Comments on: Why Twitter?

By: George Frink

George Frink — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:01:49 +0000

Nicely said, Joe, although seeing twitter as a mini-blog rather than a form of chat seems to me to amputate one of the service’s most valuable benefit — the “conversations,” which can be rich in both intellectual content and friendship.
For example, it’s 5:30 a.m. here and on twitter:
>> @jpostman and I just had a brief exchange about a database caching issue.
>> replied to a political comment by a British follower @darrylxxx.
>> sent @QueenofSpain (who is up with a very sick three-year-old) a little comfort.
>> am about to private-tweet a brief perl script to a client, who will respond and so add to an ongoing twitter “conversation.”
>> sent @mousewords a tweet which is part of the long stream of tweets regarding her work on her non-twitter novel.
And like the blind military retiree in “Scent of a Woman,” “Ah’m just gettin’ started.”
Meanwhile, your post is linked to from Dying SBC can have salvation.

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By: Chad

Chad — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:20:32 +0000

I’ve had it, and haven’t really been using it. I need more folks that I know to be on it.

By: Warren

Warren — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:10:32 +0000

I started with Twitter just to promote my blog and podcast. I keep at it because of what I learn from the people I follow. I’ve picked up a lot of useful (and some useless) information from folks on Twitter.

By: Joe Thorn

Joe Thorn — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:01:37 +0000

I have been using Jott for a while now, but not for Twitter.