Twitter has enabled me to have the kind of casual conversation with people that you usually don't get on the internet... Email (especially this list) can be overwhelming.. and not every topic is worth a whole email. Twitter is more like all of us standing around in a room talking over each other.
It's also a good way to see more of who somebody is outside of the usual context. Most of the people I talk to are IxDA related in some way, or local UX community peeps. Plus.. I've had great conversations with people that I ordinarily wouldn't have much access to... On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:49 PM, Will Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Word - and @mariobourque has introduced me to a number of cool people, > @whitneyhess blogs entire conferences for those that can't go, the list goes > on and on. > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Mario Bourque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Twitter is an amazing tool... if used correctly. >> >> I've been able to: >> >> 1.) Connect with my own user community >> 2.) Connect with people in other related comminuties >> 3.) Create new personal and professional relationships >> 4.) Save money >> 5.) Become a more efficient communicator >> 6.) Get feedback >> >> I've been having conversations with @*acclimedia< >> http://twitter.com/acclimedia> >> * about this very topic. I'm almost inspired to write an article with her >> about it. >> >> Like everything, twitter can be used for evil. There are a lot of spammers >> and many users are more concerned with # of followers than quality of their >> own stream. >> >> It can be incredibly powerful or dangerous. Remember that whatever you >> "tweet" into the "twitterverse" is out there forever. It can make or break >> you. >> >> That being said, it is important to figure out what you want to get out of >> twitter. I've lost the desire to FB or blog because of twitter. It's much >> easier. Maybe I'm simply more lazy. >> >> Ping me offline if you (or anyone) want(s) to chat about it. I'm not >> professing to be an expert, just an opportunistic user. >> >> >> -- >> Mario Bourque >> Web: www.mariobourque.com >> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Twitter: www.twitter.com/mariobourque >> >> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Melissa Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >wrote: >> >> > Interested in finding out who's using Twitter and what for – >> > (Personal updates? Reinforcing/building >> > communities? Work related announcements?) and if anyone has found novel, >> > possibly unintended, uses for the product. >> > >> > >> > >> > ________________________________________________________________ >> > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >> > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >> > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >> > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >> ________________________________________________________________ >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >> To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >> > > > > -- > ~ will > > "Where you innovate, how you innovate, > and what you innovate are design problems" > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Will Evans | User Experience Architect > tel: +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > aim: semanticwill | gtalk: wkevans4 > twitter: semanticwill | skype: semanticwill > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- Matt Nish-Lapidus work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / www.bibliocommons.com -- personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] twitter: emenel ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
