I am still trying to find useful applications for Twitter and I am about 50-50 on whether this is a long term application for me.
I am beginning to form some opinions:
- people I think are great as bloggers may annoy me on Twitter,
- I find little value in following those who Twitter (if that is the term) presentations or events they attend,
- interest in constant conversation may be a personality trait also predicting those who must carry a cell phone, and
- some people are as self-indulgent as I had anticipated.
I have found some techniques and situations in which I find Twitter useful.
Rather than following lots of people, I have decided it makes more sense to search when I want comments related to an event or situation. Try Summize for this purpose. For example, try using Summize to generate comments related to NECC (conference that begins today). There is a logic to my position – I do not want a long list of comments on every conference, but I want access to comments on conferences that interest me and/or that I am able to attend. In this case, I opt for search rather than discovery.
I must admit, I did learn about Summize from a Twitter post.
(Hinchcliffe’s post on blog vs. microblog)
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