Elizabeth Fish

A short article for the Twitter blog I write for.

Send tweets, good or bad, without fear of being caught with new website-Tweet from Below.

The website is straightforward- simply type in what you want to say and press send. These will the be sent to Tweet From Below’s personal Twitter account, and if using an @ reply, the receiver. No login is required, so no-one will know it was you who sent the tweet.

Read the rest of the article here: http://www.twitterbulletin.com/2009/08/26/post-anonymously-with-tweet-from-below/

Ryan Jagger

Here is an interview I did a couple of months ago with a local RnB musician Ryan Jagger, written for The Linc. Currently I interview local bands once a week to give them some attention on the website or even in the print addition.

Ryan Jagger has created a bit of a stir in the quiet town of Cleethorpes. Just 21-years-old, Jagger has written, recorded, and is in the process of releasing his pop-RnB style music onto iTunes. He is being helped by J.Milnes, the man behind Jamelia and the Sugababes, and has played to crowds of 8,000 people.

Read the rest of the interview here: http://thelinc.co.uk/2009/05/spotlight-ryan-jagger/

William Lewis, the youngest editor of the Daily Telegraph to date, was welcomed on Monday, February 23, at the University of Lincoln’s LPAC theatre by a varied audience.

Read the full article plus interview with the current Telegraph editor here: http://thelinc.co.uk/2009/02/will-lewis/

NOTE: I have noticed an error in the first paragraph, editorial has been contacted about the mistake.

From today, i shall be linking you to the best of my various work I have done (is not press releases), like a portfolio. Feel free to leave comment on anything, I like feedback.

After finally completing putting everything i need on my MacBook Pro, buying an external HDD (just in case!), I decide it was time to put myself out there more. So to date my online work is now:

Entertainment Editor- thelinc.co.uk
Sub-Editor- gamebrit.com
Journalist- twitterbulletin.com

I will happily write for more blogs or websites too. Paid or unpaid.

I shall also whack up a portfolio of previous work on top of this in the About section, as well as start adding work on here as I do it.

A familiar face: Twitter's Fail Whale

Through most of today (6/8/09), social networking site Twitter went down on and off through the day due to a “denial-of-service” attack, most probably due to a hacker with a grudge.

Twitter was soon back on track with no major tragedies- except maybe the annoyance of it’s most devoted users that they couldn’t check new Tweets or update themselves- so all is well.

However, this is not the site’s first attack- less than 4 months ago, a young hacker known as Mikeyy infected many of Twitter’s member with a virus causing them to post dodgy Tweets. If the site is being attacked this frequently, alongside the infamous ‘Fail Whale’, what if Twitter eventually meets it’s match and is therefore shut down for good? I personally believe this could lead to consequences.

Now, if you don’t use Twitter or not a heavy user, it would not have much of an effect on life, it will in fact effect those in the Media industry or other professionals. For them, Twitter has been almost groundbreaking in how news has been discovered.

The first iconic image to appear of the NY plane crash in January. It was taken by Twitter user Janis Krums.

For example, on January 15th, a US plane crashed into the Hudson River in New York. People at their work desks rushed to the windows to see, then straight to Twitter to describe what they were seeing. One Tweet in particular grabbed the attention of the news media,  and that was Janis Krums‘, which contained the first picture of the crash. Without Twitter, this news would not have reached the news stands or our TV screens half as fast. Due to the speed this news appeared on Twitter, the standard of new media was raised.

Another such example would of been the protests surrounding Iran, in which people voiced their thoughts on the elections and events surrounding it, all linked by hash tag “#IranElection“. Such was the want for people to be allowed to voice their concerns, Twitter was even encouraged by a US government department to delay scheduled maintenance to the following day. Without Twitter’s very dominating role in these elections, protestors etc were empowered to voice themselves however they felt without much fear of suppression.

Now, it would be wrong to say Twitter is without it’s convictions. Twitter can be to blame for employees losing their jobs due to online outbursts, which in turn their employer then happened to read. Thus Twitter has to be used carefully if you want to keep your job or not be sued for being defamatory.

So, Twitter may be with it’s problems still, but we need to think of what has been achieved through the use of just 140 characters, whether it’s groundbreaking news at incredible speeds, or freedom of speech where it may not of been possible before.

If we were ever to loose Twitter, we may well be loosing more than just expressing ourselves on the internet.

Last week, my old 13″ white Macbook seemed to breathe its last breath, as not only did the battery wear out but it decided, after an update, that not loading the operating system would be a good idea too. This consequently lead to year another trip to the local Apple store.

While I was there, I couldn’t resist checking out the new MacBook Pro. Better battery life, faster, and externally sleek to name a few differences. One hour later, I leave with one 13″ 160GB Pro, 3 year Apple care, QuarkXpress 8 and Snow Leopard (Apple’s next operating system) at the price of the postage. All of that with 26% discount whacked on.

Anyway, in the process of adding all my files and applications etc from the old MacBook, just wondering if there’s any handy shortcuts or tricks that weren’t in the older models?