Comments on White Space: Twitter

Yes i know. I put it there. Thats my link blog sha...

2007-03-21T12:28:00.000+05:30

Yes i know. I put it there. Thats my link blog shared using Google Reader.

The article is really good about the over hype on twitter written by Kathy Sierra. She is again one more influencial blogger in the user experience arena.

From a link on your blog: Is twitter too good

2007-03-21T12:24:00.000+05:30

From a link on your blog: Is twitter too good

Great :-)

2007-03-21T10:24:00.000+05:30

Great :-)

Agreed - 1. Twitter is gr8 for networking from the...

2007-03-21T00:43:00.000+05:30

Agreed -
1. Twitter is gr8 for networking from the public timeline.
2. Given my propensity for getting addicted I could become addicted to twitter.

(twitter's response)Reminded of the way children r...

2007-03-21T00:05:00.000+05:30

(twitter's response)Reminded of the way children respond when parents try to show them off in front of guests. ;)

Added you finally! :)

2007-03-20T23:56:00.000+05:30

Added you finally! :)

Agreed. Its slow as of late. Its a top contenter a...

2007-03-20T22:13:00.000+05:30

Agreed. Its slow as of late. Its a top contenter at SXSW awards and may be coz of that there is huge traffic towards it.

Bye then :)Twitter is just too slow! yay! Just pok...

2007-03-20T22:08:00.000+05:30

Bye then :)
Twitter is just too slow! yay!
Just poking fun at you ;).

Twitter is a bit flaky of late. I think its not ab...

2007-03-20T22:06:00.000+05:30

Twitter is a bit flaky of late. I think its not able to handle the traffic. Thanks to all of us who is creating the hype. as u know any publicity is good publicity. I will add you tomorrow for sure.

I was first commenting using other nd anonymous, b...

2007-03-20T22:00:00.000+05:30

I was first commenting using other nd anonymous, but some blogs do not allow anonymous comments. Later this blog is gave me a blog person, and I started to blog too - in my own fashion.
Horrible english!

Read as:
I was first commenting using "other" and "anonymous" options, but some blogs do not allow anonymous comments, I created the visitor. Later this blog name gave me a blog persona, and I started to blog too - in my own fashion.

I seem to be unable to add you as a frien. My twitter id is /visitor

Ah Visitor, my twitter id is "ooomz". you can find...

2007-03-20T21:47:00.000+05:30

Ah Visitor, my twitter id is "ooomz". you can find me at http://www.twitter.com/ooomz. add me as a friend.

Sorry, it is the HSBC ad. Old age catching up with...

2007-03-20T21:46:00.000+05:30

Sorry, it is the HSBC ad. Old age catching up with me.
I was first commenting using other nd anonymous, but some blogs do not allow anonymous comments. Later this blog is gave me a blog person, and I started to blog too - in my own fashion.

Btw is "Different people different needs" an ABN A...

2007-03-20T21:42:00.000+05:30

Btw is "Different people different needs" an ABN Amro Ad? I thought its HSBC :-)

Also you made a blogger account just to comment on blogs? Well its ok but just to tell you to comment on blogs (even if its blogger/blogspot) you dont really need a blogger account. You can select the "Other" option to put in your name and comment or select the "anonymous" option to be anonymous.

I think you really need to check out things before commenting on them. :-)

I have just opened a twitter account - so you know...

2007-03-20T21:37:00.000+05:30

I have just opened a twitter account - so you know where you'll find me :)
PS: Umesh, I want to clarify that my aim is NOT to decry twitter or any other thing for that matter.
PPS: I will have an open mind on twitter.

Hi Umesh,I am sorry that I commented on twitter in...

2007-03-20T21:27:00.000+05:30

Hi Umesh,
I am sorry that I commented on twitter in a generic fashion, without having seen what it really is, and what it can do. :)

As the ABN-Amro ad goes:
Different people different needs. :)
I feel that twitter and blogs cater to different needs of people. While it might be possible, to make use of either for the purpose it was not primarily meant for, the best way to use them would be for the specific purposes they were each meant for.

Even blogs have been 'customized' by individuals for specific purposes. For example, I created a blogger account specifically to comment on blog posts, when I felt I had something to say, which is probably not what blogging is all about. My attempts at blogging have been more in reading rather than on sharing my own ideas (because I really do not have strong opinions about most things).

I will certainly give twitter a try before dissing it. :)

Welcome to White Space Visitor.First of all lemme ...

2007-03-20T17:07:00.000+05:30

Welcome to White Space Visitor.

First of all lemme suggest that you use twitter, understand it in and out and then get addicted or hate it. Please dont have a say on it before using it.

