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Re: What unique & meaningful value have you gotten out of Twitter?

mingyeow — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:11:09 -0000

Agreed! @darthvader is one of my faves there, and i try to be humorous with
our work and writings too. hehe

Re: What unique & meaningful value have you gotten out of Twitter?

mingyeow — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:11:11 -0000

You mean the CNN Breaking News?

Re: What unique & meaningful value have you gotten out of Twitter?

mingyeow — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:12:09 -0000

Amazing. Edtech users are some of the most passionate Twitter users. Can I
check what it is about edtech that makes participants such amazing sharers?

Re: What unique & meaningful value have you gotten out of Twitter?

mingyeow — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:14:13 -0000

nice! I love the points you are making
1) much less prep/resistance
2) cut to the chase, and immediately reaching out

We are definitely making some key improvements to the system soon... think
you will be excited about those!

Re: What unique & meaningful value have you gotten out of Twitter?

mingyeow — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:15:11 -0000

Do you think there is a bit too much noise at the moment for that to be
achieve-able? =)
M

Re: What unique & meaningful value have you gotten out of Twitter?

mingyeow — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:53:10 -0000

Thanks Pierro, much appreciated!

Re: What unique & meaningful value have you gotten out of Twitter?

mingyeow — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:53:45 -0000

Do you mind elaborating further? Would love to know more... as in - what are your goals you want to achieve? More diversity?

Re: What unique & meaningful value have you gotten out of Twitter?

mingyeow — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:55:42 -0000

I agree COMPLETELY. It is completely amiss if you focus only on the "amway" types, and not the bigger picture of great, meaningful connections!

Kick ass new year resolution btw... wish you (and everyone around you) that you will succeed!

Re: What unique & meaningful value have you gotten out of Twitter?

mingyeow — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:57:12 -0000

I love your blog. You write really good stuff, although it does take a bit of digestion - which is what this internet age is pretty terrible for!

Ping me at mingyeow@gmail.com if you wanna talk collaboration

Re: What unique & meaningful value have you gotten out of Twitter?

mingyeow — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:57:23 -0000

Yes, i agree! This is probably as close as you can get observing how others use the internet without you know, installing a spykit. ;)

And Paulslaybaugh: Just another temporal carbon-based lifeform selling hope to the disenfranchised. I sell houses too... brilliant!

Re: What unique & meaningful value have you gotten out of Twitter?

mingyeow — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:57:35 -0000

Thanks a lot! Agree completely with what you are saying. And you are right, high tech needs to come with high touch. ain't social media great?

Re: What unique & meaningful value have you gotten out of Twitter?

mingyeow — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:05:56 -0000

Location is definitely a feature we are working hard on to build into the system. =) stay tuned!

Re: What unique & meaningful value have you gotten out of Twitter?

mingyeow — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:05:57 -0000

@David: Web is far more cost-effective. No doubt about that. We have spent $0, yet managed to touch at least 60,000 people in a very short peroid of time

Re: What unique & meaningful value have you gotten out of Twitter?

mingyeow — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:06:03 -0000

Thanks Karen! Taking a look like right now. ;)

Re: What unique & meaningful value have you gotten out of Twitter?

mingyeow — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:06:19 -0000

Yes, very very very much so. We love knowing readers of Discovery is the new cocaine too! http://is.gd/op2

Re: What unique & meaningful value have you gotten out of Twitter?

mingyeow — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:06:47 -0000

@greenmullet: Thanks for the additional points! We love RSS feeds too - extremely different medium. PS: Twitter is built off RSS actually...

Re: What unique & meaningful value have you gotten out of Twitter?

mingyeow — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:07:37 -0000

Yuppy... somehow the connectedness is something we all strive for. And extremely glad that Twitter is able to facilitate that in real time.

Re: What unique & meaningful value have you gotten out of Twitter?

mingyeow — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:08:41 -0000

@Frank: Totally agree. I think a big part of it is the 140 characters. The brevity reduces the resistance to reading and replying!

Re: What unique & meaningful value have you gotten out of Twitter?

mingyeow — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:08:44 -0000

@Colin: That is a very nice experimental model. I do the same too! And yes, we do update our recommendations! What is your ID? let me add you to our alpha user list for "regular updates"

Re: What unique & meaningful value have you gotten out of Twitter?

mingyeow — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:09:30 -0000

Thanks for the great points Frank - much appreciated =) Do you also minding sharing a bit more on how and why they came about?

Re: What unique & meaningful value have you gotten out of Twitter?

mingyeow — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:29:10 -0000

fabulous! Ok, this is so totally unrelated to Twitter, but please sign up on
deals2buy and onesaleaday
Hehe.

Re: What unique & meaningful value have you gotten out of Twitter?

mingyeow — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:17:11 -0000

great point! And our purpose is very simple.. to help you cut through the
noise to find relevant connections. =)

when you say "category" - do u mind elaborating on what you mean?

Re: What unique & meaningful value have you gotten out of Twitter?

mingyeow — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:18:08 -0000

I agree... never have so much interaction and attention data been available
publicly.
Beautiful domain email address by the way! Seeking to create the feeling
of serendipity is something we work towards constantly

Re: What unique & meaningful value have you gotten out of Twitter?

mingyeow — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:19:09 -0000

Nice~ and i really hope you folks get the appreciation you so dearly
deserve!

Re: What unique & meaningful value have you gotten out of Twitter?

mingyeow — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 02:23:29 -0000

Hi Jon - What is your username? are you in our alpha user list for the "regular updates feature"?