June 18, 2007
yes. i am on twitter.
The plan is; I shall reserve gapingvoid for cartoons and the longer, “substantive” posts. The day-to-day minutiae [including travel details when I’m on the road] and random links etc I shall move over to Twitter. Either click on the link at the bottom of the blue Twitter badge on my sidebar, or follow this link to my Twitter page. Thanks.
[SLAVE TO FASHION:] Yes, I’ve joined Facebook as well.
"Hugh's Daily Cartoon" Newsletter.
A new cartoon sent out every weekday morning to your inbox [RSS version here.].
A wee chuckle to start your day off right etc.
Twitter is beyond blogging, it’s fast lane communication, a deeper channel, a link and insight archiver, micro-journaling.
Twitter is good for SEO.
Twitter forces us windbag bloggers to be brief, pithy, laser focused. To express a profound statement in 140 characters is good discipline for us all.
Micro content and mobile computing are the future. We must start now to get good at short communications and presencing stream promotions. It’s like marketing haiku: building credibility, growing a Follower community, ranting creatively, promoting your Twitter page in blog comments, etc.
Twitter trolls and spammers?
We got rid of them a while back. You missed the violence and explosions.
:^)
http://twitter.com/vaspers
The downside of Twitter is that there’s no comments or trackback equivalents for people you don’t already follow.
I was wondering if you would jump on board.
@James jaiku.com may help with that then.
re: 2008 twitter twit — Someone is grumpy today. Do you really think Cumbria is the answer though, its a bit harsh?
Cool. Can you cartoon on twitter?
Since I moved here from SF 5 years ago, I think your prediction is a bit out-dated
Twitter seems to have a way of alienating a large part of a blog audience, the readers, (as opposed to the ‘participators’, who join in the conversation via comments or blogging).
Looking at some of your posts on twitter Hugh, especially the ‘discuss’ ones, I’d be interested in following the conversation. However, twitter seems to be such a limited format, it constrains real discussion and splinters the audience somewhat.
And sadly, I kind of miss the random stuff that disappears when a blogger discovers twitter. Calacanis and Scoble being prime examples of this.
I think twitter is definitely more of a one-way communication. But I love the way I am getting random SMS messages, I hope my friends are enjoying mine as well..
You made my day, Hugh. To quote Tom Robbins’ Switters from Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates, your Twitter random link took “the cake, the pie, the whole damn patisserie”. I’m all … a’twitter!