Monday, January 3, 2011
Twitter The Pressman Tweeteth
Posted by Josh Gross on Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 2:42 PM
For a half-hour this morning, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, took and answered questions via Twitter in real-time as part of the Obama administration's efforts at access and transparency.
Questions came from a range of backgrounds, some of them genuine and some of them more of attacks than attempts to get information. None of the political answers came as much of a surprise, as they were primarily reiterations of subjects long-covered by Gibbs and President Barack Obama himself.
Perhaps more interesting were some of the aside tweets sent out. Gibbs apologized for not being to type faster, and sent and received advice on how to best use Twitter.
Occasionally, he misspelled to make things fit.
He also lamented to one questioner that he wasn't able to get out on his bike much due to the winter weather in between posting links to op-eds outlining positions deeper than 160 characters allows for.
Some of the conversations can be seen after the jump, including one about using periods to block or unblock tweets.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Twitter / Politics / Walt Minnick Boise Tweet Eighth Most Powerful of 2010
Posted by Rachael Daigle on Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 11:39 AM
A post-election Tweet fired off on Nov. 3 made Twitter's list of the 10 Most Powerful Tweets of 2010.
@foster208—aka John Foster outside the Twitterverse—who served as Rep. Walt Minnick's campaign manager, sent his congratulations to Minnick opponent Raul Labrador via Twitter in less than 140 characters:
Congratulations to Raul Labrador on a hard-earned win, and best of luck as Idaho's next Congressman.
Two days later @foster208 announced he was going off-grid and didn't return until yesterday after the top 10 list went public.
The company @foster208's Tweet keeps on that list is pretty impressive. So much so, in fact, it's a wonder the concession Tweet even made the top 10. No. 6 was a Tweet announcing Prince William's engagement. No. 3 was a call for help from an injured triathlete whose Tweet saved her life. No. 2 was from the White House welcoming Russian president Dmitry Medvedev to Twitter. And perhaps most curious of all: @foster208 bested @ConanOBrien, who placed 10th. #YepthatConanO'Brien.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Twitter Tweeting State Job Openings
Posted by George Prentice on Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:58 AM
Idaho state government job openings are now being posted on Twitter.
"We need to get the word out to more of those qualified folks who need the work where they are most likely to find it," " said Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter.
You can follow state job opportunities at http://twitter.com/idahostatejobs
Friday, May 1, 2009
C.L. "Butch" Otter / Twitter Twittergate; Butch gets his twavatar back
Posted by Nathaniel Hoffman on Fri, May 1, 2009 at 5:02 PM
I am going to write this post in pure English and avoid arrobas and abbreviations and other shortened forms of modern communication, where possible.
Impersonation is against our terms of service unless it's parody. The standard for defining parody is, "Would a reasonable person be aware that it's a joke." This means that accounts that clearly state they are "fake" in the URL or bio are allowed to exist, as long as it is clear to the public that the account is not the "real" person.But by midday Thursday, ButchOtter, who is actually Albion City Councilor L. Shane Carlson, a registered Republican, realized that his Otter persona on Twitter had been shut down and replaced with a feed from the actual Governor's Office.
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