Wednesday Linkfest

Here’s this week’s linkfestage:

6 Responses to “Wednesday Linkfest”

  1. Richard

    What about people who dismiss Twitter because they hate that it breaks flow, much like instant messaging, email clients which check the server every 5 minutes, phone calls, and PA systems?

    What about people who wonder whether it’s really a good thing to monitor a real-time feed of other people’s activities when they’re supposed to be, y’know, working?

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  2. Neil C. Obremski

    Turning off the Twitter and other things is an exercise of will power to some, but can be extraordinarily refreshing. I enjoy my long walks to and from home in the mornings and evenings partially for this reason. I am alone in my head, sometimes I don’t even listen to music.

    Blaming any highly accessible tech is futile, because the problems are not related to its functionality but rather its users. Perhaps it isn’t such a bad thing that the same service which sucked these people in is also helping them realize personal weaknesses to overcome.

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  3. Scott Berkun

    Richard: Sometimes I think everyone is right. The people who hate twitter and the people who love it might all be right.

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  4. Scott Berkun

    Neil: I agree, blaming tech is kind of stupid, but it’s less offensive than blaming the people :)

    Frankly I think twitter is probably quite silly and that I won’t like it, but before I condemn a thing I should probably give it a try, you know?

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