Comments on: on twitter vs. the blog http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/01/10/on-twitter-vs-the-blog/ just a lowly edtech geek, mumble mumble university of calgary Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:18:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: » Prologue: Twitter-Inspired WordPress Theme WPMu Ed http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/01/10/on-twitter-vs-the-blog/#comment-177364 » Prologue: Twitter-Inspired WordPress Theme WPMu Ed Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:02:21 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/01/10/on-twitter-vs-the-blog/#comment-177364 [...] anything profound to the discussions surrounding the value of Twitter, for folks like Alan Levine, D’Arcy Norman, Chris Lott (I wear my protection with pride, Chris!), and many others have done a far better job [...] [...] anything profound to the discussions surrounding the value of Twitter, for folks like Alan Levine, D’Arcy Norman, Chris Lott (I wear my protection with pride, Chris!), and many others have done a far better job [...]

]]> By: Sylvia Currie http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/01/10/on-twitter-vs-the-blog/#comment-176425 Sylvia Currie Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:13:45 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/01/10/on-twitter-vs-the-blog/#comment-176425 I like that solution, Keri! twitterdee and twitterdum :-) I like that solution, Keri! twitterdee and twitterdum :-)

]]> By: Keri Morgret http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/01/10/on-twitter-vs-the-blog/#comment-176400 Keri Morgret Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:13:36 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/01/10/on-twitter-vs-the-blog/#comment-176400 I had my Twitter updates listed as private until I made two accounts. I really have two different groups of people I talk to, so I made the new account private and invited a few people over there, and returned the original account to public. I like being able to discover new people who see my public account, but also the freedom of saying what I want on the other account without worrying about it being public on the net for all time. I use Twhirl to manage the multiple accounts, and it works well for me. I like it much better than using the web interface. I had my Twitter updates listed as private until I made two accounts. I really have two different groups of people I talk to, so I made the new account private and invited a few people over there, and returned the original account to public. I like being able to discover new people who see my public account, but also the freedom of saying what I want on the other account without worrying about it being public on the net for all time.

I use Twhirl to manage the multiple accounts, and it works well for me. I like it much better than using the web interface.

]]> By: davin http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/01/10/on-twitter-vs-the-blog/#comment-175175 davin Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:54:14 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/01/10/on-twitter-vs-the-blog/#comment-175175 Welcome to functionality that already existed on Livejournal at least 5 years ago. Twitter is boring. Welcome to functionality that already existed on Livejournal at least 5 years ago. Twitter is boring.

]]> By: Michael http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/01/10/on-twitter-vs-the-blog/#comment-171413 Michael Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:27:14 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/01/10/on-twitter-vs-the-blog/#comment-171413 If you want to publish more text and more information use a blog because it is much easier to read. But for short messages Twitter is the better choice. So it is hard to compare these two forms of communication. It depends what and how much you want to say. If you want to publish more text and more information use a blog because it is much easier to read. But for short messages Twitter is the better choice. So it is hard to compare these two forms of communication. It depends what and how much you want to say.

]]> By: Blaspheme Bourne http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/01/10/on-twitter-vs-the-blog/#comment-165717 Blaspheme Bourne Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:16:13 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/01/10/on-twitter-vs-the-blog/#comment-165717 I'm just getting into Twitter and have yet to get drawn into conversation. My updates are similiar to my blog updates — written knowing that the world can read them. Styling it as such is nearly all the fun. — Blas I’m just getting into Twitter and have yet to get drawn into conversation. My updates are similiar to my blog updates — written knowing that the world can read them. Styling it as such is nearly all the fun.

— Blas

]]> By: 5tein http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/01/10/on-twitter-vs-the-blog/#comment-165253 5tein Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:34:02 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/01/10/on-twitter-vs-the-blog/#comment-165253 Lisa, they say 2 is compartmentalizing too much? I have 4: one for edtech, one for writing, one for skateboarding, one for teaching web design. I feel properly balanced. I don't know if I would with Twitter accounts (though I did just have the very odd experience of having an actual student request to follow me this week. I did, and promised myself I wouldn't complain about student projects on Twitter anymore. Maybe CogDog is right, and if one wouldn't say it in public, one shouldn't say it at all?) Lisa, they say 2 is compartmentalizing too much? I have 4: one for edtech, one for writing, one for skateboarding, one for teaching web design. I feel properly balanced. I don’t know if I would with Twitter accounts (though I did just have the very odd experience of having an actual student request to follow me this week. I did, and promised myself I wouldn’t complain about student projects on Twitter anymore. Maybe CogDog is right, and if one wouldn’t say it in public, one shouldn’t say it at all?)

