Posted on Wed Mar 26, 11:22 PM in Site Specific
I must use this power only for good…
Back when I was still thinking about getting a new site with actual CMS, I was considering the idea of having a sidebar of “junk” updates. These would be things that didn’t warrant full-on posts, but perhaps readers would find it helpful to know: traveling here, random thought there, enjoying book/food/movie/etc there. I thought it would be clever to call these bits “Binder Clips” because of their “snippit” nature and my name.
Then along came Twitter and did it so much better.
I finally remembered what it was I wanted to do, and so again, using someone else’s better-written code, I have incorporated my “tweets” into the blog under the section “Binder Clips” on the front page (thank goodness for their customizable HTML badge version).
Welcome to the (TM)Information Age!
I have yet to embrace twitter. My blog posts are inane enough that I’m not sure I would find them worth reading, much less other people, so the idea of microblogging seems like an even worse idea.
That, and there’s that whole problem of spending more time blogging about life than actually living…
I’m going to wait and see how it evolves.
@Eric: I completely agree on the concept of “time blogging about life” > “actual living.” That’s why I think I’ve been observing this thing for so long. What I do like about it is the ability to keep certain people up-to-date (or minute as the case may be) on my whereabouts. For example, while travelling these next two weeks, keeping my Seattle contacts, and some family members, updated on my schedule.
OTOH, there is, as you mention, the ability to fall into “inane” microblogging (I like that term, btw). I think that my distaste for such blogging is why Twitter might be a good idea. I don’t think Twitter replaces meaningful blogging; what it CAN do is put the “other” posts in their proper place. This is what I hope to do with it. Keep in mind, too, that putting Twitter on a blog is probably secondary in use, compared to the IM-like updates rec’d on mobile devices or email, which is (I think) the main reason Twitter exists.
I have read (though not with great depth) of corporate infrastructures which have used Twitter in place of IM to great success (which I guess translates to “efficiency”). Not sure how Twitter is better than IM, but hey, that’s the fun of exploring,