Today is Twitter’s seventh birthday and I’ve been giving a lot of thought to how much this microblogging tool has grown in such a short time and how powerful it has become in sharing information. Especially in light of something that’s happened recently. Last Saturday, I was flying from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles and [...]
One of the websites I learned about at this weekend’s L.A. Times Travel Show was from my fellow panelist, Jessica Marati of Gadling.com. It won’t save you money, but if you use Twitter for business it might make you money. It’s called Tweriod and it’s a free tool that helps you make the most of [...]
Twitter is one of the go-to places for travelers to turn to get information, recommendations and travel inspiration. There are plenty of great travel tweeters to choose from but the 13 below will not disappoint. These tweeters are for those who love to travel, are eager to learn travel tips and want to stay informed [...]
If you happened to be watching NBC’s coverage of last night’s election you would’ve heard Brian Williams describe Donald Trump as “well past the last exit to relevance” since his Twitter feed (@realDonaldTrump) was filled with sore loser remarks. I thought The Donald might’ve been drunk or his account hijacked but it wasn’t. Today it’s [...]
It’s been a busy week for space news. This Twitter handle is one of the best to follow for news coverage and conversation about space science, astronomy and exploration. With the exception of the death of Neil Armstrong this past week, most of their focus is on the $2.5 billion Mars rover and its 10 [...]
JD Andrews is a world traveler, dad, three-time Emmy winner, videographer, adventurer and photographer. He travels a ton and tweets a lot! He’s a great guy and I traveled with him to Trinidad and Tobago in January. He was constantly on his phone either tweeting or playing with apps which is why I asked him [...]
What better way to honor our country than by choosing as our Tweeter of the Week? These guys Tweet on travel to the United States of America, from Brand USA, the official travel & tourism organization of the USA. Sample recent tweet: Reason #5 to visit USA this summer: From Waikiki Beach to Lahaina Harbor, [...]
I really dislike Twitter’s notification emails of new followers where the subject line now just says “You have a new follower on Twitter.” In the past it was the person’s name and their handle — here’s a sample: “Natalie Bahadur @NatalieBahadur is now following you.” As you can see from the screenshot above if I [...]
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