via Geek And Poke: Geeks.
Jul 31, 2010
Twitter Updates Now Turned Off
Right, so maybe you liked them, maybe you didn’t. Maybe having a publicly-searchable archive of my tweets was a good idea, maybe it wasn’t.
Either way, the “Twitter Weekly Updates for week BLAH” posts have now been turned off. Frankly they were just annoying walls of text that (probably) no-one actually read, and they just cluttered up my search results when trying to look for stuff I’d actually blogged.
Not to mention the timer which apparently had a mind of it’s own – Sunday 3am is NOT Sunday at 10pm, and there was even that post which was posted on a Wednesday… Argh, what?! The time difference never seemed to be consistent, so I got angry and removed it altogether.
Maybe you’ll notice they’re gone, maybe you won’t. Either way, it’s gone, and I don’t plan to add it back anytime soon. If I feel like it I’ll also be removing the previous archives manually with WordPress’ bulk actions.
Much love for WordPress’ built-in bulk edit actions.
May 21, 2010
Hundreds of channels, but not a thing to watch.
There are so many different social networking accounts that just one person can have, but with all that space to communicate, is anything really being said?
If you’re really tricky, you can consolidate your Facebook and twitter into a twitter feed that only publishes excepts of posts from your Facebook person or Facebook page account. But then twitter is nothing more than an RSS feed, which you probably have anyway. If you set up your tumblr just right, you can also pump your posts to twitter, facebook, probably bebo and myspace too if they allowed you to do anything apart from post animated gifs and bad music samples.
Entrepreneurs keep coming up with different ways for people to communicate and express themselves, but in the jumble of it all, is anyone listening?
Dec 6, 2009
Critics argue Twitter is 99% noise, and they’re right.
This is a complaint that I often come across when discussing Twitter with non-users, they cite media hype and their own experience with Twitter claiming that the majority of tweets on the service are of no interest, or simply “people telling the world about their breakfast” or some variant on the inane comments theory.
They are right.
But they are also missing the point.
For any individual 99% of the internet will always be useless noise. For instance, when was the last time you went to YouTube and watched all the top videos and were interested in them all? I’m guessing never. Does this mean that YouTube is useless because so little of the content is of interest to any particular individual? No.
via Pointless Really » Critics argue Twitter is 99% noise, and they’re right..
Jul 15, 2009
The Joy of Tech comic… a Twitter wedgie
via The Joy of Tech comic… a Twitter wedgie.
It’s beyond me why this is titled “a Twitter wedgie”, but hey, whatever.
Jun 6, 2009
TheiPhoneBlog joins Twitter
Let’s face it, the iPhone and Twitter are the peanut butter and chocolate of the mobile age. They “just work” together.
via @TheiPhoneblog: Now with Mo’ Better Twitter! | The iPhone Blog.
Damn straight.
May 27, 2009
Irony: This defines it.
Irony: this defines it.
I’m not the only one that thinks the new selected tweet colour style sucks, either.
May 12, 2009
The Average Twitter User
There’s a strange phenomenon that happens almost every time someone joins Twitter. They hate it. At least at first.
But many of the people who once hated Twitter — or at least, didn’t quite get it in the beginning — are now many of its most active users and raving fans. So what’s going on here?
There seems to be four natural stages that the average Twitter user goes through from the point of first trying it until the point of fully embracing it and making it a part of daily life. Obviously, not everyone sticks with it and becomes a Twitter devotee, but there’s definitely a growing cadre of people who believe that there’s some magic happening in the Twittosphere.
via The four stages of the average Twitter user | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com.
Four stages isn’t nearly enough to describe the average Twitter user, uncyherb says there’s seven.
May 5, 2009
Things Twittered
via Things Twittered « GraphJam: Music and Pop Culture in Charts and Graphs. Let us explain them..
Let me just say – if this is you, and you’re on Twitter, then YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG!
Follow people who talk about topics that you care about, eg blogging, “social media”, wordpress. If someone becomes an obnoxious tool, unfollow them.
Follow topics, not people, and your Twitter experience will hopefully be much improved. 
Also, it’s tweeted, not twittered. =/
May 3, 2009
Apple Business Profiles: Twitter
Stone admits that yes, Twitter is fun. “But more importantly, the use cases we see emerging tell us that Twitter is a minimalist communication tool that is very powerful,” he says. “The Mac is the same way. It offers beautiful design, simple elegance, and a system that’s incredibly flexible and powerful to use.”
via Apple – Business – Profiles – Twitter.
Damn straight.
Sigh. I’m such a fanboy.
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