I'm just trolling.
Look I understand it as a medium for consuming media. It's the choice as a
medium for self expression of regular shmoe's that mystifies me a little.
So. As I was saying... twitter is useless.
Unless it's shit my dad says.
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Ras Tafari wrote:
>
ALWAYS.
geek industry insiders
sports industry insiders
love the wealth of knowledge espoused.
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Ray Champagne wrote:
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> I like random the tweetlinks to scantily-clad women. That is ALWAYS useful.
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Ras Tafari wrote:
>
>>
>> lol
I like random the tweetlinks to scantily-clad women. That is ALWAYS useful.
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Ras Tafari wrote:
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> lol. so misinformed, so so misinformed.
>
> i find that it really enriches my life. in ways that many other media do
> not.
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Med
lol. so misinformed, so so misinformed.
i find that it really enriches my life. in ways that many other media do not.
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Medic wrote:
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> Exactly my point: Twitter is useless.
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 2:11 PM, PT wrote:
>
>>
>> I am late to the party whee
Exactly my point: Twitter is useless.
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 2:11 PM, PT wrote:
>
> I am late to the party whee
>
> I am also late to the whole twitter thing. I knew how useful it is, but
> I never took the time to get into it.
>
> I created a twitter account for my book projects. I inte
Excellent synopsis! And don't lurk so much :) I love convos like this...
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 2:11 PM, PT wrote:
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> Twitter is like any other tool or technology; It's value depends on how
> you use it.
>
> Oh! Also, how many of us here get news or topics we might not have
> otherwise known
I am late to the party whee
I am also late to the whole twitter thing. I knew how useful it is, but
I never took the time to get into it.
I created a twitter account for my book projects. I intended to just
use it to provide status updates on my progress and toss out some
tidbits now an
Suddenly anti-bacterial iPhone wipes are a must-have.
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Ray Champagne wrote:
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> My app idea is a suite of < 3minute games that are fun to play while on the
> crapper. iPoop. 99¢ get yours to
~|
me too, ill play in a flurry, then not for 12 hrs, then on for 2 days
straight, then not for a day or so.
no worries... slow play/pace is ok amigo. i havent played chess on
here for a WHILE since chess
is the kinda thing where you have a flow, and you have to know the board, etc.
On Mon, Apr 4,
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Ray Champagne wrote:
>
> My app idea is a suite of < 3minute games that are fun to play while on the
> crapper. iPoop. 99¢ get yours today.
>
That's a great idea..i may have to go Zuckerberg and steal that one from
ya :)
~~
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Ras Tafari wrote:
>
> actually.
>
> words = iSnowboard
> chess = iRastafari
>
I'm a slacker but I'll play some chess with ya, good luck.
Play with the best, die with the rest Boh!
~|
Order the
btw, tiny wings is killer :)
im on my 10th nest!!
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Ray Champagne wrote:
>
> My app idea is a suite of < 3minute games that are fun to play while on the
> crapper. iPoop. 99¢ get yours today.
>
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Cameron Childress wrote:
>
>>
>> O
My app idea is a suite of < 3minute games that are fun to play while on the
crapper. iPoop. 99¢ get yours today.
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Cameron Childress wrote:
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> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 1:45 PM, G Money wrote:
> > Buttwitter and face are blocked here at work
>
> Smartphone. D
actually.
words = iSnowboard
chess = iRastafari
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Ras Tafari wrote:
> im there dog.
>
> isnowboard
>
> on both.
>
> git it.
>
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Casey Dougall
> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Ras Tafari wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> true indeed.
im there dog.
isnowboard
on both.
git it.
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Casey Dougall
wrote:
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> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Ras Tafari wrote:
>
>>
>> true indeed. i def catchup during my morning session.
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Cameron Childress
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > On
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Ras Tafari wrote:
>
> true indeed. i def catchup during my morning session.
>
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Cameron Childress
> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 1:45 PM, G Money wrote:
> >> Buttwitter and face are blocked here at work
> >
> > Smart
true indeed. i def catchup during my morning session.
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Cameron Childress wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 1:45 PM, G Money wrote:
>> Buttwitter and face are blocked here at work
>
> Smartphone. Dare I say that Twitter is appropriate bathroom reading.
>
> -C
and ill take this moment to say GO O's
sweepin the Ray's in their first go-round this year
it's the small battles for us O's fans
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Cameron Childress wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 1:51 PM, G Money wrote:
>> That all sounds great.but by 11pm when i'm wo
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 1:45 PM, G Money wrote:
> Buttwitter and face are blocked here at work
Smartphone. Dare I say that Twitter is appropriate bathroom reading.
