Follow Friday

#FollowFriday – @Cirque: Gateway to wonder, behind the scenes at Cirque du Soleil.

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor July 2, 2010 Follow Friday

This week for Follow Friday We’re looking at @Cirque, the official Twitter feed for Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas. My wife and I have long been fans of Cirque du Soleil and the fantastic artists they attract.  We never pass up an opportunity to go to a show when one of the touring shows comes […]

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#FollowFriday – @MacOSKen: The latest news on all things "i", read in a funny voice.

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor June 25, 2010 Follow Friday

This week’s FollowFriday winner is @MacOSKen, the Twitter stream of Ken Ray and of the Mac OS Ken podcast. Ken is a broadcaster and a Mac, iPhone, iPod, and iPad enthusiast, and doing a podcast about the latest Apple-related news lets him exercise his passions without being arrested or otherwise coming under public censure. The […]

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#FollowFriday – @Odin1Eye: blogger, family man, viking, and podiobook reviewer.

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor June 18, 2010 Follow Friday

@Odin1Eye is the internet name of a blogger from Texas who chooses to keep his real name off the net as much as possible. Since @Odin1Eye is a friend of The Nifty Tech Blog and is a contributing volunteer, we’ll respect his wishes. That and he asked me to. He is a family man, a […]

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#FollowFriday – @Safety: Twitter’s scam watchdog.

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor June 11, 2010 Follow Friday

This week I am endorsing Twitter’s own security watchdog. This is a little known Twitter feed that everyone on Twitter should follow in order to be aware of the latest scams and to learn the simple ways that you can protect yourself from identity theives, scam artists, and other lowlifes. I am speaking of the […]

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#FollowFriday – @BooksAndBraun: Steampunk Adventurers!

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor June 4, 2010 Follow Friday

My recommendation for this week is a very new feed. In fact, it was created this week. @BooksAndBraun is the online voice of Wellington Thornhill Books, Esq. and Eliza D. Braun, two characters from the upcoming series, The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences co-authored by Tee Morris and Philippa Ballantine.

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#FollowFriday – @howardtayler: Cartoonist, gamer, geek.

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor May 28, 2010 Follow Friday

Ever want to know the visceral thrill of riding a stream of focused plasma across the sky?Then you need to talk to @howardtayler, the creator of the Schlock Mercenary web-comic, this year’s Artist Guest of Honor at Balticon 44, and this week’s #FollowFriday pick! Howard has managed to turn his tales of the adventures of […]

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#FollowFriday – @bobbyllew: Actor, podcaster, comedian, author, playwright, car nut.

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor May 21, 2010 Follow Friday

Welcome back for another #FollowFriday post! This time we’re looking at @bobbyllew, aka Robert Llewellyn, British actor, playwright, comedian, author, and podcaster.  Bobby is probably best known as the actor playing Kryten, the campy and somewhat housework obsessed mechanoid from the BBC comedy Sci-Fi series Red Dwarf.  He also hosted the reality game show Scrapyard Challenge, […]

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#FollowFriday – @phillipajane: Fantasy author, podcaster, international wit.

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor May 14, 2010 Follow Friday

This week our featured Tweeter is @PhilippaJane.  This is the personal Twitter stream of Philippa Ballantine, fantasy author, podcaster, and former librarian.  Pip currently has two books in print: Chasing the Bard, and its sequel Digital Magic.  While she is a native New Zealander and hails from Wellington, New Zealand, she is currently in the […]

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#FollowFriday – @MrsStephenFry: Comedy Gold.

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor May 7, 2010 Follow Friday

This week’s recommendation is @MrsStephenFry is the fictional wife of @StephenFry, noted actor, writer, technology enthusiast, and erudite gentleman, and mother of his five (or so) alleged children. Part of the humor of the whole thing is the fact that Mr Fry is quite openly homosexual and has been so for some time.

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#FollowFriday – @appadvice: iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch News and reviews.

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor April 30, 2010 Follow Friday

This week I’m pulling a recommendation from my @NiftyTechBlog side.  I’m recommending one of my sources for this blog, @appadvice, the twitter face of http://www.appadvice.com, a blog providing news and reviews of the multitude of applications available for the iPhone OS.  While this blog focuses on best of breed products, App Advice takes a different angle.  […]

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