“As messages sent via Twitter cannot be longer than 140 characters, they cannot be copyrighted. However original, witty, or profound they may be, nothing more than good manners protects your original expression of authorship. If you wish to let other people quote or use your Tweets, you need not “license” them; indeed, technically, you cannot license them, since they are in the public domain the instant you publish them.”
For those who don’t follow me on Twitter, I’ve spent a few hours today getting “share” buttons on my site. I ran into a few hiccups along the way, so I’m posting a brief recap, in case it helps anyone else.
“Who are the 3 'must-follow' authorities on the mobile web?”
Anonymous
I’m having trouble cutting this list down to three: Peter-Paul Koch (@ppk), Brian Fling (@fling), Brian LeRoux (@brianleroux), and Jonathan Stark (@jonathanstark).
“While it’s true that traffic is now again actually worth something, the give-everything-away-and-make-it-up-on-volume strategy stamps an expiration date on your company’s ass.”
French illustrator, Stéphane Massa-Bidal has created a set of posters portraying modern web services as classic book covers.
Twitter by Mark Weaver (via maniacalrage). Just beautiful.
Luke Wroblewski explains how real relationships drive contribution—and how follower count alone does not promote interaction.
Chris Messina details a new microsyntax for Twitter, using a slash delimiter to denote metadata (like via, cc, and by). The concept is well described and looks fantastic, but I wonder if widespread adoption is possible—especially considering popular clients like Tweetie employ a different format by default.
