Comments on: Twitter: The Crack of the Web? http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/03/16/twitter-the-crack-of-the-web/ A Canadian Take on the Web Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:26:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Climbing on the Twitter Bandwagon…Reluctantly | Mark Evans http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/03/16/twitter-the-crack-of-the-web/#comment-33761 Climbing on the Twitter Bandwagon…Reluctantly | Mark Evans Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:00:19 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/03/16/twitter-the-crack-of-the-web/#comment-33761 [...] enthusiastically dissing Twitter as inane, email-lite and a 140-character weakling, I’ve finally decided to join ‘em [...] [...] enthusiastically dissing Twitter as inane, email-lite and a 140-character weakling, I’ve finally decided to join ‘em [...]

]]> By: Benno http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/03/16/twitter-the-crack-of-the-web/#comment-3937 Benno Sun, 18 Mar 2007 05:28:24 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/03/16/twitter-the-crack-of-the-web/#comment-3937 I use twitter everyday. I don't post updates to it constantly but at least 1 or 2 a day. Once you start using it and reading what other people are doing you find things you have in common. Often you start a small conversation through twitter with people you don't really know. People that don't get it are the ones who haven't tried it or if they did try it missed the important step of adding people as friends I use twitter everyday. I don’t post updates to it constantly but at least 1 or 2 a day. Once you start using it and reading what other people are doing you find things you have in common. Often you start a small conversation through twitter with people you don’t really know. People that don’t get it are the ones who haven’t tried it or if they did try it missed the important step of adding people as friends

]]> By: Mat http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/03/16/twitter-the-crack-of-the-web/#comment-3888 Mat Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:16:01 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/03/16/twitter-the-crack-of-the-web/#comment-3888 I'm with you Mark. I don't see the point in terms of the way it's currently being used. It's useful maybe for friends who want to organise social outings, even businesses trying to communicate with an outdoor workforce. But not much else. I’m with you Mark. I don’t see the point in terms of the way it’s currently being used. It’s useful maybe for friends who want to organise social outings, even businesses trying to communicate with an outdoor workforce. But not much else.

]]> By: Mark Evans http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/03/16/twitter-the-crack-of-the-web/#comment-3880 Mark Evans Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:02:53 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/03/16/twitter-the-crack-of-the-web/#comment-3880 Probably not. :) Probably not. :)

]]> By: Hsien Lei http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/03/16/twitter-the-crack-of-the-web/#comment-3878 Hsien Lei Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:00:41 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/03/16/twitter-the-crack-of-the-web/#comment-3878 So I guess I can stop waiting for you to show up on Twitter. :( So I guess I can stop waiting for you to show up on Twitter. :(

]]> By: Kathy Sierra http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/03/16/twitter-the-crack-of-the-web/#comment-3877 Kathy Sierra Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:54:22 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/03/16/twitter-the-crack-of-the-web/#comment-3877 “Does Twitter have staying power once the novelty wears off.” fingers crossed for No. Thanks for the post -- we (non-Twitter-fans) appear to be in the minority. “Does Twitter have staying power once the novelty wears off.”

fingers crossed for No.

Thanks for the post — we (non-Twitter-fans) appear to be in the minority.

]]> By: Rob Hyndman http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/03/16/twitter-the-crack-of-the-web/#comment-3874 Rob Hyndman Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:46:47 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/03/16/twitter-the-crack-of-the-web/#comment-3874 "Does Twitter have staying power once the novelty wears off." No - and I'll give 2:1 odds, 12 months out. “Does Twitter have staying power once the novelty wears off.”

No - and I’ll give 2:1 odds, 12 months out.