-Cameron
...
~|
Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now!
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 1:51 PM, G Money wrote:
> That all sounds great.but by 11pm when i'm worn down, the only
> information i really care about is "why is this kid crying, and how can I
> make her stop
Not sure Twitter can help here, but you never know...
> oh, and did the Royals win
priorities. thats all amigo :)
and the fact that they are BOTH blocked @ work, would stave me off as well.
thats sucks tho... you arent missing anything in particular, but you are missing
a lot that you could consume.
either way, we usually end up talking about it all here anyway :)
On Mon, Apr
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Maureen wrote:
>
> I find that it saves me a lot of time because it aggregates only those
> people and topics that I care about in one place, and the 140
> character limit forces that information into quickly digestible bites.
>
That all sounds great.but by
I find that it saves me a lot of time because it aggregates only those
people and topics that I care about in one place, and the 140
character limit forces that information into quickly digestible bites.
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 10:45 AM, G Money wrote:
> yeah, i could definitely see the value in
It's more about knowledge than social interaction. More reminiscent
of writers salons than the water cooler. People I talk to on Twitter
- authors, songwriters, film critics, politicians, newscasters,
friends, family, business associates. By talk to, I mean that I
respond to their tweets, and
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Ras Tafari wrote:
>
> lol.
>
> i might suggest you try a few industry peeps, maybe some of the espn
> guys. the branch
> out from there... you might find you like it, and its better than the
> news, and you can add/detract
> as you see fit ;)
>
yeah, i could de
i mean, where else am i going to get this POV from the masters:
http://yfrog.com/gzvp6etsj
thats stuart appleby!!
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Ras Tafari wrote:
> and the beauty of group servicing of information... even if you miss
> something the group "the twitterverse"
> will retweet, et
and the beauty of group servicing of information... even if you miss
something the group "the twitterverse"
will retweet, etc. group knowledge is AMAZING and powerful.
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Cameron Childress wrote:
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> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Casey Dougall
> wrote:
>> For me
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Casey Dougall
wrote:
> For me it's like logging into facebook and seeing you just missed another
> 300 updates from your friends. Who can keep up with all these feeds.
Abandon the idea that you are going to read everything. Imagine it
more like a passing conversa
my peeps are on fb, the news/world/geeks are on twitter. two wholly
different things for me.
but to each his own for real
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Casey Dougall
wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Tony Weeg wrote:
>
>>
>> I'd love to hear why. I really would.
>>
>> Sent
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Tony Weeg wrote:
>
> I'd love to hear why. I really would.
>
> Sent from my iPhone... Don't hate.
>
>
For me it's like logging into facebook and seeing you just missed another
300 updates from your friends. Who can keep up with all these feeds.
~~~
lol.
i might suggest you try a few industry peeps, maybe some of the espn
guys. the branch
out from there... you might find you like it, and its better than the
news, and you can add/detract
as you see fit ;)
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 1:00 PM, G Money wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 11:53 AM, T
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Tony Weeg wrote:
>
> I'd love to hear why. I really would.
>
I dunnoI'm just anti-social I guess.
Other people just don't hold much interest for me..which is probably why
I don't understand the fascination with reality TV...or even cell phones.
~~
I'd love to hear why. I really would.
Sent from my iPhone... Don't hate.
On Apr 4, 2011, at 11:46 AM, G Money wrote:
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> But those of us who dismiss it for other reason.are we OK?
>
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Erika L. Rich wrote:
>
>>
>> +1 Bingo!
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 11:46 AM, G Money wrote:
> But those of us who dismiss it for other reason.are we OK?
Sure. Do what you gotta do - just because it's useful to others doesn't
mean it is useful to you - or that you have that much free time to devote to
keeping up with it.
I just think
Well... as long as your livelihood does not depend on the search engine
rankings, and on and off-line marketing of any kind of product or service,
by all means dismiss it ...
But if your salary is paid by a company that markets itself in any way, then
never dismiss it. In fact, make sure you tell
But those of us who dismiss it for other reason.are we OK?
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Erika L. Rich wrote:
>
> +1 Bingo!
>
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Cameron Childress >wrote:
>
> > I think that people who dismiss Twitter as a narcissistic soapbox are
> doing
> > themselves
+1 Bingo!
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Cameron Childress wrote:
> I think that people who dismiss Twitter as a narcissistic soapbox are doing
> themselves a disservice. It is what you make of it, and there are many
> MANY
> more useful things you can make of it than that.
>
> -Cameron
>
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Gruss Gott wrote:
> And I've found it to be less people talking about their lives and more
> local journalism.
