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 Send to email | Ten News & Information Twitter Feeds You Should Follow in General |  By Silicon
el 26-May-2008 |
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 As NASA's Pheonix Mars Lander made its way down to the Red Planet yesterday, you could catch live coverage on TV, on the Web, and... on Twitter! More than 3,000 Twitter users have been following the Phoenix tweet stream, which included landing updates and links to video and other Web coverage.
We're big fans of this idea: While Twitter is alternately known as a way for pals to keep in touch, or as a tool for self-promoters (nothing wrong with that), it has plenty of more practical uses, too. Some other news and information Twitter streams we're fond of, in no particular order:
@nytimes: Breaking news from The New York Times' homepage. Also specialized streams for world and national headlines, business news, sports, arts, science, etc.
@techmeme: Top headlines from Techmeme, the pulse of tech news, analysis, and, um, other stuff. There's also the Techmeme Firehose if you don't want to miss anything.
@amazon: The unofficial Amazon book finder bot. Follow @amazon and send it a direct message with a book's title or ISBN. It will message you back the price on Amazon -- a good way to see if a book is cheaper at Amazon or your local book store.
@theonion: The fake news -- often more interesting and less depressing than the real news! Also includes links to their audio and (excellent) video reports.
@new_music: New music for music snobs, maintained by NYT technologist Michael Young. A feed of Pitchfork and Metacritic reviews "over 7ish."
@lotd: The lyric of the day -- a feed of song lyrics -- started up by Twitter investor (and avid Tweeter) Fred Wilson.
@shakeshack: Madison Square Park's Shake Shack is known for its burgers, shakes -- and its line. "Got a report on Shake Shack line length? Looking share a table with other hungry Shackburger-loving Twits? Send an update to @shakeshack."
@alleyhour: Like @shakeshack, but for Silicon Alley-types looking for after-work drinking buddies. "Organize impromptu drinks in NYC."
@alleyfeed: Self promotion! The latest headlines from Silicon Alley Insider, automatically fed via Twitter. Also follow @alleyinsider for more select updates and information.
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| Ganzbot: An Arduino Robot That Twitters | | This is a really cool robot head that can show emotions as it reads incoming twitter feeds. The web site has a lot of information about the build, including program downloads and the schematics of the interface board. I definitely want a Ganzbot in my studio.
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| AdSense for Feeds Goes Live | | Over the last week or two some Feedburner Ad Network publishers have been transitioned over to the new AdSense Feed Advertising system and over the weekend AdSense for Feeds has gone live for everyone. You should now see them in your AdSense setup tab.
AdSense for feeds is similar to most AdSense ads in that the [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 18-Aug-2008 by Darren Rowse in AdsenseRSS
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Urgently! is an info-sculpture that explores such phenomena as information overload, Web 2.0 and information aesthetics. News coming from the Internet in real time, is thrown right away into a giant recycle bin in order to be [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 05-Jun-2008 by Nerdblog in General
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