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Re: Yes, Twitter is a source of journalism

mathewi — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:37:01 -0000

I think that's kind of a semantic difference, really -- an eye-witness report collection tool *is* a news source. Is it the only one you should use? No. But it's a good starting point.

Re: Yes, Twitter is a source of journalism

whydowork — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:46:52 -0000

I can respect the use of twitter to signal smoke before the fire, but once it is burning it is far too incoherent to get the big picture.

Have you seen some of the comments on TC that reference this post? - "if it wasn’t for Twitter, I wouldn’t have heard about it at all!", I'd wager > 90% of the tweets on the topic following the break by the few that were actually there, we're people summarizing what they got from traditional news.

It is a valid eye-witness report collection tool, a "news source" a stretch in my opinion.

Re: Is the Xbox the living-room winner?

mathewi — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:15:07 -0000

Thanks -- I've actually used Hotspot Shield as well, and it works great. And I would agree that the Mac Mini is more flexible and allows you to do a lot more than just a media server. Of course, it's also twice as expensive :-)

Re: Is the Xbox the living-room winner?

whydowork — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:09:52 -0000

Hey Mathew,

I am in t.o. and use hulu all the time. Install http://www.hotspotshield.com/, an extremely small plugin that gives you a US based address through a VPN.
Hulu works just fine with it.

I already have an xBox so I'm a little biased, but if I didn't I'd get the mac mini. A PC has tremendous advantage over both the xBox and AppleTV in terms of flexibility.

Re: Twitter: more mainstream than it looks

Leigh — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:35:41 -0000

And I would say even worse, kids think Twitter is the older persons communication method.....that to me creates huge limitations for it going into the future.

Re: Twitter: more mainstream than it looks

whydowork — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:52:19 -0000

I side with bluelines on this one.

IM is easy for the non-tech guru to understand and use. Your friend has an IM account, you have an IM account and you have an instant communication channel to communicate.

Twittering into 'the cloud' and getting feedback works for those who understand what the cloud is, which are the same crowd that love the idea of cloud computing. :)

There is mass appeal within the nerd community which is why the apps are being pumped out so quickly, but I doubt my mom (who does use msn messenger) will be joining anytime soon.

Re: FriendFeed: Like a news feed on steroids

mathewi — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:17:02 -0000

A fair point.

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Re: FriendFeed: Like a news feed on steroids

whydowork — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:09:41 -0000

would be interested to know your thoughts on this:
http://www.whydowork.com/blog/wdw-insider/216/

(keeping in mind it may be just a tad sarcastic :o)

Re: Seesmic: Still don’t really get it

ericrice — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:58:27 -0000

I must have some crazy-ass ninja skill, I scan and skim video all the time, especially when threaded. Maybe cuz they have, uh, titles.

I'll pass on almost ALL cooking videos, thanks. And for topics that have interest, I skip through the video via scrubbing.

But see, there's a bigger problem. The 'scanning' culture means that we're short attention span, impatient, and becoming so brief in our consumption, that who knows, we're probably getting dumber.

Combine that with the fact that possibly all of us are just untrained in presenting and getting to the point.

So I'll ask again, is it the tools or is it 'us' that's the problem?

It's a much bigger conversation than this thread, but I did want to point out that I skip, scan, and skim all the time in all media. I'm medium-old. ;)

Re: Seesmic: Still don’t really get it

doughaslam — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:49:40 -0000

Mathew,

Thanks for the post-- I have been trying out these video sites, and, being new to video, am trying to fiugre out how i might apply this and the other services. Still not sure, though like rob I have found Utterz more useful for creating simple multimedia for a blog/ Twitter link.

I understand the appeal of live-streaming for events-- if there is a video element. I also understand even the appeal of asynchronous video chat-- if there is a visual element.

This week I have been trying out ooVoo (a buddy is helping to promote them), and that site offers up to 6 live video participants-- I see a business use -- or even a personal use-- there, frankly.

But like I said, still figuring out when/where video makes sense, and when it's not necessary

Re: Seesmic: Still don’t really get it

whydowork — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:32:59 -0000

I'm relatively young (25) and consider myself on the upper end of early adopter / tech savvy / web dot whatever we're at now and I'm actually surprised that many investors were eager to jump on board.

Part of what makes the Internet tick is anonymity and seesmic takes that out of the equation.

@ ericrice :

I think plain old forums and print like blogs will always be around because people like to scan. It can be tough to get anything out of video (as a medium in general) unless you watch the whole thing.

Just my opinions!
Matt