Comments on: Thoughts on Twitter http://blog.codecomputerlove.com/2010/09/01/thoughts-on-twitter/ Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:26:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James http://blog.codecomputerlove.com/2010/09/01/thoughts-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-2597 James Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:43:06 +0000 http://blog.codecomputerlove.com/?p=870#comment-2597 I saw Twitter very early in its life and like many, never saw the point in it. It's only very recently that I've given it another go and I'm finding it's a great source of industry chatter, news and resources as well as a reasonable mix of inane babble and banter between my peers. I've yet to leverage it for actual work but I'm sure that those who have the right balance of contacts find it a great way to secure work. Probably something very useful for freelancers. It's worth mentioning that in my case, it's actually pretty much replaced two sites I visited daily (QBN and Digg) and it's also making big inroads into how much I'm now not using Google Reader for my RSS feeds (although I use that for different, more detailled content generally). I also barely visit facebook any more. It's quite scary how something I didn't really see the point in a couple of years back has very quickly become a staple of my online browsing day. I saw Twitter very early in its life and like many, never saw the point in it. It’s only very recently that I’ve given it another go and I’m finding it’s a great source of industry chatter, news and resources as well as a reasonable mix of inane babble and banter between my peers.

I’ve yet to leverage it for actual work but I’m sure that those who have the right balance of contacts find it a great way to secure work. Probably something very useful for freelancers.

It’s worth mentioning that in my case, it’s actually pretty much replaced two sites I visited daily (QBN and Digg) and it’s also making big inroads into how much I’m now not using Google Reader for my RSS feeds (although I use that for different, more detailled content generally).

I also barely visit facebook any more. It’s quite scary how something I didn’t really see the point in a couple of years back has very quickly become a staple of my online browsing day.

]]> By: Mike http://blog.codecomputerlove.com/2010/09/01/thoughts-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-2596 Mike Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:17:41 +0000 http://blog.codecomputerlove.com/?p=870#comment-2596 Interesting article. I follow a fair few people and agree that it takes up a fair bit of time and try to limit my activity to short bursts, otherwise it's too overwhelming. As it's a real time service I find that there is always someone 'online' if I want to ask a question / get an opinion on something. Also if you do want to promote something you can get a feel of things before you release a product/service by engaging with your followers. I still think it's probably the only service out there that sucessfully connects people who have similar interests. In the grand scheme of things, it's still early days yet for the site, it's still only 'primary school' age! Interesting article. I follow a fair few people and agree that it takes up a fair bit of time and try to limit my activity to short bursts, otherwise it’s too overwhelming. As it’s a real time service I find that there is always someone ‘online’ if I want to ask a question / get an opinion on something. Also if you do want to promote something you can get a feel of things before you release a product/service by engaging with your followers.

I still think it’s probably the only service out there that sucessfully connects people who have similar interests.

In the grand scheme of things, it’s still early days yet for the site, it’s still only ‘primary school’ age!

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