Congrats on the recognition, you are definitely a person that I look up to, and I'm sure many more will now as well.
I know this isn't exactly a comment on this post, but I'm curious about some things:
Do you think Twitter is useful for people that don't own mobile phones? I can see having a mobile phone would definitely enhance the service, but what about people that don't have mobile phones? What incentives are there to use the service? I haven't owned a mobile phone since 1999, and seem to do fine without it. I'm on the fence when it comes to getting one.
What makes Twitter better then RSS feeds?
Does sending out "tweets" take away from posting on your blog? Do you find that ideas that you would have previously posted on your blog in a more fleshed out fashion are not making it there any more? Do you find using Twitter has increased the online conversation of your ideas? Does the limitations on length stifle other thoughts/ideas that you would like to share either in an original post or a reply?
Is it difficult to keep related comments/ideas together with constant comments/updates coming through?
I can see many advantages to using Twitter, but I also wonder about the drawbacks.
Hope you're having a great week and day!
DocPop
· 10 months ago
Seesmic video reply from Disqus.
MrTriscut
· 10 months ago
Thanks for the prompt response!
I hope you did not feel as though you had to promote Twitter, or justify your use of Twitter. That was not my intent. I apologize for hijacking this post.
I've been hearing lots of talk of the service lately, which made me curious as to how others find the service useful.
Thanks for your feedback!
DocPop
· 10 months ago
post not hijacked and I certainly feel absolutely no pressure to defend Twitter. I totally didn't get twitter for the first year, then I got an iPhone and Twitter suddenly made sense to me. I don't expect it happens that way with everyone, but I have learned that anytime I tried forcing someone on to the service they end up hating it. The key is that someone has to want to try twitter for themselves, and then there's that make or break time where they like it or they don't. Hope my 4 and half minute video wasn't toooooooo verbose.
MrTriscut
· 10 months ago
No the video was great. I'm still checking Twitter out, I'm looking to see how I can use it to my advantage.
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Awesome write up Doc! I love these MIRL.
I know this isn't exactly a comment on this post, but I'm curious about some things:
Do you think Twitter is useful for people that don't own mobile phones? I can see having a mobile phone would definitely enhance the service, but what about people that don't have mobile phones? What incentives are there to use the service? I haven't owned a mobile phone since 1999, and seem to do fine without it. I'm on the fence when it comes to getting one.
What makes Twitter better then RSS feeds?
Does sending out "tweets" take away from posting on your blog? Do you find that ideas that you would have previously posted on your blog in a more fleshed out fashion are not making it there any more? Do you find using Twitter has increased the online conversation of your ideas? Does the limitations on length stifle other thoughts/ideas that you would like to share either in an original post or a reply?
Is it difficult to keep related comments/ideas together with constant comments/updates coming through?
I can see many advantages to using Twitter, but I also wonder about the drawbacks.
Hope you're having a great week and day!
I hope you did not feel as though you had to promote Twitter, or justify your use of Twitter. That was not my intent. I apologize for hijacking this post.
I've been hearing lots of talk of the service lately, which made me curious as to how others find the service useful.
Thanks for your feedback!
The key is that someone has to want to try twitter for themselves, and then there's that make or break time where they like it or they don't. Hope my 4 and half minute video wasn't toooooooo verbose.
Thanks!