Zahid Lilani – Technology and Social Media

Foursquare’s New “Special Nearby” Feature

Posted on 18. Jan, 2010 by Zahid Lilani.

Surfing the blogosphere I came across couple (1|2) of stories related to “Special Nearby” feature on Foursquare. I hadn’t personally seen one while using Foursquare but that changed a week ago when I made a trip to Chipotle in Sunnyvale.

Foursquare

Special Nearby Ad

The “Special” that was offered to me as a user of Foursquare was quite [...]

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Why Was Twitter Hacked Today?

Posted on 18. Dec, 2009 by Zahid Lilani.

By now you must be well aware that Twitter was hacked, don’t worry it is now running smoothly. I visited the usual social media suspects and found out that most of them were just running with the story and no one addressed why it was done today and if it will be done again.
Here is [...]

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10 Questions Twitter Newbies Should Ask Shari

Posted on 02. Dec, 2009 by Zahid Lilani.

Twitter is like sending a text message to the entire world. Twitter is what you make out of it. Twitter is the best thing since sliced bread.
I know you have heard it all and like most people, you are not convinced if Twitter is the tool you need in your life right now if [...]

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ReTweet Is Now Available To All Twitter Users

Posted on 20. Nov, 2009 by Zahid Lilani.

Something that was really missing from Twitter.com was the ability to re-tweet (share/broadcast) a tweet that you really liked and wanted to share with the rest of your followers.
Back in August, Project Retweet was announced and it got many of us excited because even though most serious Twitter users use desktop clients such as [...]

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Dom Sagolla on Bay Area KRON 4 News

Posted on 17. Nov, 2009 by Zahid Lilani.

Dom Sagolla, Twitter co-founder, was on KRON 4 News and was interviewed about his book 140 Characters: A Style Guide for the Short Form. As much as I enjoyed reading the book, I enjoyed the interview.

Quote I like from the Interview
Email is a push medium, Twitter is a pull medium

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