Green Options » microblogging http://greenoptions.com/tag/microblogging Posts tagged 'microblogging' Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:00:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en How to Find and Manage the Freshest Green Business Knowledge http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/04/29/how-to-find-and-manage-the-freshest-green-business-knowledge/ http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/04/29/how-to-find-and-manage-the-freshest-green-business-knowledge/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:00:20 +0000 Paul Smith http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/04/29/how-to-find-and-manage-the-freshest-green-business-knowledge/ feedmil long tail rss feed searchIn today’s rapidly changing sustainable business landscape, it’s becoming increasingly important to be aware of what’s happening, emerging, and yet to be created where you could fill a need. How best to do that?

Newspapers and magazines play a part, but with their shrinking staffs, it’s a smaller role by the day. Blogs? Definitely, it’s where people with the freedom and foresight to look broader, more critically, think more bravely share what they’re observing, researching, and wanting your feedback on. Microblogging sites such as Twitter take the time frame even more immediate, currently breaking.

But, you may be asking, where do I find the time to go to all these sources? A fair question, one which a tool like Feedly handily integrates all together in one place, allowing for you to easily interact with both your information and the people talking about it.

The next question you may have is, how do I even find what I need to keep track of in the first place amongst all this big swirling pot of information? And how do I know what’s best?

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]]> http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/04/29/how-to-find-and-manage-the-freshest-green-business-knowledge/feed/ Twitter: The Ultimate Community Organizing Tool? http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/02/02/twitter-the-ultimate-community-organizing-tool/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/02/02/twitter-the-ultimate-community-organizing-tool/#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:00:02 +0000 Becky Striepe http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/02/02/twitter-the-ultimate-community-organizing-tool/ Twitter, the popular micro-blogging website might also be one of the best tools around for staying informed and getting involved in your community.


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The short messaging service allows users to post up to 140 character long updates or tweets from their computers or cell phones. Folks can follow each other, keeping an eye on tweets from friends and likeminded people. Since you can pretty much tweet from anywhere, Twitter has evolved into a great resource for first-hand updates about current events. Lately, I’ve noticed that it’s also a fantastic way to get folks to get active!

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