Lemme answer your point here.

> I am so obsessed with this anonymity, that twitter seems (to me) to be an open book, open for anyone to read. It seems like an intrusion on my privacy.

Well it depends on how much info you put in when you register twitter account. I guess you have registered your blogger account using the name visitor. You can do exactly the same thing on twitter too and also choose not to put in a picture.

Lets consider twitter as a micro blog. ie, twitter gives you a warning if your post goes more than 160 characters. You can post/recieve twits using your phone and so the limit. However it takes your post however long it is but show the limited one on the phone and the full version on the web.

You can also add twitter agent to your google chat as a contact, so you can post the twit just by sending it like a chat message. You can even recieve posts from others you choose to recieve.

There is a public timeline on twitter which shows all the twits which has come in and anyone can see them. Now you can choose to be out of this too. You can choose it to go to the people only you like, the selected group you said. Compare it with bloggers listing of your blog on their home page and you choosing not to get listed and going for a pwd protected blog access.

> I am not sure why you say that blog posts have to be necessarily long - I have seen posts that are just one line long.

Agreed. But this one is micro blog and for that reason it has to be short. Its for people who wants to post only one liners. How does this make sense? Imagine you are attending a conference. You are doing live blogging. You keep on posting stuff as and when it happens in the conference in one liners and as and when you post your friends are updated not only on web, their chat and also mobile phones. People actually use twitter to get news updates.

> The thing I like about blogger is that it helps you 'discover' new friends on the Web.

I think this is more easier on twitter. Just go to the public timeline, try to follow someone who you think is worth following (there are many hight profile bloggers on twitter) add them as friend, send them direct messages and keep them in the loop. I use twitter to update my status message on Non Breaking Space (Just see what i'm doing now right below my profile top right).

> Then I would classify it as a kind of archived IM.

Wonderful thats another name for twitter and thats the beauty of it. You can use it in anyway you want it to be. But the point is that you always answer to a question in twitter which makes it focussed. The question being "What are your doing"?. I dont send messages saying "Are you coming for movie with me?" even though I can. But the same message I can put it another way keeping the question to which i'm answering in mind. "I'm wondering if Visitor will come for a movie with me." :-) Its expresses my thoughts for sure.

Another beauty of twitter is its API using which any one can build applications using Twitter's functionality. Might not be a use for you directly, but it does gives the oppurtunity for others to build more useful services out of twitter. like this one http://twittermap.com/. The very point of yours, how to find a friend on twitter. Just go to this service which was developed mashing up Twitter API and Google Map API to find out people who twits from different geaographies. Just go to the place of your choice and find someone who whom you can add as a friend.

Actually twitter is a very simple application and prehaps the most easy thing which can ever be done. But the point is how anyone can makes use of it. And its open. You can make use of it anyway you want. To make friends (i have made many), to listen to influential people (I follow Robert Scoble, the most influencial geek blogger), to update my status on my blog, to get news updates (you can follow bbc and google news on twitter), to get event updates(like SXSW or 3gsm), or to make new services using Twitter.

Try it. You might not find it useful. Thats fine. But there are many others who find it interesting. :-) Its like my ladies finger complaint.

Hi Umesh,Quite a coincidence. Today morning I read...

2007-03-20T16:19:00.000+05:30

Hi Umesh,
Quite a coincidence. Today morning I read this post of yours and wanted to say the same thing to you.
That is blogging provides whatever twitter offers (Expressing oneself, networking / communication). I haven't analysed twitter in detail, to take a definitive stand on its use.
Blogging permits me to be either
as a known person in the real world,
or as an anonymous blog persona.
I am so obsessed with this anonymity, that twitter seems (to me) to be an open book, open for anyone to read. It seems like an intrusion on my privacy.
I am not sure why you say that blog posts have to be necessarily long - I have seen posts that are just one line long.
The thing I like about blogger is that it helps you 'discover' new friends on the Web. It allows one to establish friendship based on mutual interests etc. In fact, most, if not all, of the bloggers with whom I communicate through posts and comments are persons whom I met in blogosphere, of whose real world identity I know little or nothing about.

From a superficial reading of Thoughts on twitter, its light-weight nature and non-synchronous communication is emphasised. That may be true. Then I would classify it as a kind of archived IM.
Its entire purpose would be communication to a select group, so what it achieves is more of communication.
Whereas blogging (my own take) is not just communication, it is used as a medium for expression too.
Of course, maybe both can be used interchangeably, the user deciding what (s)he wants to use it for.

Just some of my thoughts. Maybe if I try twitter I might become a twitter addict. I remember in the early days of email, i used to literally chat using email. LOL.