For a while, Twitter was asking its users how and why they use the service. For some, like me, Twitter is another social network. This time, over text messaging.
Yes, you can start by following your favorite weblebrities for some possible exposure to your current project, but Twitter is also a wonderful medium for meeting and conversing with everyday people around the world quickly and easily. Everyday people.
In a sentence, Twitter is a group of millions who are “tweeting” and waiting for @replies. Seriously.
But how do you join in on the conversation? Simple. Track it. Send track X to 40404. Each time X is “tweeted”, you’ll know about it.
Some possible uses…
Track Your Project
If you own a website or a blog, track what others are saying about it (e.g., track hackcollege and track hack college).
Track Your Stomping Ground
If you’re looking to meet others in your area, track your city (e.g., track new haven). Many weblebrities will “tweet” when they are recently arriving to X. Why not recommend a good place for pizza? And when you arrive to X, “tweet” about it. Ask the masses where to find the best vegan food.
If you’re looking to see if anyone else at your school is on Twitter, track your school (e.g., track yale). With this, you’ll also be in the know whenever something scandalous is going on (e.g., Aliza Shvarts). Everyone will be “tweeting” about it.
Track Your Interests
Are you looking for a partner for the gym? I’ve already sent track new haven fitness.
Track Yourself!
And, most importantly, be sure to track yourself (e.g., track @r0see and track r0see and track rosario doriott).
With how the @reply is currently set up, you’ll only receive an @reply text message if you’re already following that person. But with tracking, you’re going to be in on conversations from those you’re not already following. So @reply to them, and they’ll @reply back to you. But to receive that @reply text message back, you’re going to need to track yourself.
Note: But like I said before, millions are using Twitter and “tweeting” several times daily. If you find yourself overwhelmed, send untrack X to 40404.
We’ve still got the “Get a Job” series in our heads and we can’t get it out. Our friend Gary Vaynerchuk of WineLibraryTV talked about personal branding and fantasy baseball on his blog yesterday, garyvaynerchuk.com. I’m convinced he’s a genius.
Meeting a friend for lunch, and you’ve agreed to meet halfway? a.placebetween.us finds that midpoint and spits out the names and addresses of the restaurants nearby. Nice.
Step 1. Enter in the addresses.
This works like Google Maps. Enter in an address or a zip code or a city, state for yourself and everyone else (should you be meeting a couple friends).
Step 2. Choose the menu.
Are you looking for American food, Chinese food, Italian food, coffee, a movie theater, or a bowling alley? Enter this in the yellow box.
Step 3. Find what’s between.
And if you’re not satisfied with the midpoint, feel free to zoom in and move the green marker around. Say you want a restaurant closer to the highway. Go ahead and move the green marker to a new location. It will reload with new restaurants.
Kelly and Chris, it looks like we’d meet at the Sonic Drive-In in Chanute, KS.
Nuonsoft’s ShellEnhancer gives Windows several features found pre-installed in several versions of Linux and Mac: Always On Top, Transparency, Rollup, Minimize to Tray, Mouse Gestures, and more.
Always On Top is a feature that allows you to click through the Internet while keeping, for example, a Word .doc window always on top –helpful if you’re browsing Wikipedia and taking notes. No longer will you have to mouse down to your Taskbar to Restore a Minimized Window over and over and over and over again. No more!
After install, simply right-click on the Menu Bar of any window.
All a college student needs for a sumptuous feast is some boiling water. This is the essential ingredient for Easy Mac, tea and of course, Raamen noodles. But if you live in an older dorm — or anywhere in Los Angeles — you don’t want to die of lead poisoning. No matter what they try to tell you about the bottled water craze, you can tell them — at least it doesn’t run through lead pipes.
Though the water might come out of the faucet scalding hot — or even just warm enough to mix up some hot coaca — invest in a boiler instead. Immersion boilers, though failure-prone, are cheap, easy and small enough to hide from an RA. Or, just invest in a plastic boiler kettle. They run about $10 and it’ll be gross in less than a semester. But it won’t be as bad as:
Reduced cognitive abilities, or nausea, abdominal pain, irritability, insomnia, metal taste in oral cavity, excess lethargy or hyperactivity, headache and, in extreme cases, seizure and coma.
(Those things are also caused by alcohol, so try not to get confused.)
Remember this from chemistry?: Heat causes solvents to become aqueous more quickly. They dissolve easier. So, only use hot tap water to wash things or for making baby formula (please don’t take that seriously). And don’t cheat — hot water won’t boil that much faster than the cold. And boiling surely doesn’t remove lead content.
One of the best ways to control your first-page Google hits is to register a domain name under your own name. If yours isn’t available, try adding your middle name as well. For example, mine is michaelkellysutton.com.
Once you’ve registered your personal web page, you need to decide where to redirect it. It might be a little expensive to get buy hosting for this site if you’re not going to do anything with it. Here are a few ideas on where to redirect your resume site:
Your LinkedIn profile
Your blog
Your Facebook/MySpace profile (be carefule about this one)
12:44 pm on December 13th, 2007 by Rosario Doriott
So a few nights ago, here in New Haven, CT, my car was broken into. My front passenger window was smashed, my door dented, and (among other things) my new Garmin GPS was stolen. How mean.
I drive an old Jaguar XJ6, and my GPS was actually in the passenger-side glove box. My new Adidas Superstars were sitting on the back seat, so I’m assuming they were worth breaking my window. And once inside my car, why not look around. And then why not leave my door slightly open, so that once I get back to my car, my battery is dead. Geez, guys.
Anyway, I will get my window replaced this Saturday, and eventually I’ll be able to buy back everything that was stolen from me.
For now, I’ve taken the time to research a little bit. What could I have done differently? One thing I’ve found online is called GadgetTrak.
GadgetTrak provides proven theft recovery solutions for a wide range of portable devices including cell phones, PDAs, removable media devices (iPods®, Sony PSPs® digital cameras, flash drives, GPS devices) and Apple computers. GadgetTrak can tell where your stolen gadget is, who stole it and even what they’re wearing.
If you can connect your device via USB to a computer, you can use GadgetTrak. It’s a piece of software that, once your device is connected to a computer, will be triggered to send its whereabouts to your GadgetTrak account. You can then print out this information and present it to your local law enforcement. Then, if they care, you’ll be one step closer to getting your stuff back.
When I first noticed my car was broken into, I tried waving down three cop cars. All looked at me, but none stopped. So while those of us in New Haven are probably out of luck in this sort of predicament, it’s worth a try for others of you.
Any other tips or ideas? Let me and your fellow HackCollege readers know in the comments.
Finals are upon everyone not studying abroad. Chris and I over in Dusseldorf are busting our balls making our thesis films, though. Here’s a roundup of all things finals related to gear you up for the next week:
If you’re the type to break up with your significant other over email, text message, Facebook message, or AIM, BreakUpEmail can help.
Check a few reasons why you are breaking up, decide whether or not you want to remain friends, choose a typical “break up line” if you must, and submit. You’ll receive a grammatically correct, multi-paragraph text ready for copy and paste.
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