]]> By: Lisa M Lane http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/01/10/on-twitter-vs-the-blog/#comment-165211 Lisa M Lane Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:14:07 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/01/10/on-twitter-vs-the-blog/#comment-165211 This seems like a micro version of the discussion about blogs. When I post on my blog, I figure everyone is going to see it. But I have two blogs, one for <a href="http://lisahistory.net/nucleus2">history</a> and one for <a href="http://lisahistory.net/wordpress">online teaching</a>. I have been criticized for compartmentalizing too much, and I run no "personal" blog at all. Do we follow people's tweets because we want to hear all the details about their lives, warts and all? or do we want it to be like professional networking? It seems like two different goals to me. Maybe Chris L is right. If you want to use Twitter among select communities, more than one Twitter identity would make sense. If you want to let it all hang out in a personal sense with one identity, I can see why going private might be the thing to do. This seems like a micro version of the discussion about blogs. When I post on my blog, I figure everyone is going to see it. But I have two blogs, one for history and one for online teaching. I have been criticized for compartmentalizing too much, and I run no “personal” blog at all. Do we follow people’s tweets because we want to hear all the details about their lives, warts and all? or do we want it to be like professional networking? It seems like two different goals to me.

Maybe Chris L is right. If you want to use Twitter among select communities, more than one Twitter identity would make sense. If you want to let it all hang out in a personal sense with one identity, I can see why going private might be the thing to do.

]]> By: 5tein http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/01/10/on-twitter-vs-the-blog/#comment-165205 5tein Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:47:19 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/01/10/on-twitter-vs-the-blog/#comment-165205 I agree, <a href="http://flexknowlogy.blogspot.com/2008/01/cos-thats-what-twitter-is-to-me.html">and say so</a>. I mention in my blog that I feel like my social connectivity is perfectly adequate and my small social network is growing "just fine, thanks" with updates protected. I agree, and say so. I mention in my blog that I feel like my social connectivity is perfectly adequate and my small social network is growing “just fine, thanks” with updates protected.

]]> By: Scott Leslie http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/01/10/on-twitter-vs-the-blog/#comment-165145 Scott Leslie Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:31:08 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/01/10/on-twitter-vs-the-blog/#comment-165145 I left my thoughts on this over on Chris's site (http://www.chrislott.org/2008/01/10/donning-the-twitter-condom/#comment-127944). I was never expecting total "privacy" with twitter, but nor was I expecting to see my words replicated elsewhere on the net by people I didn't even particularly want listening in the first place. Yes, I suppose I could "block" those - on that front I think Twitter (and many other social systems) have some better 'splaining to do. Nowhere on the site can I find an explanation of what a user who has been blocked actually sees as a result, so for fear of sending someone an overly rude "you have been blocked" message (probably not, but who knows, other systems have been obnoxious like that in the past) I have hesitated to do so. I will from now on try not to tweet the changing of my twitter settings ;-) I left my thoughts on this over on Chris’s site (http://www.chrislott.org/2008/01/10/donning-the-twitter-condom/#comment-127944). I was never expecting total “privacy” with twitter, but nor was I expecting to see my words replicated elsewhere on the net by people I didn’t even particularly want listening in the first place. Yes, I suppose I could “block” those – on that front I think Twitter (and many other social systems) have some better ’splaining to do. Nowhere on the site can I find an explanation of what a user who has been blocked actually sees as a result, so for fear of sending someone an overly rude “you have been blocked” message (probably not, but who knows, other systems have been obnoxious like that in the past) I have hesitated to do so. I will from now on try not to tweet the changing of my twitter settings ;-)

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