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.
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.
:^)
Posted by: vaspers the grate at June 18, 2007 7:49 PMThe downside of Twitter is that there's no comments or trackback equivalents for people you don't already follow.
Posted by: James Spinks at June 18, 2007 8:15 PMI was wondering if you would jump on board.
Posted by: Thomas at June 18, 2007 10:03 PM@James jaiku.com may help with that then.
Posted by: Basti Hirsch at June 19, 2007 1:52 AMre: 2008 twitter twit - Someone is grumpy today. Do you really think Cumbria is the answer though, its a bit harsh?
Posted by: shannon at June 19, 2007 9:52 AMCool. Can you cartoon on twitter?
Posted by: david brain at June 19, 2007 10:13 AMSince I moved here from SF 5 years ago, I think your prediction is a bit out-dated :)
Posted by: shannon(swisner) at June 19, 2007 11:11 AMTwitter 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..
Posted by: shannon(swisner) at June 20, 2007 11:55 AMYou 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!
Posted by: CheekierMeSly at June 26, 2007 7:40 PM