Twitter Away…
When I was first introduced to Twitter, I was a bit overwhelmed. Was I supposed to start recording every event in my life now? Do I want to record the fact that I just ate a chicken salad? And if I do, does anyone care? But then I realized that this is the beauty of Twitter. Yes, people actually care.
Twitter is a great way to stay informed about what your friends are up to even if you haven’t talked to them in a long time. It’s also great for all those networking parties where you need to make small talk with various people and you don’t know where to start off. If you know who will be at the event, you can check out their twitter page the day before and surprise them by knowing what they did last night, what conferences they just attended, or even when was the last time they had the flu.
I also think it can be useful for oneself, sort of like a diary, to look back at and remember what you did on a particular day.
The real beauty of Twitter is in its simplicity of use. It’s easy, it’s fast, it doesn’t require a large attention span. Just type in anything - your thoughts, the event you just attended, the post you just wrote, the movie you just saw. Everyone has their own style of using Twitter.
Twitter allows you to learn little details about the daily lives of your online friends that you wouldn’t otherwise know. For instance, I would have never imagined that Kent spent his evening dining twelve nine year old girls (sorry Kent, it was just too funny :-)). At the same time, I can let my online friends know a little about my own daily activities, stuff they wouldn’t find out from reading my blog posts or looking at my digg links.
In conclusion, much to my surprise, I really like and enjoy Twitter. Everyone has their own way of using Twitter, so find your own. I recommend it to all of you. Oh, and make sure to add me as a contact!
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April 30th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Hi Blondie,
I am contacting what I call tier 3 bloggers like us and asking if they want to link exchange.
I have been to your site a few times (never because I tried to) but because you covered content I was reading on and so for me that is a good sign.
If you take a look at mine and think the same lets add each other to our respective blogrolls.
Cheers
Roger
http://www.techwinter.com (thats mine)
PS This is the first attempt at doing this let me know your thoughts even if you do or don’t want to do it.
May 1st, 2007 at 1:40 am
Roger:
I read your post regarding Calacanis’s link-baiting article and although I understand your case regarding trackbacks/link-baiting, as you write: “Trackbacks are the best way for us Nth tier bloggers to milk …for every possible new reader”…I myself hold my reputation more highly than the quantity of traffic that enters my site. I will not “sell out” simply to get a higher ranking on technorati. If I like a certain blog, and I am an avid reader, then sure, I’ll link to it, but I won’t link to someone’s blog just so he will link to mine.
I am not trying to sound high and mighty. This is just my personal take on this issue. Different bloggers see this matter differently. I will gladly take a look at your site more often now and perhaps decide to link to it at some point in the future, but you can be sure it won’t be due to some sort of link exchange. It will be due to the fact that I think you actually have really good content.
May 6th, 2007 at 10:16 am
Sounds good. That is why I left you my link for you to do that.
The response to calacanis is a totally unrelated situation.
It was me passing on information to others. Not a code of practice that I necessarily adhere to.
However that being said, trackbacks are an important tool that allows for the conversational style blogs are famous for to occur.
Don’t be too quick to judge a ‘trackbacker’ as often I think they are a valuable resource in connecting disparate conversations. I like being sent to other sites to hear different opinions and too often I have to dig around technorati to find directly related material.
For myself I like to comment mostly and refer to related content on my site where applicable, but sometimes as is the calacanis incident no one was linking to each other and it was a uni-directional conversation so trackbacking was a valuble tool not just an effective means of drawing traffic.
Regarding the link exchange, I think it is clear from my site not the one post you refer to that I link to only quality people and sites. Nearly of those sites also link to me.
When I reached out to you I felt you would be a good site to link to because of your contents complimentary nature, and I felt also that you would agree.
This is what networks such as 9Rules do and I believe we as Nth bloggers should try and stick together where there is mutual advantage so that we don’t get lost in the background noise. So that our voices are heard and added to the global diversity.
Good luck and let me know if and when you change your mind.
Cheers
Roger
May 7th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
Roger:
I read your blog and I’ll continue to read it. We all know the value of trackbacking, and as you can see from my posts, I often trackback to links that I think are relevant to the story. A link exchange, however, is a totally different issue and I cannot accept such an exchange at this time. I hope you understand that it’s nothing personal. I would love to continue talking with you and will certainly keep on visiting your blog.
May 20th, 2007 at 11:12 pm
I am grateful that you read my blog and although we disagree on this I to have no intention of making it personal and am glad to see you feel likewise.
I am also really glad it turned into a debate I enjoy debates.
Keep it up and I hope your had a good time when you took your bloggin hiatus.
Cheers
Roger