Episode #1: All Is Well — Lessons Learned from a Hack Attack
Posted by Twitter's Tee Morris | Posted in Podcast, Twitter Topics, Twitter in the News | Posted on 08-08-2009
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Welcome to Birdhouse Rules, the Official Podcast of All a Twitter and Sams Teach Yourself Twitter in Ten Minutes.
I promised that the show was going to post on a fortnightly schedule; but in light of recent events, I decided to shuffle the schedule around and make the first episode something timely. I wanted to talk about what happened on Twitter (and elsewhere) all day Thursday, August 6, 2009.
Just in case you missed it, you can hop over to the link I provide here in the show notes, but safe to say, it was a really busy day. It has taken Twitter a few days to recover. From the looks of things and according to the Status blog, there are still a few pieces needing to be picked up but Twitter — on a whole — is running smoothly.
This show was imspired not only by the events of last week but also by a comment left behind by our Guest Voice. Take a look at the blog, have a listen to this episode, and take a moment to send a “thank you” note to Twitter.com. They really managed to hold things together, and we should all be appreciative of their hard work for this free service they provide.
Guest introduction by Fred Castaneda
“All is Well” drop-in’s from National Lampoon’s Animal House.
Album Artwork by Paul Fischer of Dancing Cat Studios
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Don’t I remember hearing, during the first week of July 2009, that major news networks made it clear that the government of China effectively shut down twitter servers to help “prevent chaos” during the uprisings between the ethnic groups. Doesn’t that just bring out the warm fuzzies in you?
That’s the other extreme which, thankfully, we would not have to worry about in this country. We could probably go on a rant here about the Patriot Act and all that, sure, but that’s not really appropriate for this podcast or for this blog. We still have Freedom of Speech which is a beautiful thing, and that is what I am talking about here: protecting our ability to communicate. Is our government shutting down and policing our technology the answer? Not at all. What I am saying here is that our government should assist our private sectors in the investigation and in being able to prevent such attacks from happening again.
But the incident you refer to, David — yes, that was truly mind boggling. #iranelection all over again….
http://www.dgshi.cn/content/200908/082045.html
More details have emerged. Appears to be a political stoush between Russia and Georgia and the work of one person. Still reveals the cracks in Social Media. We should be prepared- like any good scout
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