Richter7 Weekly Retro

Twitter Grows Up

We all knew the time would come when Twitter would decide to generate income from its platform. Twitter’s “Promoted Tweets” were announced this week along with the first customer who will take a crack at this new promotion feature: Starbucks.  So is the fact that Twitter has decided to jump on the band-wagon and stand as a true business, with a revenue model a bad thing? Not necessarily, we are actually pretty excited to see how promoted tweets play out. Stay tuned.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2362723,00.asp

How Tweet It Is!: Library Acquires Entire Twitter Archive

This week it was brought to our attention that the Library of Congress has archived every single public tweet since the beginning of Twitter in March 2006. Is this really necessary?

http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2010/04/how-tweet-it-is-library-acquires-entire-twitter-archive/

Late – Night Revolution: How George Lopez Helped TBS’s Guerrilla Warfare

Who knew cable would become so popular? Conan will be joining TBS for his new night show starting in the fall. Is Conan planning for the future and trying to appeal to a younger generation than viewers of Jay Leno and David Letterman? TBS isn’t the only cable network battling for viewership in the late night realm. “The Mo’Nique Show” on BET, “Chelsea Lately” on E! are just a few of the other competitors on cable right now.  We look forward to seeing how this plays out. Go Coco!

http://adage.com/bigtent/post?article_id=143265

Social Media Use Becomes Pervasive

FYI: Social media is NOT a fad. According to a new study, 73 percent of online users engaged in social media at least once per week. We don’t see social media going anywhere anytime soon.

http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3iceae27f23a68f24bb1b241b4695748c9

Real Estate Bust

Who says you can’t work with wasted space!  This article shows creatives taking advantage of wasted space to serve their communities and promote themselves as  designers or artists. We think it would be great to see Salt Lake creatives do the same and start using space not just as a beautification project but to serve our community in the ways that art and design is supposed to.

http://www.core77.com/blog/featured_item /real_estate_bust_how_creatives_are_carving_up_las_empty_space_16288.asp