]]> By: Sean Evans http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/03/16/twitter-the-crack-of-the-web/#comment-3873 Sean Evans Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:25:13 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/03/16/twitter-the-crack-of-the-web/#comment-3873 Shaun, You raise a good point, in jest but very truthful, about not having time to do anything else. Begs the questions who is using Twitter. I know Tara Hunt and Steve Rubel are big fans, but I'm busy enough at work (and with the rest of my life) as it is. When I do have down time, I don't really feel like telling the world what I'm doing. ("Sitting in my boxers, drinking beer, watching Family Guy.") There may be a bigger question that needs to be addressed - in this day of technology development which is supposed to increase productivity, are actually getting less productive because of it? We may be accomplishing more, but we're also engaged over more hours of the day. Before our time, when you left the office, the office stayed there. When you left the house, the phone stayed there. These days...well...you get my point. Sean Shaun,

You raise a good point, in jest but very truthful, about not having time to do anything else. Begs the questions who is using Twitter. I know Tara Hunt and Steve Rubel are big fans, but I’m busy enough at work (and with the rest of my life) as it is. When I do have down time, I don’t really feel like telling the world what I’m doing. (”Sitting in my boxers, drinking beer, watching Family Guy.”)

There may be a bigger question that needs to be addressed - in this day of technology development which is supposed to increase productivity, are actually getting less productive because of it? We may be accomplishing more, but we’re also engaged over more hours of the day. Before our time, when you left the office, the office stayed there. When you left the house, the phone stayed there. These days…well…you get my point.

Sean

]]> By: Twitter to live, but don’t live to Twitter » mathewingram.com/work http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/03/16/twitter-the-crack-of-the-web/#comment-3868 Twitter to live, but don’t live to Twitter » mathewingram.com/work Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:23:08 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/03/16/twitter-the-crack-of-the-web/#comment-3868 [...] Is all the fuss about Twitter much ado about nothing, as Shakespeare put it? Is Twitter the crack of the Internet, as my friend Mark puts it? Is it a useful way of staying connected to friends, and keeping track of your thoughts — as Tara “Miss Rogue” Hunt has said? Or is it a waste of time designed for the self-obsessed and those with short attention spans or attention-deficit disorders? Is it all Robert Scoble’s fault? [...] [...] Is all the fuss about Twitter much ado about nothing, as Shakespeare put it? Is Twitter the crack of the Internet, as my friend Mark puts it? Is it a useful way of staying connected to friends, and keeping track of your thoughts — as Tara “Miss Rogue” Hunt has said? Or is it a waste of time designed for the self-obsessed and those with short attention spans or attention-deficit disorders? Is it all Robert Scoble’s fault? [...]

]]> By: Shaun Rotman http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/03/16/twitter-the-crack-of-the-web/#comment-3862 Shaun Rotman Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:09:53 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/03/16/twitter-the-crack-of-the-web/#comment-3862 I can't agree with you more. I personally see no need in updating the world every second of the day as to what I am doing at every moment. However I don't think this trend will die out any time soon. A while before Twitter was released to the world, Facebook implemented a similar feature called "Status" (Wow! What a brilliant name!) that allows users to update their current status message for all to see and it would be posted in user's feed that one of their friends had made this adjustment. I personally don't use this feature so much but I can confirm that many do, and Twitter is just another outlet for this social interaction. Wouldn't it be great if Facebook either implemented Twitter's universally accessible update capabilities? OR maybe bought out Twitter? Facebook users could update their statuses from anywhere! Well... it's a thought... I'm not hopping on the bandwagon anytime soon though. If I updated Twitter as often as some others do, I'd have no time to actually be doing anything between updates! That and from Toronto it costs $0.40 per SMS to update!!! (WTF!? I love you too Rogers...) I can’t agree with you more. I personally see no need in updating the world every second of the day as to what I am doing at every moment. However I don’t think this trend will die out any time soon.

A while before Twitter was released to the world, Facebook implemented a similar feature called “Status” (Wow! What a brilliant name!) that allows users to update their current status message for all to see and it would be posted in user’s feed that one of their friends had made this adjustment.

I personally don’t use this feature so much but I can confirm that many do, and Twitter is just another outlet for this social interaction. Wouldn’t it be great if Facebook either implemented Twitter’s universally accessible update capabilities? OR maybe bought out Twitter? Facebook users could update their statuses from anywhere! Well… it’s a thought…

I’m not hopping on the bandwagon anytime soon though. If I updated Twitter as often as some others do, I’d have no time to actually be doing anything between updates! That and from Toronto it costs $0.40 per SMS to update!!! (WTF!? I love you too Rogers…)

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