There is something about the crisp fall evenings in San Francisco that can just hit you the right way. The design director for SF Weekly was leaving so we all headed to the Hotel Utah on 4th and Bryant Streets for a goodbye party. Right as I was about to enter the bar there, I [...]
How to Use Pictures with Tweets to Report on News
by John Boitnott on October 25, 2009 in Journalism, Media Stuff, Social Media, Twitter
I have spoken recently about using pictures in your tweets to engage people and build followers. Including pics with your tweets keeps people up to date on your life, and actually adds value. It’s fine to say that – but why is it true? Over a long period of time, if people know they have [...]
Using Pics with Tweets to Engage People and Attract Followers
by John Boitnott on October 11, 2009 in Environment, Media Stuff, Social Media, Twitter, World Wide Web
I’m starting here what I would like to think would be an ongoing case study in how to build fans and followers on Twitter, through the use of pictures in one’s tweets. It’s good enough to tweet compelling articles and other content from third-party sites through your tweetstream. It’s good to allow people to see [...]
Top 3 Reasons Why Janine Kahn Kicks Butt
by John Boitnott on October 3, 2009 in Media Stuff, Politics, Social Media, Television, Twitter
There has been a lot of talk all over the internet about the wonderful development at SF Weekly, the San Francisco alternative weekly newspaper, where Alexia Tsotsis is arriving Monday after her sojourn at LA Weekly to become a web editor in the City by the Bay. I am super excited to get to work [...]
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My 89-Year-Old Grandma Loves Playing Solitaire on iPad
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Two Main Reasons Empire Avenue is Worthwhile
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Wow, they only have 42 of ‘em? (pic)
July 2, 2010
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Journalists Wonder What’s Better on Twitter – “First” or “Correct”
June 19, 2009
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Using Pics with Tweets to Engage People and Attract Followers
October 11, 2009
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SEO Salary Guide [Infographic]
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Social Media And Why You Should Bother With Online Education
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Black Friday And Cyber Monday: Hacks And Scams [Infographic]
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Google vs. Facebook on Privacy and Security (Infographic)
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Best Education Sites, and the Schools that Rule the Web (Infographic)
October 27, 2011
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Hi I'm John Boitnott. Welcome to my blog! Here I talk about how old media is coping with the Web. I write for Soshable.com, build buzz for sites and advise writers on how to make their work more likely to be shared online. I have worked at Venturebeat, Village Voice Media and NBC. Before that I held several positions at various TV newsrooms in the state of California, from 1994 to 2009.