DISQUS

DISQUS Hello! Todd Mundt is using DISQUS, a powerful comment system, to manage its comments. Learn more.

Community Page

Todd Mundt

convergence, public media, productivity, social media
Jump to original thread »
Author

Twitter, Jaiku, Conversations, Value: Add Me!!

Started by toddmundt · 10 months ago

I’m closing in on a year of using Twitter, seven months with Jaiku… and I’ve enjoyed the element of presence these applications afford - the vicarious enjoyment I get from the snapshots into the lives of my friends, many of whom live across the country.
I ta ... Continue reading »

1 comment

  • Great post Todd (thanks for the plug as well).

    What's been interesting in the time that I've been using Twitter is how some people get it and most don't.

    Some think its just a waste of time and a journey to the mundane.

    For me, though, it's a quick way to perhaps get inspiration from a colleague or to check a news headline from ESPN, The Times, the BBC or NPR.

    It's also simple for all news organizations to set up their own newsfeed on Twitter (www.twitter.com/wosu).

    More than anything though, what Twitter does for me is give me a rhythm to my day. It may mean reading early morning Tweets from friends in Europe or India and late night posts from the West Coast, but it adds a pattern that we're all connected in a way that we weren't just a few years ago.
Please login to comment.
Returning? Login