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Richard Switzer

February 23, 2010 – 7:02 pm

“What cruel, ironic bastard assigned ‘Fall On Your Knees’ to Perdita Felicien?”
- Richard Switzer via Twitter on Canada Reads

Tagged Canada Reads, cruel bastards, Richard Switzer | No comments at all

Dianne Buckner

January 28, 2010 – 11:45 am

“i regret to inform you that the term ‘flaming sphincter valve’ is used on Dragons’ Den tonight.”
- Dianne Buckner via Twitter

Tagged Dianne Buckner, Dragons' Den | No comments at all

Tweeting hard or hardly tweeting?

January 19, 2010 – 11:51 am

Social media experts in corporate environments don’t seem to spend a lot of time on social media.

Tagged Kim Fox, meetings, tweethole, Twitter | 6 comments

Rachel Nixon goes TWAWOL

December 7, 2009 – 1:20 pm

Last seen in the tweet hole on October 30, has the director of New Media for CBC News lost interest?

Tagged CBC News, Rachel Nixon, Twitter | 4 comments

Blocked! By NOW Magazine! In other words: NOW you’re BLOCKED!
Not me, but the @mondoville acct. What could possibly be the reason? The effrontery of good, fun, forward-thinking journalism, done daily on a shoestring with plenty of digital doodads and gewgaws. The bloody nerve! NOW what’d ya do that for?

Tagged Doug Saunders, Geoff Jones, Joshua Errett, Mondoville, NOW Magazine, Tamera Kremer, tweethole, Twitter | 3 comments

TeaMaker Twitter Lists

November 13, 2009 – 6:35 pm

As everyone knows, we’ve all gone down the tweet hole, as twitter has become the true agenda setting media, especially when it is itself, the subject of discussion.
Here at The Tea Makers we’ve been playing with Twitter for a while, especially how it connects to our mission of Mirth, Mayhem, Links, & Quotes.
Inspired by our [...]

Tagged The Tea Makers, tweethole, twitter lists | 4 comments

Andrew Clarke Marking Stories

November 12, 2009 – 6:34 pm

“But whether the Citizen pulled its punches on the Lansdowne Live proposal or not, this is a story CBC Ottawa should have owned. It didn’t. Oh there are examples of good work done by individual reporters. But the issue never became a station priority. It rarely, if ever, broke new ground on the story. It’s [...]

Tagged CBC News | No comments at all

A thought on making mistakes

November 6, 2009 – 11:27 am

Tagged bigfoot, John Gushue, tweethole, Twitter | No comments at all

Right idea, right deity, wrong CBC

November 3, 2009 – 12:00 pm

Tagged praying | 4 comments

If you haven’t lost your faith yet…

October 29, 2009 – 1:45 pm

Our friends may not have lost hope, but everyone else around them has. Well at least many of us who have no stake in this shit and shake our heads at the money being spent. Who are we? We are workers, we are management, we are viewers, we are listeners, but mostly we are all [...]

Tagged CBC News, CBC TV, Magid, tweethole, Twitter | 21 comments

Don’t stop believin’

October 29, 2009 – 12:13 pm

CBC News Network is generating plenty of work for the online spokesperson for CBC/Radio-Canada.

Tagged CBC News Network, Chris Ball, John Bowman, PR, tweethole, Twitter | No comments at all

Hey, tech nuts!

October 27, 2009 – 10:00 pm

Tagged Mark Kelley, tech nuts, tweethole, Twitter | One comment

Stand and deliver and Twitter

October 27, 2009 – 12:58 am

Standing newscasters: Epic FAIL among Twits

Tagged CBC News, fonts, Kelly Crowe, Kim Fox, Peter Mansbridge, standing, The National, tweethole, Twitter | 3 comments

‘Trust me, I’m a journalist’

October 23, 2009 – 12:16 pm

Twitter rewards those who are echoed, copied, and retweeted with fame, peer approval, and a cold kind of love. Who wouldn’t want some of that sweet action?

Tagged CBC News, Edmonton hostages, Roselyn Kelada-Sedra, twee | No comments at all

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The Tea Makers

Posts by Tea Makers operative The Tweet Makers

Richard Switzer

Dianne Buckner

Tweeting hard or hardly tweeting?

Rachel Nixon goes TWAWOL

smthg nasty this way comes

TeaMaker Twitter Lists

Andrew Clarke Marking Stories

A thought on making mistakes

Right idea, right deity, wrong CBC

If you haven’t lost your faith yet…

Don’t stop believin’

Hey, tech nuts!

Stand and deliver and Twitter

‘Trust me, I’m a journalist’

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