Comments on: A Sign Of The Times http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/ Startup and Technology News Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:29:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Get Ahead http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1895789 Get Ahead Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:33:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1895789 <strong>Happy New Year 2008...</strong> A friend of mine once said: “He who breaks a resolution is a weakling but He who makes one is a fool”. I came across a cartoon on FreelanceSwitch byNC Winters which echoes these sentiments. Still, we make resolutions and try to fulfill the... Happy New Year 2008…

A friend of mine once said: “He who breaks a resolution is a weakling but He who makes one is a fool”. I came across a cartoon on FreelanceSwitch byNC Winters which echoes these sentiments.

Still, we make resolutions and try to fulfill the…

]]> By: Geek And Poke http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1895691 Geek And Poke Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:22:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1895691 <strong>Twittering Your Life...</strong> See TechCrunch about omnipresence and Twitter.... Twittering Your Life…

See TechCrunch about omnipresence and Twitter….

]]> By: Corey http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1890465 Corey Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:28:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1890465 Twitter is brining the masses? Twitter is brining the masses?

]]> By: derek http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1890341 derek Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:08:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1890341 what many don't realise about Twitter: thought-leaders poll their followers and fellow tweeps BEFORE they post an influential blog post. They even blog less (well-documented). Not really microblogging, more hyperblogging in terms of spread, instantaneousess and non-diluted by opening closing paras and grammatical subtleties. Please don't take it seriously, stay on the shallow end of the pool and leave the rest to us what many don’t realise about Twitter: thought-leaders poll their followers and fellow tweeps BEFORE they post an influential blog post. They even blog less (well-documented).

Not really microblogging, more hyperblogging in terms of spread, instantaneousess and non-diluted by opening closing paras and grammatical subtleties.

Please don’t take it seriously, stay on the shallow end of the pool and leave the rest to us

]]> By: Hasan Luongo http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1890276 Hasan Luongo Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:34:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1890276 twitter is still in its very early stages, it may get upended/unseated by another service or reincarnation of the application but the social trend in updating and posting what one is up to is actually quite important - its a critical part of facebook and other sn's and I see twitters future in a convergence of this push messaging across more networks devices - right now they are in the drivers seat and if they continue to innovate it will continue to grow - go twit! twitter is still in its very early stages, it may get upended/unseated by another service or reincarnation of the application but the social trend in updating and posting what one is up to is actually quite important - its a critical part of facebook and other sn’s and I see twitters future in a convergence of this push messaging across more networks devices - right now they are in the drivers seat and if they continue to innovate it will continue to grow - go twit!

]]> By: Joseph http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1890274 Joseph Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:31:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1890274 I have no idea whats the big fuss with Twitter, I have 2 accounts, one I forgot the password. I mean, if TechCrunch has shares it and PUSHING its marketing skills for their own benefit, TechCrunch is loosing some reputation here... I'm thinking twice of RSS feeding anymore... Cheers. I have no idea whats the big fuss with Twitter, I have 2 accounts, one I forgot the password. I mean, if TechCrunch has shares it and PUSHING its marketing skills for their own benefit, TechCrunch is loosing some reputation here…

I’m thinking twice of RSS feeding anymore…
Cheers.

]]> By: ▐▐▐▐▐TechnoQ▐▐▐▐▐▐ http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1890185 ▐▐▐▐▐TechnoQ▐▐▐▐▐▐ Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:40:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1890185 Yup....it's going to be a tough year ahead. http://technoq.blogspot.com Yup….it’s going to be a tough year ahead.

http://technoq.blogspot.com

]]> By: Jyothirmayee http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1889452 Jyothirmayee Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:13:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1889452 I think it is something beyond twitter (which we can probably call a fad). The concept of being connected, self expression (blogs), making the presence known is addictive. A very similar comic on XKCD - http://xkcd.com/77/ I think it is something beyond twitter (which we can probably call a fad). The concept of being connected, self expression (blogs), making the presence known is addictive.

A very similar comic on XKCD - http://xkcd.com/77/

]]> By: 42mb.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1889446 42mb.com Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:10:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1889446 I have no experience using Twitter, looks though impressive! I have no experience using Twitter, looks though impressive!

]]> By: Duncan Riley http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1889338 Duncan Riley Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:18:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1889338 Squasher98 agree fully, it probably took me a couple of months to get into it, but once I built a network of contacts/ friends I became hooked. Squasher98
agree fully, it probably took me a couple of months to get into it, but once I built a network of contacts/ friends I became hooked.

]]> By: Squasher98 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1889326 Squasher98 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:12:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1889326 Twitter is an amazing service as long as you have a network. Most people don't understand that you need to dive into Twitter and immediately start interacting...to begin, it's more about being responsive than being a content producer. Twitter would do itself a world of good by making sure people understood this and helping pair them with contacts and subjects they could respond to. Users see value in Twitter when their UX becomes participatory. Like text messaging you must send to receive http://www.leveragingideas.com Twitter is an amazing service as long as you have a network. Most people don’t understand that you need to dive into Twitter and immediately start interacting…to begin, it’s more about being responsive than being a content producer. Twitter would do itself a world of good by making sure people understood this and helping pair them with contacts and subjects they could respond to. Users see value in Twitter when their UX becomes participatory. Like text messaging you must send to receive

http://www.leveragingideas.com

]]> By: Intercon http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1889318 Intercon Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:07:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1889318 It is, or it's like, SMS for the Internet.. it won't go away anytime soon... only to become MMS (for the Internet, per cloud computing).. despite MMS for the cellphone gradually heading to the deadpool, or so it seems. It is, or it’s like, SMS for the Internet.. it won’t go away anytime soon… only to become MMS (for the Internet, per cloud computing).. despite MMS for the cellphone gradually heading to the deadpool, or so it seems.

]]> By: Steel http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1889314 Steel Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:05:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1889314 Fads come and go. Social Networks will be to the web like the Hula Hoop is in a local Walmart. People look and remark how much fun they remember having with the toy, but don't buy into it again. Twitter will twitter out because it is more than just a waste of time; it's useless. At least with the Hula Hoop, people got some exercise from it. Fads come and go. Social Networks will be to the web like the Hula Hoop is in a local Walmart. People look and remark how much fun they remember having with the toy, but don’t buy into it again. Twitter will twitter out because it is more than just a waste of time; it’s useless. At least with the Hula Hoop, people got some exercise from it.

]]> By: Robert Scoble http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1889308 Robert Scoble Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:02:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1889308 By Twittering Milan's birth we saved ourselves dozens of emails and calls from around the world asking how things were going. By Twittering Milan’s birth we saved ourselves dozens of emails and calls from around the world asking how things were going.

]]> By: kuldeep http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1889290 kuldeep Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:56:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-1889290 me first! me first! :) Anyways, i dont agree...i think twitter is just a fad and it will fleet away sooner or later. who wants give away track of himself and that only with cost of time. me first! me first! :)

Anyways, i dont agree…i think twitter is just a fad and it will fleet away sooner or later.

who wants give away track of himself and that only with cost of time.

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