Comments on: Twitterless http://wafelenbak.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/twitterless/ It means a feast of waffles Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:53:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Paul http://wafelenbak.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/twitterless/#comment-258 Paul Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:09:43 +0000 http://wafelenbak.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/twitterless/#comment-258 Actually, here's the best description of Twitter and its value that I've seen: http://www.scripting.com/stories/2007/07/27/whatTwitterIs.html Actually, here’s the best description of Twitter and its value that I’ve seen:

http://www.scripting.com/stories/2007/07/27/whatTwitterIs.html

]]> By: Paul http://wafelenbak.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/twitterless/#comment-257 Paul Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:10:15 +0000 http://wafelenbak.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/twitterless/#comment-257 Get back to work, ALL of you hippies. :) Get back to work, ALL of you hippies. :)

]]> By: Leah http://wafelenbak.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/twitterless/#comment-256 Leah Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:14:02 +0000 http://wafelenbak.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/twitterless/#comment-256 Other than the benefits, you have a 140 character limit on any tweet. Some people are calling it micro-bologging. People tweet about different things, mine are usually during my commute. Nothing exciting there. Some people tweet links to new blog posts, make requests for information (did this the other day, trying to find an italian beef) or ... It is another way of building loose relationships via the internet or deepening relationships you already have. It acts as phatic communication. I guess there isn't a point, but it has been fun. Like I said before, I was really quite anti-twitter, but it has been super fun and I've met more people in person than I have in 3.5 years blogging. Other than the benefits, you have a 140 character limit on any tweet. Some people are calling it micro-bologging. People tweet about different things, mine are usually during my commute. Nothing exciting there.

Some people tweet links to new blog posts, make requests for information (did this the other day, trying to find an italian beef) or …

It is another way of building loose relationships via the internet or deepening relationships you already have. It acts as phatic communication.

I guess there isn’t a point, but it has been fun. Like I said before, I was really quite anti-twitter, but it has been super fun and I’ve met more people in person than I have in 3.5 years blogging.

]]> By: Laurence http://wafelenbak.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/twitterless/#comment-255 Laurence Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:42:52 +0000 http://wafelenbak.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/twitterless/#comment-255 (private message... I send you a mail... But I think I don't have the right address !) (private message… I send you a mail… But I think I don’t have the right address !)

]]> By: kilax http://wafelenbak.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/twitterless/#comment-254 kilax Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:28:05 +0000 http://wafelenbak.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/twitterless/#comment-254 Hmmm... I don't get it either, even after Leah's rave for it! Hmmm… I don’t get it either, even after Leah’s rave for it!

]]> By: Leah http://wafelenbak.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/twitterless/#comment-253 Leah Tue, 31 Jul 2007 03:50:06 +0000 http://wafelenbak.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/twitterless/#comment-253 Yeah... well... because of Twitter I've gained a new circle of tech friends in Chicago that I would have never met. And, um, got to spend a day with Hugh MacLeod from GapingVoid. He twittered that he was stuck in chicago, I replied with a whine about him not calling him, an hour later he'd gotten my number and called. All through the power of twitter. I've also built personal relationships with colleagues in other cities. It acts as a virtual water cooler and I'd also say I'm closer to my chicago colleagues because of it. I wanted to hate it, but actually find it quite useful. Yeah… well… because of Twitter I’ve gained a new circle of tech friends in Chicago that I would have never met. And, um, got to spend a day with Hugh MacLeod from GapingVoid. He twittered that he was stuck in chicago, I replied with a whine about him not calling him, an hour later he’d gotten my number and called. All through the power of twitter.

I’ve also built personal relationships with colleagues in other cities. It acts as a virtual water cooler and I’d also say I’m closer to my chicago colleagues because of it.

I wanted to hate it, but actually find it quite useful.

]]> By: E http://wafelenbak.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/twitterless/#comment-252 E Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:58:47 +0000 http://wafelenbak.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/twitterless/#comment-252 17 out of 24 points on Penelope Trunk's quiz - well into Gen Y territory. Not bad, I suppose, for somebody born during the Reagan administration (I say this while pondering proxy wars and eating my dinner vegetables - a heaping helping of ketchup, of course!). "ETA" - Eicosatetraenoic acid? The Spanish terrorist group? The Swedish hardcore punk band? Ethiopian Telecommunication Agency? OOOHH, "edited to add"... ;P I'm not a MySpace fan either. It has *atrocious* page design. Spam like crazy. A haven for teenagers and those who think like teenagers. But like AIM and Hotmail, it caters to the lowest common denominator, and so I can re-connect with the widest number of people there (social networks generally having a roughly-exponential growth rate, after all - at least in the short term (longer term, <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network" rel="nofollow">the popular "Bass" model is more complex</A>)). I may have to try Facebook instead... 17 out of 24 points on Penelope Trunk’s quiz – well into Gen Y territory. Not bad, I suppose, for somebody born during the Reagan administration (I say this while pondering proxy wars and eating my dinner vegetables – a heaping helping of ketchup, of course!).

“ETA” – Eicosatetraenoic acid? The Spanish terrorist group? The Swedish hardcore punk band? Ethiopian Telecommunication Agency? OOOHH, “edited to add”… ;P

I’m not a MySpace fan either. It has *atrocious* page design. Spam like crazy. A haven for teenagers and those who think like teenagers. But like AIM and Hotmail, it caters to the lowest common denominator, and so I can re-connect with the widest number of people there (social networks generally having a roughly-exponential growth rate, after all – at least in the short term (longer term, the popular “Bass” model is more complex)).

I may have to try Facebook instead…

]]> By: kapgar http://wafelenbak.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/twitterless/#comment-250 kapgar Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:14:55 +0000 http://wafelenbak.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/twitterless/#comment-250 I signed up for Twitter, too, but I just don't get the purpose of it so I don't use it. I've also received several invites to GoodReads, but I'm not signing up. I already run a book review blog (http://kapgar.typepad.com/fwdt). Why share my stuff with someone else? I signed up for Twitter, too, but I just don’t get the purpose of it so I don’t use it.

I’ve also received several invites to GoodReads, but I’m not signing up. I already run a book review blog (http://kapgar.typepad.com/fwdt). Why share my stuff with someone else?

]]> By: wafelenbak http://wafelenbak.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/twitterless/#comment-249 wafelenbak Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:36:51 +0000 http://wafelenbak.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/twitterless/#comment-249 Sizz--since even NPR is calling Facebook the newer, more mature and more professional MySpace, I thought it might be worthwhile (since career networking is pretty key to my job!). But so far, all I get out of it is annoying requests to join the Zombie application! ;) P--grrrr...you are *thees close* to being banned... Sizz–since even NPR is calling Facebook the newer, more mature and more professional MySpace, I thought it might be worthwhile (since career networking is pretty key to my job!). But so far, all I get out of it is annoying requests to join the Zombie application! ;)

P–grrrr…you are *thees close* to being banned…

]]> By: Paul http://wafelenbak.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/twitterless/#comment-248 Paul Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:34:20 +0000 http://wafelenbak.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/twitterless/#comment-248 Get back to work, hippie. :) Get back to work, hippie. :)

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