Michael Brooks

Tag: twitter

  • Carousel tweet – Find out how to create 1 awesome tweet

    Carousel tweet – Find out how to create 1 awesome tweet

    Getting started with a carousel tweet I found out how to create a carousel tweet through a Twitter thread, and I thought I would share it in a blog post. It’s really cool and makes for a very different tweet to the usual stuff you find. I like the creativity, and although Andrew does target […]

  • Getting started with Twitter Spaces

    Getting started with Twitter Spaces

    Twitter Spaces is fairly new and still in beta. However, it seems to have gained quite a bit of popularity with the Twitter crowd. I have seen many verified users get involved with other people’s spaces, which is amazing to see.

  • Favourite connections of the year 2020

    Favourite connections of the year 2020

    It’s been 2 years since my last “favourite connections of the year”. This year has been a little rubbish, and I feel it’s a perfect time to bring it back. I feel like I have made a ton of new friends online this year, and if I miss anyone out, I do apologise.

  • What is one regret I have from 2020?

    What is one regret I have from 2020?

    John from Yen created a tweet to encourage people to start writing, and while I don’t need mucn encouragement. I thought it would be fun to try and get involved since he is a great person.

  • Gaining confidence to start a blog

    Gaining confidence to start a blog

    I had this discussion on my Twitter to which I said… To anyone that doesn’t have a blog. What’s holding you back from creating one?

  • Moving away from Facebook services

    Moving away from Facebook services

    To start, this isn’t a “we must all move away from Facebook, now!”. This is me feeling like I want to move away from Facebook and their services. Facebook plans to merge all their messaging services to allow all their users to connect through either Messenger, Instagram or WhatApp. Some of my friends think this […]

  • The demise of social networks

    For what seems like forever, I wanted to create my very own social networking site. At first, it was going to compete with Facebook, have reactions (before they invented it), and use open technologies. I started creating something with my custom PHP, I created the ability to register, log in and add friends. It was going great and my friends were playing around with it. A few bugs were being reported which I would try to fix, and a few months later, I got bored.

  • Twitter IFTTT Test

    This is a test for the If This Then That service for my Blog feed.