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12 things you don’t know about Rob Cottingham

October 12, 2009

In a few hours I’ll be thankful for a plate of turkey, stuffing and gravy. Meanwhile, there’s nothing like jamming chunks of bread into the cavity of a formerly living creature to make you appreciate what really matters in life. As I stood elbow-deep in turkey, I found myself reflecting on the person who is at the heart of most of what I have to be thankful for this year

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Twitter quickstart: 10 ways to make time to Twitter

April 22, 2009

Whether you’re an ambivalent Twitter newbie or a chronic tweeter in the throes of a growing addiction, your tweeting is going to take time that you’re currently using for something else. Here are my suggestions for activities you can pare back on — or give up entirely — to make room for tweeting.

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Twitter quickstart: Your first 21 tweets

April 20, 2009

If you need to stake a claim to your Twitter identity, but you don’t know what to tweet about, here’s an easy way to get your Tweeting underway. You don’t need to look like the world’s most longstanding Twitterer (after all, Oprah just started tweeting last week!), but an empty Twitter feed is just, well, a little forlorn.So I’ve taken the liberty of writing your first 21 tweets for you.

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Rob’s Northern Voice keynote

February 21, 2009
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If you’ve ever wondered whether social media is funny, check out the reaction to Rob’s Teh Funny Northern Voice keynote. The Twitter backchannel is reprinted in text below. These tweets are in chronological order, so you can follow the thread of the conversation. In related news, we’d love to hear of a Twitter search tool [...]

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My story: the results

July 2, 2005

While I have since lasered off the tattoo listing my acceptances and rejections, I’m able to partially reconstruct my results thanks to my admissions filofax (yes, I still have it. Hell, I still have all my high school essays. Can anyone say packrat?) The long and the short of it is that I got into [...]

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