Hugh Macleod of Gaping Void articulates the strengths of twitter against the other new communication platforms. I always thought it would be the perfect communication tool at a music festival where you could effectively mass text message all your friends at once but I have seen the light and see how it's a platform clearly populated by influencers, social media marketeers. A great platform to spread the day to day but also links of interest. Here's Shel Israel's insightful post on twitter at SXSW.
Here's Twitter in plain english from the wonderful common craft blog.
Indeed it does, it also helps you to build stronger relationships with people whom you may meet at networking events as well as a great support community for something so simple
Posted by: Aido | March 03, 2008 at 10:00 AM
I'm not quite sure how you stumbled on to my profile over at Twitter, the general feel I have for services like Twitter is that they provide a very easy and very simple way to get the information and thoughts out there for people who don't want the responsibility of running a blog, want to avoid the invasive data-mining of the social network and very quickly fire off something witty, something silly, something topical or genuinely answer that all important Twitter question... What are you doing?
It is the amazingly simple user imagined uses for the Twitter service that provide it power, the ease and vigour with which old media companies allowed their fresh blood (The poor people tasked with taking them safely into the dangerous ocean of the new media)to ride the waves or at the very least test the waters with a big toe.
Services that have grown from Twitter constantly appear on very handy blogs like Lifehacker. I personally like the example of TwitterLit which Tweets the first line of books, as a voracious reader the potential for spontaneity in book selections intrigues me... I am amazed by the single lines which draw me in and those which don't.
Then again I didn't realise I had an opinion worth voicing on the matter. I have not seen as many useful applications of the other services by talented and imaginative users. The other services seem to bloat the issue with audio and video inclusions... I think they miss what makes it so appealing... It is the beauty of the 140 characters and a simple @.
Posted by: Tom | March 04, 2008 at 05:28 AM
Just popped in to say hi, as I found your blog by accident. Vukotic caught my eye...Nice to see a fellow man from Montenegro roaming the digital world...
Posted by: niko | March 07, 2008 at 08:55 AM
Nice meeting you on the plane! I'm not twittering yet - there's laundry to do. I will get you blogrolled soon. --Cindy
Posted by: Cindy Kilkenny | March 07, 2008 at 01:50 PM
Thanks for Following!
Posted by: Huub Koch | March 16, 2008 at 01:11 PM
Ditto. And . . .
BTW,why don't you use a URL shortener that allows you to chose your keyword? There are a few around now . . .
Posted by: Cecilia Feret | April 05, 2008 at 04:09 AM
I got a grant from the federal government for $12,000 in financial aid, see how you can get one also at http://couponredeemer.com/federalgrants/
Posted by: Alyysa | December 20, 2008 at 01:32 PM