Twitter - Could It Pay Your Rent?


	Twitter - Could It Pay Your Rent?

DarrenTooCool

11-15-2007 9:10 AM

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twitter, tweet, tweets

DarrenTooCool says:

Marshall Kirkpatrick, tech consultant, details how using Twitter has helped him "scoop" several stories before others. Also, he lists several tools that you can use with Twitter. Even if you skim it, it is worth your time.

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often able to break news faster than my tech blogging competitors primarily 
through some advanced use of RSS feeds, which <A 
href="http://marshallk.com/open-sourcing-my-techcrunch-work-flow">I wrote about 
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