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That whole Twitter thing

March 29th, 2007 by mhjones

So my colleague Joshua and I today dived into this Twitter thing that’s been buzzing around the blogosphere for weeks. Here’s my page, and Joshua’s is here. He wrote a yarn on the subject which was slated to run in tomorrow’s paper (Friday).

So what is it? Think instant messaging meets blog, meets SMS messaging, and stir with large amounts of random bizzare conversations. I went out to lunch with an SMS notification service turned on and kept getting an SMS for each message one of my friends wrote. Let’s just say I turned that little service off quickly. I can’t decide if it’s all just a little bit silly. Whatdya reckon?

Update: Story got held. You get that.

Update2: It got a run on page 3 of the Weekend AFR in case you missed it. Joshua kicked off the piece thus: "A digital stream of consciousness called Twitter has become the online flavour of the month."

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5 Responses to “That whole Twitter thing”

  1. Asher Moses Says:
    March 30th, 2007 at 6:37 am

    I still don’t get the appeal of Twitter, but maybe i’m just blind.

    Why do I care what my friends are doing at every second of the day? And why do I want to feel obligated to post my own updates?

    Bizarre.

  2. Godon Smith Says:
    March 30th, 2007 at 6:56 am

    I must be of an age where knowing what my friends are up to in a near-real-time manner just isn’t of interest. I signed up at twitter some months ago, passed the info on to a few friends, and then, within days, the novelty died.

  3. Paull Young Says:
    March 30th, 2007 at 8:10 am

    I find it generally entertaining and amusing. I haven’t learnt anything from it, but I have had a few belly laughs.

    Allan Jenkins hit the nail on the head with his funny post: http://allanjenkins.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/03/twitter_tweets_.html

  4. scientaestubique Says:
    March 31st, 2007 at 9:49 am

    Twitter is ideal for those who work from home, or who work alone, if they miss the buzz of a large working environment. Lots of ideas, lots of chatter. However with Twitter you can turn it off any time.

  5. Simon Sharwood Says:
    April 2nd, 2007 at 1:47 pm

    I think I have an application for Twitter: commentary from football games not covered by the media.
    I support the Newtown Jets (a second tier rugby league team) and their results are often not widely released for 48 hours after the game.
    Twitter could solve that very quickly and cheaply for all concerned.
    But I have no idea what else it is for.

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