Patterico's Pontifications

5/15/2011

Twitter: Just a Reminder

Filed under: General — Patterico @ 1:26 am



I have a Twitter account at @Patterico. And I have the latest messages I have posted there on the sidebar. If you’re at all interested in this immediate form of media — and you should be — you should sign up, and follow me (and Aaron, at @AaronWorthing, where he announces all his posts here).

25 Responses to “Twitter: Just a Reminder”

  1. Don’t forget you can follow Lee using @Stranahan.

    Aaron Worthing (73a7ea)

  2. “You should be interested in Twitter.” Why?

    gp (070236)

  3. Twitter? I have an oriole out the south window, and a pair of bluejays out the north. And there’s a robin walking on my deck.

    I suppose I could sign up and see what the fuss is, but my life is boring and I have too many distractions already, not counting those that came built-in (ADHD.)

    htom (412a17)

  4. Does it make my cell phone go off with every Twitter message?

    Arizona Bob (aa856e)

  5. I thought Twitter was a joke. Now I am addicted. Here’s why. Information is power. Raw information. For example, the OBL story broke on Twitter. Then it propagated to the blogs, then cable news, then broadcast and print. Each apply the content filter. Although blog and web based sources may refer back to the original content better than others. I find it quite fascinating to watch the propagation of information. Twitter also exposes the creativity, ingenuity, and originality of individuals. No longer do we have to rely, and trust, the media content filters. Everyday people. Amazing nobodies interacting in one giant independent media collective. We the people.

    Fascinating.

    Mr B (852d60)

  6. Perhaps where social media has tainted the view of many is in the way it allows shallow narcissism to feed itself. Some will seek that, others will reject it. That is the beauty of new media. Find the content that suits you. You control your own input and output.

    Twittering idiots do not define all of Twitter. It is but a consequence of freedom of speech. More speech not less. Apply your own filter(s).

    I laughed when I once read Twitter and Facebook would be the greatest threats to Communism. Now I chuckle at my ignorance of such a simple concept not being true.

    Mr B (852d60)

  7. Should somebody use something like TweetDeck? Does this allow people to follow both sides of Tweet
    “conversations”?

    Reading Tweeter and seeing one side of conversations was pretty boring.

    BfC (ffa9b4)

  8. Here is an example of what I am talking about. Dig in to and follow the Ai WeiWei story.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8432272/China-breaks-silence-on-Ai-Weiweis-detention.html

    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/ai-wei-wei/

    I can’t think of a better example of an offense to free speech and property rights than this story. Think the Chinese Govt will allow such information to be free? Unfiltered? Ai Weiwei used new media. The power of his message got the attention of the Govt. It should be clear why.

    Mr B (852d60)

  9. “Does it make my cell phone go off with every Twitter message?”

    No

    Mr B (852d60)

  10. Why are you people fascinated with twitter?

    DohBiden (15aa57)

  11. colonel love to twat
    but missus not hot to trot
    throbber all I got

    ColonelHaiku (37fe8d)

  12. So why are islamofascists exempt from hate crimes charges if they go on an anti-gay rampage?

    Same question applies to illegals.

    DohBiden (15aa57)

  13. As does our friend: @nitecruzr

    Kevin in ABQ (2cb69b)

  14. I am so sorry that happened to you Mr. Colonel

    happyfeet (3c92a1)

  15. Most Hippies most certainly do not go to college.

    DohBiden (15aa57)

  16. I don’t Twit.

    And get off my lawn.

    SPQR (26be8b)

  17. I respectfully disagree that I should be interested in this medium of communication.

    Email and blogging are also “immediate.”

    Immediacy is not the only consideration. Content is more important.

    Thoughtful content beats instant content every time.

    Twitter is great for creating and growing of controversies precisely because it’s such a hamstrung medium of communication. Almost without exception, the stuff you’ve posted here that has started with some Twitter exchange has been among your least thoughtful — and to me, least interesting — blogging. But at least it’s been blogging, and it’s been able to express something more subtle than a handful of letters can permit.

    So no thank you.

    And get off my lawn.

    Beldar (7c0dd5)

  18. And get off my lawn.

    20 characters.

    Patterico (c218bd)

  19. You young people have no respect why when i was young we showed respect to our elders

    /Beldar

    DohBiden (15aa57)

  20. Thoughtful content beats instant content every time.

    I agree with Beldar about content.
    Effective writing is almost a lost art in the work place. I spend an awful lot of time helping people with college degrees in learning how to write with a purpose and intent. All too often the writing is disorganized and ineffective. Getting the facts, point and recommendations to a page or less is the goal – not a meandering 3 page manifesto of disjointed points.

    As for twitter I don’t have an account and don’t plan on getting one. So what if I know in nanoseconds of something that has happened somewhere else? Will people really care what others or I have to say about it in 140 characters?
    Blogs encourage from the hip postings (am sure many of mine were/are exactly that). Compare it to the effort one makes in creating an email or heaven forbid a handwritten letter. Much more thoughtful imo.
    Social media has its place and I’m not completely averse to it. For example, my daughter was in Narita when the earthquake hit. Phone service was impossible but through facebook she was able to relay a message to her husband who let us know she was okay. Of course the only people who cared were her friends and loved ones.
    There are two books I’d recommend; The Shallows by Carr and Cult of the Amateur by Keen. They offer some good food for thought about the pluses and minuses of our latest technology.

    And get off my lawn!

    vor2 (6c8528)

  21. And get off my lawn!

    Sorry but I must bid you adieu.

    DohBiden (15aa57)

  22. And yes madonna sucked in all of her movies.

    DohBiden (15aa57)

  23. vor2 — Cutting it down to two pages is usually fairly easy. Going to one is much harder and an admirable goal. Any hints or recommendations on that process?

    htom (412a17)

  24. Any hints or recommendations on that process?

    Comment by htom — 5/16/2011 @ 10:31 am

    htom, If it is for the senior decision makers I offer 2-3 courses of action with a couple of one line bullets each for pro/con and your number one recommendation highlighted first. Having a second page which is essentially a bullet background paper in case they want more details. The background research is always available in the event they want to wade through several pages. Works pretty well for business & the military.

    And don’t get me started on powerpoint! 😉

    http://www.infowarrior.org/powerpoint.html
    http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=upiUPI-20100823-112700-2345&show_article=1

    vor2 (ed3c96)


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