I think it depends on who you are following. I have a hard time keeping up
with the firehose of data, but it's still great to watch it when I have
ti
its amazing. i learn more from twitter on a daily basis than ANYWHERE else.
hell, i even get golf tips from Stewart Cink, directly to me.
nowhere in the history of civilization has this access been possible.
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Gruss Gott wrote:
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> Ras Tafari wrote:
>>
>> its th
Ras Tafari wrote:
>
> its the global social conscience.
And I've found it to be less people talking about their lives and more
local journalism.
After all, isn't that what News is? A reporter doing stuff and then
telling us what their seeing? i.e., telling us about their lives?
~
its the global social conscience.
check out www.twistori.com
cool stuff, and if you dig a bit deeper on that site to its sister
site, you will
find some DAMN fine data viz of the twitterdata out there.
cool stuff.
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 6:41 AM, Medic wrote:
>
> By self centered I mean the who
By self centered I mean the whole idea of broadcasting one's life 140
characters at a time.
I think this describes it best.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN2HAroA12w
On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Erika L. Rich wrote:
>
> LOL! :)
>
> I guess I meant that "self-centered" is a little harsh un
LOL! :)
I guess I meant that "self-centered" is a little harsh under some
circumstances :) I can obviously see where some are, but I haven't used it
in that way, so it never fit my description of the use of Twitter.
I too view it as an immediate "newsfeed" and it's instant gratification for
som
In response to Medic btw, Erika just happened to get there first :)
On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Gruss Gott wrote:
> Erika L. Rich wrote:
>>
>> Not sure where you get "self-centered" from but it's narrow minded to think
>> that Twitter is "only for a single person".
>
> Granted I'm *very* la
Erika L. Rich wrote:
>
> Not sure where you get "self-centered" from but it's narrow minded to think
> that Twitter is "only for a single person".
Granted I'm *very* late to the social media world mostly because for
things like twitter I couldn't understand why anyone would want to
read about wh
Not sure where you get "self-centered" from but it's narrow minded to think
that Twitter is "only for a single person". :) Check it out sometime.
It's used quite fantastically to broadcast updates for businesses,
charities, shows, news, etc. :)
Every account is for a different purpose (i.e. bus
I mean thundercats, not tigercats.
On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Medic wrote:
> I know this is displaying my ignorance... but does "To manage a dozen
> twitter accounts" mean you have a dozen twitter accounts? What in Gods name
> would you need a dozen accounts for? Does having a dozen self-c
I know this is displaying my ignorance... but does "To manage a dozen
twitter accounts" mean you have a dozen twitter accounts? What in Gods name
would you need a dozen accounts for? Does having a dozen self-centered
useless things somehow make them useful? Like when the tiger cats join?
On Sun,
It's also got a slick phone app too ... Hootsuite is all I use. To manage a
dozen twitter accounts, Facebook Fan pages, Ping.fm accounts, LinkedIn, RSS
Feeds, etc.
It's fabulous. :) And has some REALLY great reporting features.
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Yves Arsenault wrote:
>
> I used t
I used to use Tweetdeck...
But I use hootsuite.com to manage my 3 accounts now...
It's web based.
Not for everyone I'm sure, but it works for me.
Has a bunch of settings and configs...
:-)
Yves Arsenault
"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend".
--Martin Luthe
+1 for Tweetdeck, but since my office blocked twitter I haven't used
it much, just my phone.
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Ray Champagne wrote:
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> Tweetdeck is the best! Multiple account access was added a few versions ago.
> My only complaint is that it sucks up a fair amount of CPU, bu
+1 for TweetDeck. I manage multiple accounts for myself and for
several of my web clients, plus the Boy Toy, who is technically
incompetent. (He can barely handle Yahoo web mail)
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 4:13 PM, PT wrote:
>
> I have several twitter accounts that I need to keep track of. Some a
Tweetdeck is the best! Multiple account access was added a few versions ago.
My only complaint is that it sucks up a fair amount of CPU, but hey, it's an
Air app. What do you expect? Zing!
Sent using a tiny keyboard. Typos imminent.
On Mar 29, 2011, at 6:18 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote:
>
I use twitter.com, and that seldom.
But coworkers and friends who tweet often swear by tweetdeck.
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 7:13 PM, PT wrote:
>
> I have several twitter accounts that I need to keep track of. Some are
> work, some are personal and some are other.
>
> I know there are applicatio
I have several twitter accounts that I need to keep track of. Some are
work, some are personal and some are other.
I know there are applications out there to manage such, but I would like
opinions on the best based on personal experience. Being able to
categorize the different accounts and k
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