Follow the editor
The Knoxville News Sentinel’s Jack Lail McElroy is now a-Twitterin’
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Like the Yellow Pages for Twitter
This cool new service makes Twitter much more functional.
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Has Twitter killed the instant messaging star?
This guy thinks people are doing less instant messaging:
Not that I don’t see real-time online communication. My Twitter feed is filled with @ replies as people reach out to each other - but Twitter serves other needs as well (it’s a multi-tasker!). And so, apparently, can similar services like Jaiku, Tumblr and Plurk
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Read More..>>WBIR is all a-Twitter
You can now subscribe to WBIR’s Twitter local news headline feed.
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Can you keep up with me?
Did you knox you can keep up with Knoxville Talks via Twitter?
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Keep up with Knoxville Talks
Did you know you can follow me on Twitter?
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TV newsrooms a-twitter
From Shoptalk today.
…let’s say a reporter is doing a story on new highway construction and their key interview just cancelled. Imagine if you could instantly tap the brains of every person in the newsroom, no matter where they are throughout the city. They post, “My interview just cancelled, I need an expert on road construction.”
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Hey all you traffic junkies
Check out our WBIRtraffic Twitter feed. It’s turning into a really great way to get the latest on what’s going on with Knoxville traffic.
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Join me on Twitter
Don’t forget to sign on to follow me on my Knoxville Talks Twitter feed.
-Katie
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Twittering about blogging about commuting
Jack Lail is using Twitter to find out which bloggers are talking about Smartfix today.
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Traffic Twittering redux
Let me direct you to the beta WBIRtraffic Twitter feed, designed (or in the process of being designed) to make your driving experience in and around K-town better and safer.
I expect to have the whole thing fully functional within a few days, with frequent traffic updates from our newsroom (we get a lot of [...]
A very different kind of Twitter traffic
I’ve started a new Twitter group called WBIRtraffic. You can check out the WBIRtraffic Twitter profile right here, and I hope you’ll consider signing on as a follower.
The plan is to use Twitter to help all of us in the K-town community better navigate the traffic congestion, changes, and snarls that will inevitably come with [...]
Panhandling for subscribers
My hand is outstretched in an aggressive attempt to convince you to subscribe to my Twitter feed.
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Follow Knoxville Talks on Twitter
You can sign up for my Knoxville Talks Twitter channel right here.
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Follow your fave presidential candidate on Twitter
Doug has the rundown of candidates on Twitter.
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I’m Twittering
You can now follow me on Twitter, if you feel so inclined:
follow undefined at http://twitter.com
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Jack Lail helps me with my Twitter impairment
I’ve mentioned before that I still don’t quite get Twitter, but this does seem like pretty neat-o explanation.
Twitter can be a great way for journalists to connect with their readers. This, of course, also helps journalists: “One day, when I was researching an article, I was looking for a specific piece of information”, says Thomas [...]
Twittering against breast cancer
I still don’t quite get it, but here’s a really worthwhile and creative use for Twitter.
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Twittering (in) traffic?
Jack Lail points to the way the St. Louis Dispatch is using Twitter to text traffic updates.
Having just returned home from being stuck in traffic for NINETY MINUTES trying to get from West Knoxville to my house just north of downtown, I must say that anything that might help avoid traffic tie-ups sounds good, but [...]

