steak salad, we arrived at the conclusion that one of social media’s many great contributions to society and culture is that it helps us all move towards a more [...]