Five years ago today I signed up to Twitter. It confused me. 7 days later the 2nd Irish Blog Awards took place in Dublin. It was a fantastic night and it was there that I met some of the people who would become my first followers, and in turn, followees. The first bunch were special, [...]

Many people say social media is a waste of time, “Get off the computer and just meet your friends in the pub!” some might say — it has been said by one or two of my uncles — Rarely a day goes by I don’t hear someone “coin” the term “Anti-social media”, but I can’t [...]

There have been a lot of interesting stories floating about lately; the banning of the Hunky Dory ads because I stared at all the crisps, the people voting for a hung parliament, Ash Cloud being the new Swine Flu, to name a few, though one of the biggest stories for the technically minded, and free [...]

A simple tweet: The responses: So that’s 3 Cornettos?

Seriously, rule number one: Do Not Spam. If you do I will not give you the feedback you want. I will not want to use your business. I will not care. Do not spam. Do not spam. Do not spam. Do not spam. Don’t mind at all.

Just a quick note on the Twitter lists that were the talk of last week. Many people are seeing it as a popularity thing, or as a marketing thing. Twitter is, always has been, and always will be so many different things to different people. For me, it is so much. Keeping up with general [...]

That’s the headline I’m expecting any day now. They won’t be referring to Stephen Fry, but in fact me. I’m not trying to ‘pull a Stephen Fry’ obviously, I have different reasons (listed below). However it has come about in an article in today’s Belfast Telegraph that I am one of the “most popular and [...]

I remember saying I would ease up on the frequency of my tweets a month or so ago, and I had been for the last few months, without realising it. Though my usage has changed quite a bit recently. It’s hard to describe in what way, but just differently. Good and bad. Its just different. [...]

The first Twestival took place in Feburary, with money raised going to Charity:Water, this time around Twestival Local is hitting the Bunatee bar in Queens Students Union on Thursday from 7pm in aid of Camphill NI – which was established to teach, train and care for those with special needs because of their various mental, [...]

In July I tweeted less than the 8 months before it: